MMAC Monthly March 2014

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Infamous ski area scavenger hunt visits Eldora, Loveland Page 8

MUSIC

Non-profit group brings acclaimed musicians to Lyons Page 14

By Jeffrey V. Smith

Porter’s art inspired by fairy tales, trip to Ireland Page 12

Search Rescue in the high country

CULTURE

Cholua’s infuse family, local history into coffee Page 4

With avalanche danger at an all-time high, now is the time to get to know the local rescue groups prepared to save lives in the backcountry page 7

Photo courtesy of Colorado Army National Guard w/members of Alpine Rescue Team, Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Colorado Army National Guard

Rainbow Lakes Trailhead/Indian Peaks Wilderness Area

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Trail Features: Popular cross-country ski and snowshoe destination featuring high alpine lakes and close-up Continental Divide views.

Trail Location: Turn off Colo. 72 on National Forest Road 298 about 7 miles north of Nederland (at University of Colorado Mountain Research Station sign).

Continue to closed gate (in winter).

Round-trip Length: 12 miles Trailhead Elevation: 9,300 feet Highest Elevation: 10,280 feet Trail Difficulty Rating: Easy

Rainbow Lakes road, trail make great novice snowshoe hike

By Jeffrey V. Smith NEDERLAND Colorado’s Peak to Peak region is teeming with amazing backcountry spots and the trails that take you there. Each month, MMAC Monthly takes a closer look at some popular places to enjoy the outdoors in a variety of ways and in any season.

This month’s trail from the Rainbow Lakes Trailhead is an easy trek suitable for any snowshoe adventurer from novice on up. The Rainbow Lakes are a series of nine connected lakes and beaver ponds in a broad flat beneath the Continental

Divide. The trailhead is located at the Rainbow Lakes Campground, which in winter, is a four-mile hike in from a seasonal gate closure.

While it is necessary to park near the gate, be sure not to block it. A large amount of snow accumulates on the road past the gate, especially in March, and the gentle grade is ideal for beginning snowshoers and cross-country skiers.

Once at the official trailhead in the campground, the route quickly enters the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area.

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Rainbow Lakes make a great snowshoe destination for novices.

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March snow elevates backcountry recreation, avalanche threat PEAK TO PEAK March is traditionally the snowiest month in many parts of Colorado and some of the largest dumps of the year come during the month. All of this deep powder begs for backcountry adventure on skis, boards and snowshoes.

Any time plans are made to head into the backcountry in winter, avalanche danger must be taken into serious consideration. This year, however, is a particularly dangerous year for the snow pack and many lives have already been lost to avalanches in the state.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has been warning of dangerous conditions across much of Colorado’s mountains for most of the season. With the deep snows that are sure to come in March, things will only get worse. Since 1950 avalanches have killed more people in Colorado than any other natural hazard, and in the United States, Colorado accounts for one-third of all avalanche deaths.

The warnings, however, don’t mean you have to stay away. Just be educated, carry the proper gear and be prepared to turn away from any place that seems dangerous

no matter how it has been in previous years.

Always evaluate snow and terrain carefully.

The tricky part about avalanches is that conditions and triggers change by the day and sometimes by the hour. Be sure to check with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center before heading into the backcountry anywhere in the state. Visit www.avalanche. state.co.us and call 970-668-0600 to stay current once you’ve left. It’s a good idea to keep it saved on your phone.

Thankfully, should you encounter any problems while taking advantage of our rugged back yard, there are numerous volunteers working with several local organizations that will come and rescue you.

These groups are non-profit and staffed by volunteers who risk their lives to save yours. There is no charge for their services and they come whenever they are called, working closely with county sheriffs and other emergency services.

Check out our cover story to learn more about the groups that serve Clear Creek, Gilpin, Boulder and Larimer counties and consider yourself lucky we have such dedicated personnel looking out for everyone who ventures into the backcountry. Support them however you can, so we can continue to have these valuable resources waiting to help.

Addiction Recovery Groups Sunday Gilpin County H.A.L.T. – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Central City AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park Monday Clear Creek Road Runners AA, Al-Anon – United Church of Idaho Springs

Al-Anon – Allenspark Fire Station AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Estes Park AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park AA Meeting – IOOF Hall, Lyons Tuesday AA Meeting – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland AA Meeting – Rogers Hall, Lyons AA Meeting – Golden Gate Grange AA Meeting, Woman’s AA – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal, Estes Park AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park Wednesday Gilpin County H.A.L.T. – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Central City Clear Creek Road Runners AA – United Church of Idaho Springs NA Meeting – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office) AA Meeting – Coal Creek Canyon United Power Offices AA Meeting – Allenspark Fire Station AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Estes Park AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park Thursday Eating Disorders Group – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office) Clear Creek Road Runners AA – United Church of Idaho Springs AA Meeting – Nederland Veterinary Hospital (Back Office) AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Estes Park AA Meeting, NA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park Friday NA Meeting – Harmony Foundation of Estes Park Clear Creek Road Runners AA – United Church of Idaho Springs AA Meeting – St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Nederland AA Meeting – St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Estes Park AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park Saturday Clear Creek Road Runners AA – United Church of Idaho Springs AA Meeting – 701 Elm, Estes Park Call Boulder 24-hour AA Answering Service at 303-682-8032 for assistance any time of day. Visit www.bouldercountyaa.org, www.daccaa. org or www.northcoloradoaa.org for information in Boulder, Denver and Northern Colorado regions or visit www.aa.org; www.na.org or www.oa.org to find other regional meetings and resources.

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Join Nederland’s Salto Coffee Works, 112 E. 2nd St., and Jessica Ansair of Dizzy Mammoth Design for a free First Friday event, March 7, from 6-9 p.m. Come meet the artist and enjoy live music, extended happy hour until 9 p.m. and a special “taste of Salto” appetizer spread. Live music will be provided by Bilbao Jazz Trio. Ansair was born and raised in a small seaside town in Northern England, but now lives, and loves, the high altitude life in Nederland. Her preferred medium is acrylic paints on canvas, but she also works as a 23b.Fox-2graphic designer in the digital field. She has exhibited in galleries, art festivals, coffee shops and theaters along the Front Range. Dizzy Mammoth was formed in 2013 and has set out to explore the relationship between the natural world and the human experience of it. Call 303-258-3537 or visit www.saltocoffeeworks.com for more information or RSVP to events@saltocoffeeworks.dev.

Subaru’s Winterfest, which comes to Loveland Ski Area, March 8 and 9, is a weekend event weekend dedicated to promoting a safe and enjoyable snowrider environment.

Subaru’s Master of The Mountain events include free mini-lessons, free family races, Nordica demos and an insider’s look at the operations of the National Ski Patrol with an avalanche awareness and beacon training session. Free goodies and prizes surround the event and a Subaru command post is set up at the base of the mountain complete with free hot chocolate and coffee. The first 100 Subaru drivers to enter the parking lot receive VIP treatment with front row parking right next to Lift 1. Participation is free to all skiers and snowboarders with a valid lift ticket. Visit www.lovelandskiarea.com for more information.

