ESTES PARK The Estes Park Museum’s Curator of Education and the Estes Valley Public Library’s Youth & Family Services Team collaborated to offer three Discovery Packs on local history for circulation. Discovery Packs are theme-based, developmentally appropriate kits that encourage children’s literacy skills. The Museum hopes to reach young families and engage them with local history during … Continue reading
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY Join Colorado’s premier nature photographers, W. Perry Conway and Gary A. Haines, for a 2-day Workshop photographing Wildlife and Wild Places in and around Clear Creek County. This workshop offers a well-rounded and highly resourceful educational experience, appropriate for any level of outdoor photographer, but especially for beginners and intermediates. The program … Continue reading
ESTES PARK In honor of Estes Park’s Centennial, the Town of Estes Park is unveiling a new downtown scavenger hunt, Pikas in the Park. This new activity includes 12 bronze sculptures of pikas, the small mountain-dwelling relatives of rabbits, placed throughout downtown. Following a May 4 kickoff with the donors who funded the sculptures, the … Continue reading
Weekly $2 kids’ films + Cult Classics & Cocktails for adults LONGMONT The Longmont Museum announces its summer film series, featuring both programs for adults and children. All films are hosted in the Museum’s 250-seat Stewart Auditorium. Starting in May, the Museum’s popular film program Views & Brews continues with a series for adults called … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund SILVER PLUME Silver Plume’s annual melodrama, which opens for its 40th run at the end of April, is a town-wide, generational-spanning, family affair. Everyone gets involved. The Plume Players’ latest production, Slipping Beauty, or Even Villains Get the Blues, was written by local George Downing, and is a reprise of 1994’s melodrama. … Continue reading
GOLDEN Mountainsmith—craftsmen of backcountry equipment and recreational outdoor gear—hosts Big City Mountaineers’ annual Brew and View on Wednesday, March 22, 6-9 p.m. at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. Brew and View attendees can expect a viewing of the movie Uncharted Lines, beverages from Upslope Brewery and a raffle contest. Tickets are $40, and include two … Continue reading
GILPIN COUNTY Gilpin County Public Library is pleased to announce its next search for an artist to be featured in our tenth annual Artist-in-Residence program. The library is accepting letters of application from artists of all kinds for the 2017 Artist-in-Residence Program. Artists’ letters should describe themselves and their experience in a particular art form … Continue reading
ESTES PARK On Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m. Rocky Mountain National Park will offer a special evening program event in collaboration with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. Join us at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center auditorium for an interactive evening with Rocky’s former Artist-in-Resident, adventurer-composer Stephen Lias. Mr. Lias brings a fresh perspective on nature … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund GILPIN COUNTY Nature has always held a “strong place” in Les Barstow’s heart. The award-winning photographer says it “opens a window to the Divine” and leaves him “full of inspiration and wonder.” Nature’s “invitation to explore” is something he’s incorporated into his photography from the beginning. See how his images “evoke the … Continue reading
ESTES PARK An emphasis on fun and creativity is what you will find during the Rocky Mountain Conservancy’s Photographing Winter Landscapes class. Join Eli Vega, Feb. 24-26, for a look at both the technical and the fun side of photography. From beginners to experts, all are invited to participate in this class. Participants will spend … Continue reading
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