Classical Music
June 1-5
- Adult Piano Seminar – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 4
- Adult Piano Seminar 2 Student Recital – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 5
- Adult Piano Seminar Faculty Concert – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 7-19
- Junior Artist Seminar – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 11
- Masterworks for Two/Piano 4 Hands Benefit Concert – Old Gallery (AP)
June 12
- Junior Artist Seminar Faculty Concert w/Southwest String Quartet – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 16
- Rocky Ridge Music Academy Junior Honor Student Concert – Old Gallery (AP)
June 17
- Italian Classical Guitarist Chiara Fabbri – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)
June 21-July 17
- Young Artist Seminar – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 25
- Music for Viola & Piano Benefit – Old Gallery (AP)
- Young Artist Seminar Concerto Competition – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 26
- Young Artist Seminar Faculty Concert w/Euclid Quartet – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
June 29
- Rocky Ridge Music Academy Young Artist Community Concert – Old Gallery (AP)
July 1
- Young Artist Seminar Performance Class – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
July 2
- Young Artist Seminar Orchestra Concert 1 – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
July 3
- Young Artist Seminar Faculty Concert w/Euclid Quartet – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP)
Crafts/Sewing/Quilting
June 1
- Adventures in Textures – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 2
- Adult Craft Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT)
- Stitchers Get-Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)
- Beginning Knitting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 3
- First Friday: “Fiber Inspirations” Opening Reception – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
June 3-26
- “Fiber Inspirations” Fiber Invitational Show – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
June 4
- 3D Print Class – Idaho Springs Library (IS)
June 5
- Free Friday Workshop: Market Bag – Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 6
- Monday Night Sock Club Course: Top Down Double Pointed Needles – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 7
- Quirky Quilters – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 8
- Courageous Creators Art Group – Old Gallery (AP)
- Estes Valley Quilt Guild – Good Samaritan Village (EP)
June 9
- Beginning Crocheting, Beginning Quilting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 9-12
- Estes Park Wool Market & Fiber Festival – Estes Park Events Complex (EP)
June 10
- Craft Workshop: Mini Skateboards – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 10-12
- Mountain Artisans Guild’s Spring Art Show & Sale – CCCIA Hall (CCC)
- FACE of Fiber in the Rockies – National Park Village Playhouse (EP)
June 11
- Trail Ridge Quilters Sale – Senior Center (EP)
June 11-12
- 100 Ideas for Keeping a Travel Sketchbook – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP)
June 13
- Adult Craft Group – Idaho Springs Library (IS)
- Sticks & Strings – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 14
- Sock Yarn Shawl Class, Passing Showers Cardigan – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 15
- Fun Junkies – Rock Cut Brewery (EP)
June 16
- Stitchers Get-Together – Gilpin Recreation Center (GC)
- Beginning Knitting – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 17
- Zuni Fetish Carvers Troy Sice & Ray Tsalate – Serendipity Trading Co. (EP)
June 18
- Ned Knits – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 19
- Free Friday Workshop: Super Eyelet Shawl – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 22
- Courageous Creators Art Group – Old Gallery (AP)
- Adventures in Textures Workshop – The Stitchin’
Den (EP) - Kids’ Art in the Park – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP)
June 23
- Beginning Crocheting, Quilting Beyond Basics – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 24-25
- Isleta Potters Stella, Robin & Lynnette Teller – Serendipity Trading Co. (EP)
June 25
- Gourd Class w/Vicki Dyas: Pine Needle Vase – Old Gallery (AP)
June 27
- Sticks & Strings – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 28
- Passing Showers Cardigan – The Stitchin’ Den (EP)
June 29
- Courageous Creators Art Group – Old Gallery (AP)
July 2
- 3D Print Class – Idaho Springs Library (IS)
Film/Photography
June 1
- Living Dream: 100 Years of Rocky Mountain National Park – Historic Park Theater (EP)
June 3
- First Friday Movie Night: “The Good Dinosaur” – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)
- Movie in the Mountains: “A League of its Own” – Performance Park (EP)
June 3-5
- Lyons Film Festival – Downtown Lyons (LY)
June 4
- Spring Film Series: “Gone to Earth” – Gilpin Public Library (GC)
- Film Screening – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
“High and Hallowed: Everest 1963” w/Tom Hornbein Book Signing – Estes Park Mountain Shop (EP)
June 12
- A Day in the Field Photographing Wildlife – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP)
June 13
- Photo Editing w/GIMP – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 17
- Movie in the Mountains: “Little Giants” – Performance Park (EP)