Enjoy an evening of live music and dancing at the 4th Annual Cabin Fever Dance at the Silver Plume Large Town Hall/George Downing Playhouse, 409 Main Street in Silver Plume.

All proceeds benefit People for Silver Plume Inc. All ages are welcome and tickets are just $6 per person or $10 per couple. For more information, call 303-569-2509.

First Friday with Jessica Ansari

March 7-9

“Hot Flashes: Revelations of the Dangerous Age”

Winterfest at Loveland Ski Area

March 16

Connecting with Crystals

Estes Park Repertoire Theatre’s “Hot Flashes” is a show about menopause and aging.

The comedy by Dori Appel and Carolyn Myers offers the philosophy that fabulous doesn’t end with “the change,” it just begins. The show is a series of hilarious vignettes. The production is staged at The Masonic Lodge of Estes Park, 1820 South St. Vrain Ave., on March 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. and on March 9 at 2 p.m. Adult tickets are $15. Because the theatre is small and seating is limited, advance purchase is suggested. Tickets may be purchased at MacDonald Bookshop, 152 East Elkhorn Ave., in Estes Park. Visit www.estesparkreptheatre.org for more information.

Discover how crystals work and experience working with them at this special workshop hosted by Lyons Love, 447 Main St., from 2-6 p.m. Experience connecting personal energies to the subtle energies of crystals.

Learn to identify various stones, to intuit which crystals provide which energies, get basic scientific reasons for why the stones work and learn which stones will work for which issues. Each participant gets to choose three crystals to work with in this color and energy healing experience taught by New York City-based spiritual alchemist, bridge-builder and crystal maven Laurelle Rethke. Message her at www.facebook. com/5SenseHealing or e-mail 5SenseHealing@gmail.com to book an appointment.

Visit www.lyonslove.com for more information.

March 8

Photo Preservation Drop In Hours

Beginning Watercolor for Nature Enthusiast

Learn the fundamentals of the watercolor medium and the exciting way of applying paint in a fresh and vibrant way, March 8, in the Rocky Mountain Nature Association Field Seminar one-day workshop, “Beginning Watercolor for the Nature Enthusiast.” The day will be spent learning different varied techniques, how to set up your palette of colors and the importance of shapes and values. This information will be the jump start you need to become a watercolor artist indoors and out in nature. Call 970- 586-3262 or visit www.rmna.org for more information and to sign up.

Susan Frontczak as Eleanor Roosevelt in “What We Are Fighting For”

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 75th Anniversary of World War II, acclaimed storyteller and actress Susan Marie Frontczak performs in an original reenactment from the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, March 8, from 3-4 p.m. Frontczak has portrayed Mrs. Roosevelt before in Estes Park, but this is an entirely new performance of original material. Set in late 1942, Mrs. Roosevelt has recently returned from England where she visited with soldiers, generals, royalty, and the working people. Find out how the First Lady feels about the individual’s role in a world torn by war, hardship, and uncertainty. Hear how Mrs. Roosevelt both affected and was affected by a world at war. Learn also about the many ways in which World War II impacted life at home in Estes Park, from local scrap metal drives to the selling of war bonds. The free event is co-sponsored by the Estes Valley Library and the Estes Park Museum. Visit www.estesparkmuseumfriends.org or www.estesvalleylibrary.org for more information.

Preserve your heritage, March 16, from 1:30-4:30 p.m., at the Estes Park Museum. Learn the skills to organize a collection of family photographs and design an heirloom to cherish. Archival-quality Heritage Book starter kits are available for sale or simply bring in your own supplies and work with others in a fun and creative environment. Staff is on hand to help make quality copies of images at .50 cents per sheet. Cost is $3 for members of the Museum Friends and $5 for non-members. The museum will provide the space, tables, scissors and paper cutter. Participants can purchase archival supplies in the Museum Shop. No reservations are necessary, just drop in. Call Alicia Mittelman at 970-577-3762 fro more information.

March 22

4th Annual Cabin Fever Dance

March 23

Hunter Safety

The Gilpin County Recreation Center hosts a Hunter Safety class, March 22, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and, March 23, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. with instructor Kathy Hinkle. Students learn Colorado hunting laws and regulations with a focus on ethics and responsibility.

Additional topics include outdoor survival, wildlife identification and firearms safety with hands-on practicals at a firing range off-site. Successful completion of this class is required in order to secure a Colorado hunting license. Students must pass a written exam and a live fire exercise, where safety is emphasized.

March 29

Coyotes: The Song Dogs of the West

Learn about this clever often misunderstood predator and how their unique survival skills make them successful hunters during this Rocky Mountain Nature Association Field Seminar one-day workshop. Coyotes are among our country’s most successful and resourceful predators. Often misunderstood and maligned, the coyote’s impact on our everyday life is profound. Explore the country’s second largest canine’s natural history, Native American stories, its discovery by Lewis and Clark, and expansion to the east. Look at the coyote’s anatomy and biology to examine why it’s one of the most common predators in the United States, then head into Rocky Mountain National Park to explore coyote habitat, social structure and interactions. Explore how the coyote interacts with the ecosystem, its prey and mankind, and how wolves could impact our coyotes in the future. Call 970- 586-3262 or visit www.rmna.org for more information and to sign up.

Spring Awakening - Bears in our Backyard

Black bears are part of our landscape. Join volunteer naturalists, March 29, from 1011:30 a.m., at Betasso Preserve in Boulder Canyon to explore how bears survive the winter and become active again in the spring. In spring, as daylight hours grow and temperatures warm, bears and their cubs emerge from winter dens. Participants will learn how to live safely in bear country. Be prepared for early spring weather and wear hiking shoes or boots if you wish to hike the trails before or after the program. Those wishing to take part should meet at the group picnic shelter. Visit www.bouldercounty. org for more information.

April 1

Winter Park Wipe Out

Elevate your adventure this spring at the Winter Park Wipe Out on March 22. The event is part urban scavenger hunt, part adventure race. Participants pinball around downtown Winter Park working through mystery clues and obstacles, earning party beads and raffle tickets along the way. Challenges include snow mobile tows, frozen turkey shuffleboard and more. Travel to over 15 challenges in 2.5 hours starting at 3 p.m. in Hideaway Park. Finish the race in the Wipe Out Zone obstacle course. Celebrate with free hot cocoa, live music and after-parties. The event is recommend for children ages 7 and up. Net proceeds from the 2014 race go to Project Sanctuary to help military families reconnect. Visit www.winterparkwipeout.com, e-mail info@winterparkwipeout.com or call 303-777-6887 to learn more.

CASA of Jeffco/Gilpin Volunteer Training

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties is growing, but continues to have a strong need for dedicated community members to become a voice for abused or neglected children in court. CASA volunteers are caring adults who are appointed by a judge and provide the courts with objective information and recommendations to help ensure that a child abuse victim’s best interests are served. The next CASA of Jeffco/Gilpin volunteer training is April 1. The training course includes approximately 19 hours of online class assignments and 19 hours of classroom training. All in-person sessions will be held at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, in Golden. Previous experience is not necessary, just compassion for children and the desire to make a difference in our community. For more information contact Susan Manfredi at 303-271-6537 or e-mail susanmanfredi@casajeffcogilpin.com.

