CLASSICAL MUSIC Georgetown • March 11: Devil Moon Series: Classical Pianist Mallory Bernstein, Georgetown Heritage Center, 7pm, $ Gilpin County • Wednesdays: Peak to Peak Chorale Practice, Gilpin County Library, 7pm, free Estes Park • Feb. 12: Estes Park Music Festival w/Jerry Barlow, Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, 2pm, $10 • Feb. 26: Estes Park Music … Continue reading
Mountain Events Calendar – February 2017
FESTIVALS/SPECIAL EVENTS Summit County • Feb. 24: 11th Annual Fire Hose Relay Race, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, 10:30am, free (w/lift ticket) Georgetown • Feb. 11: LuvByrd Chairlift Speed Dating, Loveland Ski Area, $5 (w/o lift ticket) • Feb. 14: 26th Valentine’s Day Mountaintop Matrimony Ceremony & Reception, Loveland Ski Area, 8am, $ Dumont • Feb. … Continue reading
Food & Drink Calendar – February 207
FOOD & DRINK Silver Plume • Feb. 11: JKQ BBQ “Pop-Up” Dinner, Bread Bar, 2pm, $ Georgetown • Feb. 16: Friends of the Library Soup Lunch, John Tomay Memorial Library, 11am, $ Idaho Springs • Feb. 10: Early Valentine’s Day Five-Course Dinners, MTN Prime, $55/$60/$75 • Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day Five-Course Dinners, MTN Prime, $55/$60/$75 … Continue reading
February 2017 Mountain Mix – The Best of All the Rest
FEBRUARY 1-14 • Main Street Central City Photo Contest Win up to $200 cash and a chance to be featured on postcards by entering the Main Street Central City Photo Contest, which is open to all photographers. The contest is soliciting original, striking images of Central City, including, but not limited to buildings and structures, … Continue reading
Another year of record visitation at Rocky Mountain National Park in 2016
ESTES PARK Rocky Mountain National Park received its highest annual visitation in 2016. The park received a total of 4,517,584 visitors for 2016, which was an 8.7 percent increase over record visitation in 2015. All months in 2016 set visitation records except for December. This visitation represents a 32 percent increase since 2014, and a … Continue reading
Genre-hopping band creates ‘time-bending’ dance party
NEDERLAND The Dustbowl Revival’s eight members calls themselves an American roots orchestra that plays it all. The Los Angeles-based band plays two Colorado shows at Nederland’s The Caribou Room, Jan. 21, and Denver’s Larimer Lounge the night before, Jan. 20. The unique act mashes the sounds of traditional American music into a genre-hopping, time-bending dance … Continue reading
Still time to ‘saddle up’ for final days of National Western Stock Show
DENVER The 111th National Western Stock Show got off to another successful start in 2017. Since the doors opened over a week ago on January 7, more than 460,000 guests have visited the Colorado tradition. “We know that there is so much for people to do and that they live very busy lives. We appreciate … Continue reading
Colorado hosts spring vacation deals, snowy thrills, world-class events
DENVER Warmer temperatures, blue-bird skies, stellar snow conditions and an itinerary packed with one-of-a-kind events and activities ensure Colorado is the perfect setting for an unforgettable spring break vacation. Whether it’s the whole family looking for downhill thrills or a couple’s escape paired with local libations, Colorado is the perfect destination to welcome a new … Continue reading
Conservancy offers snowshoeing trek for kids, families in National Park
ESTES PARK Winter presents many challenges for the plants and animals that call Rocky Mountain National Park home. For visitors to the park, it seems that survival in these conditions is near impossible, but for the wildlife the secret to survival is hidden just under the surface of the Colorado snowpack. Learn how plants and … Continue reading