June 17-19
- Where & How to Photograph Wild Birds – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP)
June 18
- Photo Train w/Gary Gray – Georgetown Loop Railroad (GT)
July 1
- Movie in the Mountains: “Kicking & Screaming” – Performance Park (EP)
July 2
- Film Screening – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
Fine Art/Painting/Gallery Events
June 1-9
- “In Search of Charles Partridge Adams” & Works by Jenifer Cline – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
June 2-4
- “Painting Outside and In” Workshop w/Larry DeGraff – The Masters Easel Art Academy (EP)
June 3
- First Friday Artist Reception w/NoGo Gilbillies – Salto Coffee Works (NED)
- Meet Our Artists First Friday w/Mountain Town Trio – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)
- First Friday Art Walk – Downtown Estes Park (EP)
- First Friday Jazz Fest Kickoff w/Max Wagner – Earthwood Collections (EP)
- New American Art Preview – Earthwood Artisans (EP)
June 3-4
- “Painting Dramatic Skies in Watercolor” w/Lorraine Watry – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
June 4
- Everything You Need To Know Before You Paint – Gilpin Public Library (GC)
June 4-5
- Gallery Classroom Rummage Sale – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
June 3-5
- Windows to the West Art Show & Sale – Estes Park Events Complex (EP)
June 3-26
- “Fiber Inspirations” Fiber Invitational Show – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
June 4
- Gilpin Arts Juried Exhibition Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony – Washington Hall Gallery (CC)
June 4-5
- Jazz Fest & Art Walk – Performance Park/Downtown (EP)
June 4-August 7
- 69th Annual Gilpin Arts Juried Exhibition – Washington Hall Gallery (CC)
June 9-12
- Mixed Media with Free Heart – Mojito Creek (GC)
June 10
- Canvas & Cannabis – Club Ned (NED)
June 11
- Wine & Unwind Painting Class – Elks Lodge (IS)
June 12
- Art at the Center Art Drop-Off Day – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 14
- Drawing Mandalas w/Donna Bearden – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
June 16
- Art at the Center Reception & Demo Show – Nederland Community Center (NED)
- Discussion with an Artist: Donna Krizek – Estes Park Museum (EP)
June 16-19
- Open Art Weekend w/Tara Pappas – Mojito Creek (GC)
June 18
- “Embossed Metal” w/Vickie Mastron – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
June 23-24
- Watercolor Brushstrokes: Painting the Landscapes of RMNP – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP)
June 24
- Canvas & Cannabis – Club Ned (NED)
- “Impressionism & Realism” Exhibit Opening Reception – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
June 24-July 31
- “Impressionism & Realism” Exhibit – Art Center of Estes Park (EP)
June 25
- Basics of Animal Drawing – Gilpin Public Library (GC)
June 25-26
- 16th Annual High Peaks Art Festival – Visitor Center Parking Lot (END)
- Painting the Kawuneeche: A Beginner’s Watercolor Class – Rocky Mountain Conservancy (EP)
June 28
- Plein Air Paint Session – Mud Lake Open Space (NED)
June 29
- Artistic Pathways of the Past: The Inspirational Journey of Artists in Estes Park: Greig Steiner – Estes Park Museum (EP)
June 30
- Last Thursdays in Lyons Art Walk – Various Locations (LY)
July 1
- Basics of Fantastical Creature Design – Gilpin Public Library (GC)
- Meet Our Artists First Friday w/Mountain Town Trio – Aspen & Evergreen Gallery (EP)
- First Friday: “National Treasures” Exhibition Opening Reception – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
- First Friday Art Groove Social – Earthwood Collections (EP)
July 1-31
“National Treasures: Celebrating Our National Park System” Exhibition – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)
July 1-September 30
- Town Hall Art Show: “The Giving Tree” – Town Hall (LY)
July 2
- Wildlife Art: From Sketch to Canvas – Gilpin Public Library (GC)
- Town Hall Art Show Opening Reception & Community Tapas Potluck – Town Hall (LY)
- First Friday Art Walk – Downtown Estes Park (EP)
Literary Events/Book Clubs
June 2
- Coal Creek Book Club: “The Circle” – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)
- “Legendary Locals of Estes Park” w/Steve Mitchell – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 9
- Mountain MidLife Book Group: “The Orphan Train” – TBD (NED)
- Jane Wodening Reading from “Wolf Dictionary” – Nederland Community Library (NED)
- Meet the Author: Steve Mitchell – “Legendary Locals of Estes Park” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)
June 10
- Women’s Book Group: “Irreplaceable” – Old Gallery (AP)
June 13-16
- Passport to Zen: Exercise Your Mind, Rejuvenate Your Body Adult Summer Reading – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 15
- Financial Book Club – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 20
- Book Discussion Group – Idaho Springs Library (IS)
June 22
- Book Club – Lyons Regional Library (LY)
June 23
- Wildflowers in Your Backyard w/Malene Borneman – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 29
- Meet the Author: Paul Berkowitz, “The Case Of The Indian Trader” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)
July 1
- Meet the Author: Steve Mitchell, “Legendary Locals of Estes Park” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)
July 2