Did You Know?

Boulder Ranger District acquires acreage in Gilpin County ROLLINSVILLE The Boulder Ranger District purchased 823 acres near the East Portal and the Rollins Pass Road in Gilpin County. The land was purchased from the Toll family in a transaction negotiated by The Conservation Fund on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service. The purchase was made possible through the use of Land and Water Conservation Funds, America’s premier conservation program.

The purchase of these 823 acres makes possible the conservation of open space and reduces fragmentation of National Forest System lands. It safeguards the James Peak Wilderness by consolidating federal

land ownership within 0.25 mile of the wilderness boundary, preventing future adjacent development. It also improves protection of 0.5 mile of South Boulder Creek, offering security to the water conveyance that delivers municipal water to Denver.

“The inclusion of these lands within the National Forest presents us with opportunities to restore and protect natural resource values such as habitat for plant, animal, and aquatic species. Additionally, we will be able to improve management of the recreational opportunities along Rollins Pass Road and adjacent to the James Peak Wilderness,” said Sylvia Clark, Boulder District Ranger.

“This purchase enhances access to the National Forest and wilderness in an area that is enjoyed by thousands of summer and winter recreationists,” said Christine Quinlan, Western Field Representative for The Conservation Fund. “We’re extremely grateful… to the Toll family for their good stewardship of this land for four generations.

The property includes riparian and fish habitat as well as habitat for threatened Canada lynx and the Northern American wolverine, a candidate species for federal protective listing. Other species that stand to benefit include American marten, pygmy shrew, a variety of birds and several rare plant species.

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High Country Auxiliary Chili Dinner – Gilpin County Community Center

March 8-9 NAS Pancake Breakfast – Nederland Community Center March 9 Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating Contest – First Street Pub & Grill

Pancake Breakfast – Golden Gate Grange Comm. Center March 14 Club Car Craft Beer Dinner – Car at Mary Jane March 14-15 Great Roads to Great Chefs: Chef Jeff Osaka of Twelve – Table Restaurant at Stanley Hotel March 15 Chili Challenge – CCCIA Hall High Altitude Sourdough Bread Baking – Gilpin Community Center

Corned Beef, Cabbage and Irish Celtic Music – Wild Bear Eco-Arts Center

Malas and Mimosas – One Door Down/Two Brothers Spaghetti Dinner – Golden Gate Grange Community Center Moonlight Dinner-Foods of the Pacific Rim – Arapahoe Basin

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March 1 Great Roads to Great Chefs: Chef Geoff Rhyne of The Ordinary – Table Restaurant at Stanley Hotel March 3 Loving Cup Community Kitchen – Deli at 8236’ March 4 Soup Night – Old Gallery March 6 Community Cupboard Food Bank – Old Gallery March 7-8 Great Roads to Great Chefs: Chef Ryan Leinonen of Trillium – Table Restaurant at Stanley Hotel March 8 “Spring is around the Corner” Show & Potluck –

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Cholua’s infuse family history, local flavor into coffee

1800s, and is perfectly integrated into the rustic scenery of the

By Ryan Lappi BLACK HAWK town. They also have a user-friendly website which features an hile “local flavor” is often cited to describe the essence online store as well as a bit of history and lore. Although some of a town, rarely does a particular business contain all tall tales have been told about their story, the legend of the broththe right elements to truly embody the character of place. ers searching for gold and, instead, finding cofWith the recent opening of the Cholua Bros. Mining Company, fee, isn’t too far from the truth—in the metathough, the geography, history and local flavor of Black Hawk are phorical sense, of course. not only all experienced, but tasted in In fact, the search to recreate that “legenda cup of its locally-roasted coffee. ary” syrup recipe inadvertently became the “We are just a small Colorado impetus to pursue high-altitude roasting. “Our company with an old history, and intention was never to become a coffee comwe are doing our best to re-create pany,” says Dane. “It just kind of happened some of its past and our family hison its own. We both are doing it to recreate tory in today’s modern world,” said our family’s history through our brand. But, Dane Cholua, who co-founded the most of all, we are trying to introduce a prodcompany with his brother, Jake. uct—coffee liqueur—that evolved from a That family history includes anfamily [recipe]. After we started roasting our cestors who not only mined for gold coffee to make our syrup, we gave it away to around Black Hawk and Central our friends and family. That’s when they began to City in the mid to late 1800s, but mention that our coffee was really good.” also roasted their own coffee in the Although Colorado is not widely known for mountains. In essence, it is a history its coffee roasting, the high altitude significantly that does not just include stories, but Cholua Bros. Mining Company Coffee is contributes to the flavor of the Cholua Brothers’ flavors as well. “We have spent well located in a unique, historic building in coffees. “The high altitude and cool, thin, Rocky over four years perfecting what we Black Hawk.

Mountain air produces a quicker coffee roast at a refer to as our family’s ‘legendary lower temperature, preventing the two most comcoffee syrup’ that we use to make our family’s coffee liqueur mon problems that occur when roasting coffee beans at lower from,” Dane said, “as well as trying to tell our family’s story, and altitudes: baking and scorching,” Dane explained. “Baking and graphically trying to re-create our mining heritage in Colorado.” scorching of coffee occurs when roasting coffee beans too long The result is a “mining company” like no other. SurroundContinued on page 6 ed by historic homes, the storefront was originally built in the

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Mother, daughter bond in kitchen over ‘Down Home Cookin’

By Jennifer Pund NEDERLAND After trying their food, friends, family and even strangers approach Angel O’Grady and her mother, Anne Ott, asking how they created a certain appetizer, what the ingredients in the BBQ sauce are or to simply ask for a recipe. Writing “Down Home Cookin’ from up on the Mountain,” was just a logical progression and the more than 300 pages are quite helpful to the high-altitude cook.

The idea began as a holiday gift of all the family recipes collected into one book. That quickly moved to much more. “I got to thinking that it would be awesome to share it with everyone.”

O’Grady said.

Continuing their mother and daughter bonding over cooking means a lot to the two women. Ott remembers the most precious moments she spent as a child was with her mother cooking in the kitchen. “We have spent so much quality time together in the kitchen and have shared many a secret over a piece of chocolate cake. She was a wonderful creative cook and helped me to discover the magic of culinary art,” she explained.

For O’Grady, getting into cooking started when she was “really little, standing by my grandmother’s and mother’s side watching them create delicious food out of a few mere scraps of this or that.”

Ott has always been fascinated by the chemistry of cooking and discovering the ratio of liquid to solid and the balance of sweet to savory for that perfect flavor.

“And the grateful appreciation that comes from those who enjoy your food is pretty swell, too,” She said.

Most of the recipes in “Down Home Cookin’ from up on the Mountain” were passed down by family members. Some of the creations were inspired from years of restaurant work both women have ex-

perienced. All of the insight comes from years of perfecting their recipes while living in a challenging cooking environment at high altitude in Nederland.

