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 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)

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’ 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

October 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 – Earthwood Collections (EP)

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)

October 7-23

• “Plein Air Rockies 2016 Fall Colors” – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (EP)

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” – Macdonald Bookshop (EP)

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)

October 24-25

• Mill Creek Valley Historical Society Melodrama – Dumont School (DU)

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 Community Center (NED)

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)

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 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)

 

Originally Published in the October 2016 issue of the MMAC Monthly