- Meet the Author: Rebecca Pittman, “The History & Haunting of the Stanley Hotel” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)
Museums
June 1
- Open for Season – Lyons Redstone Museum (LY)
- Open for Season – Gillaspie House Museum (NED)
June 3
- Open for Season – Nederland Mining Museum (NED)
June 4
- Free Day – Gilpin History Museum (CC)
- Free Day – Coeur d’Alene Mine Shaft House (CC)
- Free Day – Thomas House Museum (CC)
June 18
- Open House – Alice School House & Museum (SMG)
- Museum Open, Peek into the Mining Trunk – James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum (BC)
July 4
- Museum Open – Hamill House Museum (GT)
Poetry/Spoken Word/Comedy
May 6
- Spoken Word/Poetry Slam – Riverside Plaza (EP)
May 22
- Open Mic Readings for Writers, Poets & Storytellers – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)
June 3
- Spoken Word/Poetry Slam – Riverside Plaza (EP)
June 15
- Wine & Words: Open Poetry Night – Happy Trails Café (NED)
June 26
- Blue Now Open Mic Poetry w/Kay Solem – Blue Owl Books (NED)
July 1
- Spoken Word/Poetry Slam – Riverside Plaza (EP)
Theater/Opera/Dance/Fashion
June 5
- Feldenkrais/Dance – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
June 8
- Glendi Potluck, Music & Dance – Salina Schoolhouse (SA)
June 11
- Opera Inside Out – Williams Stables Theatre (CC)
- Dances of Universal Peace – The StarHouse (GH)
- F.O. Stanley: A Life Well-Lived Reenactment – Historic Fall River Hydroplant (EP)
- Wooly Wonder Fashion Show – Estes Park Convention Center (EP)
June 16
- Library Hoedown Summer Dance Lessons – Estes Valley Library (EP)
June 25
- Central City Opera Flower Girls Presentation & Yellow Rose Ball – Central City Opera House (CC)
June 30
- Library Hoedown Summer Dance Lessons – Estes Valley Library (EP)
July 3
- Silver Plume Melodrama Encore – George Downing Playhouse (SP)
- Square Dancing – Old Gallery (AP)
Writing
June 2
- Memoir Writing Classes – Old Gallery (AP)
June 6
- Writing Skills – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 7
- Writer’s Circle – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 8
- Writing Life Stories – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 9
- Memoir Writing Classes – Old Gallery (AP)
June 11
- Open Mic Night for Writers – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)
June 16
- Memoir Writing Classes – Old Gallery (AP)
June 20
- Writing Skills – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 22
- Writing Life Stories – Nederland Community Center (NED)
June 23
- Memoir Writing Classes – Old Gallery (AP)
June 30
- Memoir Writing Classes – Old Gallery (AP)
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)
Saturday
- Ray Young – Nicky’s Restaurant (EP)
Crafts/Sewing/Quilting
Monday
- Adult Coloring Night – Club Ned (NED)
- 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
- Craft & Coffee Wednesdays – Three Bears Trading (GT)
- Chat, Knit, Spin and Weave Any Handwork – Weavers Attic (LY)
Thursday
- Fabric & Thread Arts Group – Coal Creek Coffee (CCC)
- Beginning Kitting – Stitchin’ Den (EP)
Saturday
- Weaving Demonstrations on Vintage Looms – Weavers Attic (LY)
Saturday-Sunday
- Wonderful World of Wool Exhibit – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT)
Sunday
- Weaving Demonstrations on Vintage Looms – Weavers Attic (EP)
Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP)
Film/Photography
Monday
- NAS Movie Matinee – Backdoor Theater (NED)
- Monday Movie Nights – Club Ned (NED)
Friday
- Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED)
Saturday
- Movie – Backdoor Theater (NED)
Fine Art/Painting/Gallery Events
Monday
- Palette Pals Open Art Studio – Senior Center (EP)
- Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
Wednesday
- Art Group – Old Gallery
- Nederland Seniors Art & Painting – Location: 303-258-9392 (NED)
- NAS Watercolor Painting – Nederland Community Presbyterian Church (NED)
- Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
- Drawing w/Peter Gaustad – Estes Park High School (EP)
Thursday
- Watercolor Painting Class – CCCIA Hall (CCC)
Friday
- Taste & Create – Snowy Peaks Winery (EP)
- Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
Saturday
- Sip & Paint – Murphy’s Resort (EP)
Literary Events/Book Clubs
Wednesday
- Tween Book Group – John Tomay Memorial Library (GT)
- 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
- Nia, Beginning Adult Dance – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)
Monday
- International Folk Dancing, Dance Fit Class – Nederland Community Center (NED)
- Nia, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)
- Acrobatics – Starflower Dance Company (EP)
Tuesday
- Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED)
- Breakin’, Hip Hop, Tap, Musical Theater – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)
- Night of the Local Performers – Performance Park (EP)
Wednesday
- Peak to Peak Chorale – Gilpin County Library (GC)
- Mountain Movers – Nederland Community Center (NED)
- Middle Eastern Belly Dancing – Sampler Mill Recreation Center (IS)
- Nia, Pre Ballet, Creative Movement, Jazz – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)
- Hip-Hop – Starflower Dance Company (EP)
Thursday
- Breakin’, Hip Hop, Ballet – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)
Friday
- Nia, Tap, Jazz – Mayama Movement Studio (LY)
Saturday
- Youth Dance – Gilpin Community Center (GC)
- Central City Wild Bunch – Main Street (CC)