A common issue they call “Standard High Altitude Cooking” can produce a challenge for a lot of home cooks. Recipes require adjustments in ingredients, cooking times and oven temperatures when cooking at high altitudes. The women say that breads and doughs tend to rise too rapidly and will be dry when baking.

To counter this, they advise to cut back on the leavening, use buttermilk for liquids in baking when possible and decrease the baking time by a few minutes for better results.

The pair are no strangers to cooking with different and exotic ingredients either.

They are currently in the process of publishing “Cannabis Cooking.” This cookbook contains many of the same recipes as “Down Home Cookin’ from up on the Mountain,” but they have been converted for the hemp or cannabis user.

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“I love that we have also created a cookbook that uses cannabis. The health benefits of cannabis are just being rediscovered by a whole new generation, and it’s so easy to incorporate it into your regular daily diet,” Ott explained. “Our book has wonderful recipes for everyday living that easily show you how to replace standard butter, margarine or olive oil shortening with healthy, cancer fighting, vitamin rich, cannabis butter or olive oil infused with cannabis.”

Cooking isn’t the only talent the women posses. Ott’s artwork can be seen on the cover and throughout both of the cookbooks as well as on the Facebook page, “Up On The Mountain.” The images of sunflowers, irises, purple pansies and other natural scenes can be purchased as prints, calendars, iPhone cases and much more. O’Grady says that fabric from Ott’s paintings will also be available soon.

In addition to cooking and painting, the women are working on two additional books, “Natures Hemp” and “Cannabis Beauty,” which concentrate on natural beauty and bath products containing hemp and cannabis oils.

All of the books, as well as jewelry and original “Art by Anne” products, are available online at www.mountainhighpharms.com or by e-mailing Mountainhighpharms@outlook.com. Visit the Facebook page “Down Home Cookin’ from up on the Mountain” as well for sample recipes and more information on Angel O’Grady, Anne Ott and all of their products.

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St. Patrick’s Day celebration includes snowboard giveaway IDAHO SPRINGS Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and their 20th anniversary by giving away two snowboards. Sign up online or at the brewery to win one of the boards or visit the brewery, March 17, for a chance to win the other. Live music and happy hour prices will also be in effect from open to close on the day of the drawing and traditional Irish fare, brewery swag, shirts and beer giveaways will be part of the celebration.

Enter to win one of the boards at the brewery or online at www.tommyknocker.com. A winner, who does not need to be present, will be drawn March 17 at 7 p.m. The winner may choose to have the board shipped or claim in person Starting at 3 p.m., March 17, tickets will be given out to all customers attending the drawing event at Tommyknocker Brewery, 1401 Miner St., Idaho Springs. The winner of the St. Patrick’s Day giveaway must be present at the time of drawing to claim the prize.

Brewery and beer giveaways take place from 3-8 p.m. There will be green beer, free brewery tours and live music from Pick Axe Posse from 3-6 p.m.

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Local business perfects coffee liqueur recipe

outdoor patio, which will regularly feature live music. The grand opening party will or at a temperature that is too high, causing a take place May 3 and 4, and attendees will lack of development and inadequate expan- receive a $5 coupon. With all the history, sion. This results in coffee flavors that are hard work, and meticulous searching for flat, burnt, and unthe perfect product, it is appealing.” no wonder the Cholua As for the cofbrothers refer to their fee liqueur, which business as a “mining will be available company.” Luckfor public conily, everyone can sumption later now strike it rich this year, much with these locally work has been put crafted, historiinto perfecting cally flavored the recipe. “In the products. very beginning Cholua Bros. we were like mad products can be scientists trying to found online at make the world’s Inside the Cholua Bros. Mining w w w. C h o l u a best coffee li- Company’s Black Hawk location.

Bros.com. The queur based on store is located our family’s coffee syrup,” Dane recalls. at 470 Gregory St. in Black Hawk. Winter “We started heating up natural sugar- hours are Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. cane and Rocky Mountain spring water Beginning in May, hours will be expanded and meticulously blending it with real to include Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. vanilla, hazelnut, and pure caramel. We then added our own roasted coffee, and, last but not least, added a local Colorado distilled rum. We heated, blended, heated, blended, and taste-tested over and over March 17 until we felt we had by far the best allLoving Cup Community Kitchen – Deli at 8236’ natural coffee liqueur ever made.”

March 20 In addition, they will be opening an Community Cupboard Food Bank – Old Gallery Continued from page 4

Nation’s most promising chefs prepare unique, five-course meals ESTES PARK The Stanley Hotel’s, Great Roads to Great Chefs, featuring the nation’s most promising chefs continues in March.

The guest chefs serve their creations at Table, the hotel’s new restaurant in The Lodge. A portion of the revenue from the 16-weekend series will benefit victims of the 2013 flood.

Each event includes a reception and the featured chef prepares a five-course meal with wine pairings for a very limited group of 20 guests per night. Dinner is $100 per person.

Chef Geoff Rhyne, the guest chef on March 1, spent his childhood in the saltwater marshes of Low Country South Carolina and the rivers of Georgia. His extensive culinary experience and recognition have taken him far away from his home to some of the world’s greatest kitchens. In late 2012 however, he returned to his roots and launched sea-

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March 21-22 Great Roads to Great Chefs: Chef Chad Scothorn of Cosmopolitan – Table Restaurant at Stanley Hotel March 28-29 Great Roads to Great Chefs: Chef James Mazzio of The Edge – Table Restaurant at Stanley Hotel March 30 Cheese/Beer Pairing w/MouCo Cheese –Very Nice Brewing March 31 Loving Cup Community Kitchen – Deli at 8236’

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Tuesday Taco Tuesday – Mothers Saloon Wednesday Burger Madness – Sundance Café Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution – Whispering Pines Church Thursday Breakfast for Dinner – Sundance Café Open Mic – Taylor Radio Potluck – Spirit Hounds Distillery Friday Friday Night Supper – Coal Creek Coffee Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution – Whispering Pines Church

Burger Madness – Lyons Dairy Bar Saturday Food Pantry – Nederland Community Center

WEEKLY FOOD Sunday Service Industry Sunday – Stage Stop Lunch Buffet – Peaceful Valley Ranch Champagne Brunch – The Other Side Sunday Brunch Buffet w/Amanda Valley – Waterfront

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Monday Dinner Special – First Street Pub Pastor’s Pantry Food Distribution – Whispering Pines Church

All listings/dates subject to change.

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food-focused The Ordinary in South Carolina as chef de cuisine.

Enjoy the cuisine of Chef Ryan Leinonen on March 7 and 8. He moved to Colorado in 2003 to explore the budding Colorado restaurant scene. He brings a fresh and simple perspective to his menus, while overseeing some of the finest restaurants on Colorado’s Front Range including Colt & Gray, Root Down, and The Kitchen (Boulder). He is currently the chef and owner of Trillium in Denver.

Born in Los Angeles, where the food is as diverse as the populace, Chef Jeff Osaka, who visits the Stanley March 14 and 15, has worked with some of the best chefs in the nation and has gained praise by critics and peers alike over the past 16 years. After a move to Colorado, Osaka opened up Twelve Restaurant.

Featuring a monthly changing menu, he strives to provide a culinary experience that is unique to the Mile High City.

Chef Chad Scothorn visits Table on March 21 and 22. He brought his culinary vision to Telluride in 1996 after 22 years in restaurants from Oklahoma to Argentina. He boasts an education from the intensive cooking class at the Culinary Institute of America in Sicily, Itlay, and in classes for bread making and advanced pastries at the internationally recognized Ecole Lenotre, near Paris, France. Scothorn now cooks with The Cosmopolitan, a fine-dining, 80-seat restaurant that serves contemporary cuisine in Telluride.

Chef James Mazzio, a self-taught chef mentored by Chef Charles Dale, owner of the former Renaissance of Aspen, learned to create crafted mountain fare cuisine among other exquisite dishes. He is the guest chef at Table, March 28 and 29. Chef Mazzio was hired at 15 Degrees in Boulder, where he challenged himself and gained the title of “Best New Chef”

by Food & Wine Magazine. Chef Mazizo currently serves as executive chef for Edge Restaurant & Bar in Snowmass Village.

The series continues most weekends until mid-April. For reservations, call 970-577-4160 or book online at www. stanleyhotel.com.

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By Jeffrey V. Smith FRONT RANGE olorado’s backcountry can be incredibly scenic and secluded filling adventurers spirits with inspiration and motivation, it can also be extremely dangerous. Lost hikers, injured climbers, stuck skiers and people caught in countless other emergency situations can thankfully rely on groups of highly-trained, non-paid professional rescue-mountaineers that perform mountain search and rescue, day and night, every day of the year so everyone else can survive hazards found in the backcountry.

In the Northern Front Range region, if someone needs help in the backcountry, one or more of three non-profit groups staffed with volunteers will come to the rescue.

Alpine Rescue Team, Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Larimer County Search and Rescue respond to calls in Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, Boulder and Larimer counties. All of the groups perform their services free of charge. Flight For Life, Colorado National Guardsmen and Rocky Mountain National Park Rangers will also conduct and assist with search and rescue efforts when needed.

The Alpine Rescue Team, based in Evergreen, is a nationally-accredited mountain rescue team that is the primary responder to calls from Clear Creek, Gilpin and Jefferson counties. Alpine Rescue Team has responded to wilderness emergencies since 1959 and its services have always been free to any individual or agency in need of their expertise and assistance.

At any given time, the Alpine Rescue Team is staffed by between 40 to 60 professional non-paid mountain rescuers who have applied for membership and have passed a rigorous training regimen. The Alpine Rescue Team maintains an arsenal of mountain rescue and first aid equipment. They also maintain a fleet of vehicles

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Alpine Rescue Team regularly conducts avalanche rescue training.

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at their primary building, known as “The Shack,” which is located in Evergreen, Colorado ranging from specially equipped trucks, to snowmobiles, to ATV’s.

Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, which is the primary responder in Boulder County and often assists with Gilpin and other nearby counties, is an all-volunteer organization trained and equipped for search and rescue on mountainous terrain and in all weather conditions. Founded in 1947, it is one of the oldest and most experienced mountain rescue teams in the country. The group is a non-profit that does not charge for services.

Each year Rocky Mountain Recue Group receives about 130 calls for emergency assistance. Some incidents resolve themselves, but most involve fielding rescuers. The nature of calls for rescue are diverse and range from hikers with sprained ankles, to fallen climbers, to avalanches, to downed aircraft. The group is also trained to assist in natural disasters such as floods and snow storms Larimer County Search and Rescue, which operates under the authority of the Larimer County Sheriff, is the search and rescue resource for Larimer County.

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be seen. The region is one of the most often-visited wilderness areas in the United States, so it’s nice to take advantage of the area while most everyone else is away.

The road in has its ups and downs, but no major ascents. Three miles in, the route pass a road to the City of Boulder Watershed where signs direct visitors to keep out and stay on the road.

Once at the trailhead at the west end of the campground, it’s just 1.9 miles further through heavy spruce and aspen forests to the first lake and views. A second lake is just ahead and easily reached.

Weather, avalanche conditions and snowpack will dictate how much more of the trail is passable. Always carry proper winter gear and be aware of avalanche danger and your own abilities to

This sign is near the gate closure on the road to Rainbow Lakes.

stay safe in the backcountry in winter.

The Arapaho Glacier Trail also turns off from the campground area. After 1.5 miles west, however, the trail breaks out above treeline and it is not recommended to travel further due to avalanche danger and severe weather conditions.

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Members of the Alpine Rescue Team and Rocky Mountain Rescue Group were assisted by the Colorado Army National Guardsmen from the 2nd Battalion to rescue injured climbers in the Indian Peaks mountain range in Clear Creek County.

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stranded and injured, recover the deceased, and educate the public on wilderness and mountain safety. Like all the others, its services are provided free of charge and exist on tax-deductible donations made by individuals and businesses.

Similar to all the groups “everyone imaginable” joins the Larimer County Search and Rescue team. “We have lawyers, bartenders, sales people, retired folks, business executives, engineers, basically all walks of life are members of our team,” member Russell Giesey said. “Everyone has some interest in the team and can fill various roles.

Not everyone wants to dangle off a cliff by a rope but they may enjoy searching for lost subjects. Some of us specialize in doing Preventative Search and Rescue events. Some members are in executive roles and others offer their services in public information and IT positions. It’s quite a diverse group.”

The type of people who join are many, but the reasons are somewhat similar. “I think everyone joins because they want to help,” Giesey said. “Maybe they’ve been lost or hurt before. Maybe they have a specific skill they are good at. Maybe something or someone touched them once and gave them the desire to help. Everyone has their reason but somewhere deep down inside we all want to help others.”

While dangers persist in all seasons, this time of year the most treacherous aspect of the backcountry can be the season’s worth of snowpack waiting for the right conditions to slide down the mountain. This year in particular, avalanche danger is at an alltime high with numerous deaths occurring throughout the state this season. Heavy and frequent snows coupled with high-wind events have created a perfect scenario for an unsafe backcountry, even in places that seldom have issues.

“There is no way you can accurately gauge what is happening down there with what is going on up here for avalanche conditions,” according to Giesey. “On site field observations can aid in decision

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making, though. Education is the number one resource to have for backcountry travel in avalanche terrain. People who want to travel into avalanche terrain should take an avalanche class.”

Giesey cautions that “just because you’ve taken a class and have the proper gear it’s not a guarantee that you will not trigger a slide. So it’s not just knowledge but the skills using that knowledge that will assist you. Anyone can go out and buy the newest and greatest gear but you have to know how to use it. At a minimum you should have a beacon, probe, and shovel for every member of your group and know how to use them.”

No matter where plans take you the remainder of the season, if headed to the backcountry, be sure to check with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center first. Visit www.avalanche.state.co.us or call 970-668-0600 for daily and changing updates. Be sure to be prepared to “save it for another day” should conditions pose a risk. It’s best to live another day than take too many chances in the Colorado backcountry. If you have a search and rescue emergency you should call 911 immediately and not any individual rescue group.

Visit:www.alpinerescueteam.org, www.rockymountainrescue.org, www. larimercountysar.org and avalanche. state.co.us for more information about the groups, what they do, how to help and how to stay safe in the backcountry.

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ALPINE RESCUE TEAM PO Box 934, Evergreen, CO 80437 www.alpinerescueteam.org 303-526-2417 CALL 911 IN AN ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESCUE GROUP EMERGENCY! 3720 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80301 www.rockymountainrescue.org • 303-449-4141 LARIMER COUNTY SEARCH & RESCUE 1303 N Shields St, Fort Collins Colorado 80524 www.larimercountysar.org • 303-823-6100 COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER 325 Broadway WS1, Boulder, CO 80305 www.avalanche.state.co.us • 303-499-9650

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Retirement Savings Vehicle (Common Cents Counts Basic Financial Series) – Estes Valley Library New Moon Ceremony for Women – The StarHouse March 5 Estes Valley Model Railroaders – Estes Valley Library Euchre Night – Very Nice Brewing March 7 Comedy: Bag Lady Sue and Gary Washington – Stage Stop

Frozen Flip Off Pinball Tournament/Side Tournament – Very Nice Brewing Zipline Opening Day – Colorado Adventure Center Mountaintop and Cliffside Zip Tours Opening Day – AVA Rafting Adventure Tours

March 7-8 Bob Jay – Bonkerz Comedy Club @ Mardi Gras Casino March 7-9 Frozen Dead Guy Days – Nederland (various) March 8 Frozen Flip Off Pinball Tournament/Main Event, Colorado Craft Beer Radio Live Broadcast – Very Nice Brewing

Rethinking Dyslexia – Nederland Community Library New Belgium Scavenger Hunt to Support Leave No Trace – Eldora Mountain Resort TaijiFit Flowshop Introduction – Mayama Movement Studio

Total Mountain Climbing – Estes Valley Library Winter Ecology: A Snowshoeing Trek for Kids & Families – Rocky Mountain Nature Association Ranger Led Beginner Snowshoe Hike – Rocky Mountain National Park

March 8-9 Open House w/Rocky Mountain Raptor Program Vultures, Scorpions, Tarantulas and more – Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center

Subaru’s Winterfest – Loveland Ski Area March 9 Total Mountain Climbing – Estes Valley Library Ranger Led Intermediate Snowshoe Hike – Rocky Mountain National Park

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Infamous ski area scavenger hunt visits Eldora, Loveland

quarters at the base at 3 p.m. prompt, or the team will lose points.

By Jeffrey V Smith Prizes are awarded for the most points earned. Anyone over 21 FRONT RANGE ne of the most anticipated—and outrageous—events to can enjoy New Belgium beer from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Post-Hunt make the rounds at area ski resorts is New Belgium Brew- Celebration featuring an awards ceremony, raffle prizes—including’s annual Scavenger Hunt Series. The brewery and lo- ing a custom pair of Rocky Mountain Underground Skis—and cal ski areas team up to present the event which has participants the release of New Belgium’s newest brew, SNAPSHOT! dressed in outlandish costumes, chasing chickens, searching for Loveland Ski Area hosts the Scavenger Hunt, which has easily bigfoot and answering ridiculous riddles while skiing, to raise become one of its most popular events, March 29. Register from 9-11:30 a.m. at the base of Loveland Basin where all proceeds money for great local non-profits and bond with friends. go to local non-profit, Alliance for a In March, the beloved hunt takes Sustainable Colorado. The mission of place at Eldora Mountain Resort, the organization is to advance sustainMarch 8, and Loveland Ski Area, ability through collaboration among March 29. Start by building your non-profits, business, government and team of up to four people, choose a education. Visit www.sustainablecolounique name and pick out creative rado.org to learn more. costumes for bonus points. Then, Once your team receives a clue bring $10 per person and your ski sheet, spend the day skiing and riding pass (or purchase a lift ticket) to eion the slopes of Loveland while anther event and join the fleet of New swering riddles and searching for the Belgium characters on the slopes for New Belgium characters. Clue sheets a scavenger hunt like no other. must be turned in by 3 p.m., however, Eldora brings back the on-mounParticipants in a New Belgium Scavenger Hunt to avoid losing points. Prizes will be tain scavenge series again this year to awarded for the most points earned, benefit the The Leave No Trace Cen- enjoy some of the brewery’s creations. and, just like at the other hunt, everyter for Outdoor Ethics, which teaches people how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly and is the most one over 21 gets to enjoy a post-race party from 3-5 p.m. comwidely accepted outdoor ethics program used on public lands. plete with live music, the awards ceremony, raffle prizes and New Belgium’s newest brew.

Visit www.lnt.org for information on the organization.

Registration is from 9-11:30 a.m. with the hunt beginning at Visit www.newbelgium.com/HUNT for more information 11:30 a.m. Clue sheets are due back to Scavenger Hunt Head- about the Scavenger Series and New Belgium beer.

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Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways celebrates 25th anniversary PEAK TO PEAK The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways celebrates its 25th Anniversary in March. The state is embracing its silver anniversary by celebrating through the end of 2014. Five Colorado Byways celebrate their anniversary in September, including the Peak to Peak. In 1989, Colorado began the Scenic and Historic Byways program to promote its “exceptional travel opportunities.” Colorado has more national designations for its Byways than any other state.

A special event at the State Capital in March will re-dedicate Colorado’s 25 Byways through a proclamation and in June, a special conference takes place in Black Hawk. The Colorado Scenic and Historic

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Byways Program is a statewide partnership and directed by the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission.

The anniversary event at the capitol, March 14, is for those community and byway members who rely on Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways for tourism, conservation, preservation and more.

This includes museums, restaurants, bicycling guides, tour bus agencies, lodging, gift shops, public lands and far more.

On June 19 and 20, a 25th Anniversary

Conference will be held in Black Hawk for Colorado Byways organizations. The event includes communities, businesses, state and federal agencies and others who want to network with the byways.

Anyone interested in Colorado scenic and historic Byways, including the nearby Peak to Peak, Trail Ridge Road, Guanella Pass and Lariat Loop can go to www.

ColoradoByways.org to see maps, major Byway’s features, Chambers of Commerce, as well as, links to Colorado.com, History Colorado and the U.S. National Forest.

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Find something new, handcrafted, local at Kind Mountain

By Jennifer Pund IDAHO SPRINGS With many of the gift-giving holidays behind us, now is a perfect time to shop for yourself without feeling guilty. Kind Mountain Collective, 1535 Miner Street, Idaho Springs, is just the place to find all kinds of unique, handcrafted products made by local and regional artists.

Kind Mountain Collective is the vision of Nick Juenemann, who spent the last two years working at Carlson Elementary School in Idaho Springs, and his wife Alexia Weaver. The parents of two combined their love for handcrafted art and their networking and marketing capabilities to make what began as a small collection of artwork given to the couple, into a retail store that opened last year and has been expanding its offerings ever since.

“Most of the products we started with were crafted by personal friends of ours,” Weaver said. “Of course, in the process of running the store, we have met new artists and made new friends and are working with these creative people to bring their products to a larger customer base.”

Juenemann and Weaver enjoy the feel of Idaho Springs, and in particular, Miner Street. “When the right store space presented itself for the right price, we went for it,” Juenemann said. The constant traffic through Idaho Springs year around from both ski traffic and summer vacationers was appealing and gave them a place to market local artist’s products.

“We strongly believe in the quality of

Kind Mountain Collective owner Nick Juenemann with Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and the Vivid Tie Dye he bought.

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all of our products and in the quality of our artists. We know the hands that crafted every item in our store.” Juenemann said. “For example, we carry Wabi Pottery, straight out of Russell Gulch, a nearby ghost town. Forrest Anderson has been making pottery since 1973, and it shows.”

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crowave, oven and dishwasher-safe.

Kind Mountain Collective also carries unique candle holders, walking sticks, bird feeders, and puzzles by Lickey’s Knotty Woods out of Gilpin County. The Lickeys use fallen aspen and pine from the surrounding forests to create their pieces. Each of these items are “crafted to retain natural color, grains, and knots in the wood.”

The Vivid Tie-Dyes found at Kind Mountain Collective even caught the eye of Governor John Hickenlooper when he was visiting the town this past summer.

The wide variety of jewelry, from earrings and necklaces to glass pendants, and a wide variety of hats, headbands, scarves, including the ever-popular Colorado flag design, come directly from the artist. “This means great pieces of art sold right to the customer at very affordable prices.” Weaver explains.

If you just want something special and different to brighten your day, take a stroll around Kind Mountain Collective where you can expect to see something new and eye-catching with every visit.

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Irish dance, music, food, more IDAHO SPRINGS Start your St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the Buffalo Restaurant in Idaho Springs, March 14, “for a night to remember.” The free, family-oriented celebration, which takes place from 6-9 p.m., culminates with Celtic Steps Irish dancing ensemble, but there will be appearances by Rudy the Leprechaun and a special holiday menu of Irish favorites will be available as well.

The Emporium of Idaho Springs presents the event. Be sure to stop by The Emporium for great Irish gifts, clothing, trinkets and jewelry.

Adding to the entertainment, there will be a special Celtic music acoustic jam next door at Miner Pickin’ beginning at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to come play or just listen.

Seating is limited at the Buffalo Restaurant. For reservations call 303567-2729.

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ESTES PARK Each yellow rubber duck adopted will offer a chance to win a major prize at the 2014 Estes Park Rotary Duck Race. The eight big prizes will be awarded on May 3 as the ducks swim across the finish line.

Major prizes for the 2014 Duck Race include a Samsung 6300 Series 50-inch Class LED Smart Television, An Apple iPad Air, Samsung HT-F5500W 5.1 Channel Home Theater System, PlayStation 3 250GB Move Bundle, Xbox 360 4GB Sports and Adventures Kinect Bundle, Canon PowerShot HS 12.1MP Digital Camera and an APEX LE3242 32-inch LED 60Hz HDTV, Fitbit Force Activity Wristband.

Winners receive a certificate in the amount of the gift’s value to be redeemed at the Estes Park Radio Shack Store or through Radio Shack online.

“We are excited to offer these major prizes, along with hundreds of other prizes donated by Estes Park merchants,” Duck Race Committee Chairman Thor “Big Duck” Homme said. “The donated prizes send a strong message of support for the charities and the community, as well as gaining great advertising for our merchants.”

Additional donated prizes include gift certificates and merchandise from area businesses. For information on donating prize items for the 2014 Estes Park Rotary Duck

Race, call Marcia Logan at 970-586-9194.

The Estes Park Duck Race is held annually on the first Saturday in May. The 26th Duck Race is May 3, and continues a tradition started in 1989 to support the local charities of the Estes Valley. Excitement is building early this year, due to an early start for online sales. By encouraging supporters to purchase adoption forms online in January and February, local charities will receive a share of race proceeds before the event. Each charity receives 95 percent of the money collected from the adoptions that people indicated should be credited to them.

To adopt ducks, fill out Duck Race Adoption Forms supplied by a local charity, or drop by any participating merchant or business in the Estes Valley and/ or Front Range area and get Adoption Forms, or visit www.epduckrace.org. Proceeds of the race will benefit over 60 Estes Park area charities and organizations.

Thousands of adopted ducks begin their trip down the creek during the 2013 race.

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My husband got a job at the Henderson Mine, so we bought a house and raised our children.

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I like living in Empire because of the small-town community and I love the mountains.

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Mayor of Empire/ 30-Year Retired CDOT Employee Birthplace: Denver, CO Current Residence: Empire Family Status: Married with four kids and two pets

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How did you come to be in your position or line of work?

Served on the Board of Trustees and was talked into being the mayor.

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“You can never make everyone happy.”

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G.O.A.L.S. Vertical Challenge is group’s largest, most important fundraising event WINTER PARK The 4th annual G.O.A.L.S. Vertical Challenge fundraiser, April 5, at Winter Park Resort is an incredibly important event for a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire exploration in youth through multi-day wilderness river trips.

It’s also a lot of fun and very rewarding.

G.O.A.L.S., which stands for Get Outside and Learn Something, was created by a former teacher who divided his time between working in a middle school science classroom during the school year and guiding commercial river trips throughout his summers.

Recognizing the growth that comes from stepping out of one’s comfort zone and successfully navigating the challenges imposed by a wild river, he began organizing multi-day river trips for his students at the end of the school year.

Today, GOALS uses a unique curriculum to guide students from all over the country through a transformative growth

process that teaches valuable lessons which last long beyond the end of a river trip.

The Vertical Challenge is the organizations largest fundrasier of the year. The ski-a-thon has participants register for free, create an electronic fundraising page and get Facebook friends, email contacts and more to pledge a dollar amount per vertical foot skied the day of the event. The group is looking for 100 skiers to complete more than 1,500,000 vertical feet this year.

Participants receive a tracking device that measures vertical feet, top speed, total distance and more. Progress can be monitored on a live leader board at the base. Top fundrasiers are eligible for prizes.

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March 10 Estes Park Garden Club – Estes Valley Library Solar Education Workshop – Nederland Community Center March 11 Common Investment Types (Common Cents Counts Basic Financial Series) – Estes Valley Library March 12 Ski With a Ranger Day – Loveland Ski Area March 13 95.7’s Ski Hooky Party – Loveland Ski Area Estes Park Genealogical Society, Estes Park Equestrian Club – Estes Valley Library March 14 Celtic Steps’ St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – Buffalo Restaurant

Kirtan – The StarHouse March 14-15 David Testroet – Bonkerz Comedy Club @ Mardi Gras Casino March 15 Retro Day – Eldora Mountain Resort Malas and Mimosas – One Door Down/Two Brothers Winter Subalpine Ecology & Cross-country Ski Adventure

– Rocky Mountain Nature Association VANS King of the Grommets – Winter Park Resort NRA Defensive Pistol Course – Estes Park Gun & Archery Club

March 16 Aprons: the Story in Fabric – Estes Valley Library Full Moon Meditation – The StarHouse Connecting with Crystals – Lyons Love March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – Tommyknocker Brewery March 18 Snowshoe Hike: Mayflower Gulch – Clear Creek Recreation Managing Money During Retirement (Common Cents Counts Basic Financial Series) – Estes Valley Library Video Game Design Club – Nederland Community Library March 19 Estes Park Internet & Computer Users Group – Estes Valley Library

Euchre Night – Very Nice Brewing March 20 Intentional Peace Initiative/Kenya – Nederland Community Library

Spring Equinox Celebration – The StarHouse March 21 Alpenglow Ascents Rando Series (1 of 3) – Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

community-oriented event that promotes healthy outdoor recreation and supports an organization that will take groups from all over the state out on multi-days this summer all over the American West. We’ll teach the kids about conservation, provide them with a skill set that will motivate them to return to and protect wild places, and show them that they’re capable of overcoming more than they ever thought they could.”

New for 2014, participants can contribute to the event in one of three classes. In the Individual class, each participant will make a commitment to ski or ride no less than 10,000 vertical feet. Participants in the individual class compete for several great prizes, including a Never Summer

snowboard, Icelantic skis and a Winter Park 2014-15 season pass.

In the Teams of 3 class, groups of three skiers and snowboarders work together, earning cumulative points for every dollar raised and every foot skied.

At the end of the day, the team with the highest point total will earn spots on the GOALS invitation-only MVP Westwater Canyon river trip.

In the Out-of-towners class, folks who want to support G.O.A.L.S. but can’t ski in the Vertical Challenge can now create an online fundraising page and send it to their network of potential donors. They’ll choose a “substitute skier/rider,” a student who has been through a river program and is volunteering to ski to gather their vertical feet. This class will expand the 2014 Vertical Challenge further than before in terms of both the awareness and money.

Visit www.goals4youth.org to learn more, sign up for the event or to pledge your support to a volunteer skier.

Continued from page 8 March 21-22 Kris Shaw – Bonkerz Comedy Club @ Mardi Gras Casino March 22 Hunter Safety Class – Gilpin Recreation Center Season Extension for Crops – Lyons Farmette Spring Has Sprung! Hike – Hall Ranch Open Space Winter Ecology: A Snowshoeing Trek for Kids & Families – Rocky Mountain Nature Association

Winter Park Wipeout – Winter Park Resort Genealogy Group – John Tomay Memorial Library Easter Seal Camp Clean Up – Rocky Mountain Village, Easter Seals Camp

Job Hunting Strategies – Idaho Springs Library March 23 Women’s Path of the Ceremonial Arts – The StarHouse March 24 Your Child’s Financial Future: a Common Cents Counts Seminar – Estes Valley Library March 25 Emergency Readiness Essentials Workshop – Estes Valley Library

March 26 EPNRC Workshop - Who ‘Likes’ You: Telling Your Story through Facebook – Estes Valley Library March 28-29 Darren Moore – Bonkerz Comedy Club @ Mardi Gras Casino March 29 New Belgium Scavenger Hunt to Support the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado – Loveland Ski Area Coyotes: The Song Dogs of the West – Rocky Mountain Nature Association

Spring Awakening: Bears in our Backyard – Betasso Preserve Ski with a Ranger Day – Loveland Ski Area March 30 Aykanna and Karuna Workshop – The StarHouse WEEKLY EVENTS Sunday Open Skate, Figure Skating, Stick & Puck, Youth Hockey – Ned Ice Rink

Sunday Community Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat Maya Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Yoga – Tadasana Mountain Yoga Mat Pilates w/Nicole – Yoga Room Idaho Springs Ashtanga Yoga w/Christi – Lyons Yoga & Wellness Monday Curling Club – Ned Ice Rink Iyengar Level 1/2 – Tadasana Mountain Yoga Matter of Balance – Walt Self Community Building Pickleball, International Folkdance, Get Movin’ – Nederland Community Center

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Megan Vallender Yoga – Alternative Medical Supply Poker Tournament – West Winds Tavern Gentle Yoga w/Joelle, Yoga w/Abby – CCCIA Hall Yoga – Golden Gate Grange Institute of Noetic Sciences – Estes Valley Library Continuing Yoga – Clear Creek Recreation Center Yoga w/Peggy – Old Gallery Power Vinyasa Yoga w/Darcee – Yoga Room Idaho Springs Hatha Yoga, Aquacize, Yoga, Dance, Pilates - Mat II, Adult Drop-In Basketball, Total Tone – Gilpin

Run n Meditate, Quiet Refuge Hour, Gentle Yoga w/ Rebecca, Restorative Yoga w/Christi – Lyons Yoga & Wellness

Thursday Curling Club – Ned Ice Rink Local’s Night – Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park Dog Obedience, Cardio Burn, Give Me A Break, Hatha Yoga, Kickboxing, Aquacize, Tae Kwon Do – Gilpin Community Center

Texas Hold’em Poker Night – Outlaw Saloon Thursday Locals Night – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat Hula Hoop, Yoga Sculpt – Clear Creek Recreation Center Give Me A Break – Gilpin County Community Center Local’s Night Drop-in Hatha Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat Gentle Yoga, Yoga/Pilates Fusion – Tadasana Mountain Yoga Tai Chi, Drop-In Basketball – Nederland Community Center Yoga for Conditioning w/Alana – Lyons Yoga & Wellness Friday Family Stick & Puck, Open Skating, Figure Skating, Speed Skating – Ned Ice Rink Parent & Tot Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat Get Movin’, Tai Chi – Nederland Community Center Vinyasa Yoga w/Cherie, Power Vinyasa Yoga w/Darcee –

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Run n Meditate, Slow Flow Yoga w/Sara – Lyons Yoga & Wellness

Tuesday Adult Hockey – Ned Ice Rink Texas Hold’em Poker Series Showdown – Wheel Bar Pool Tournament – Mother’s Saloon Trivia – 1860 Tavern Yoga – Old Gallery Tai Chi Class – CCCIA Hall Tech Tuesday – Nederland Community Library Hot Jammin’ Yoga, Guided Chakra Meditation – Yoga Room Idaho Springs

Vinyasa Flow, Restorative Yoga – Tadasana Mountain Yoga Mom & Tot Yoga – Shoshoni Yoga Retreat Estes Park Anime Club – Estes Valley Library Tai Chi, Drop-In Basketball – Nederland Community Center Choose Your Life – Clear Creek Recreation Center Cardio Burn, Pilates - Mat I, Kickboxing, Aquacize, Tae Kwon Do – Gilpin Community Center Yoga for Conditioning w/Alana, Gentle Yoga w/Rebecca – Lyons Yoga & Wellness

Wednesday Curling Club – Ned Ice Rink Trivia Night – Longz Mountain Grill Cardio Burn w/Monique, Bible Study – Gilpin Community Center

Pickelball, Get Movin’, Hatha Yoga, Community Clothing Closet – Nederland Community Center Circuit Training Elevate Conditioning, Therapeutic Yoga w/Cariann – CCCIA Hall Moms & Babies Yoga, Vinyasa Flow – Tadasana Mountain Yoga

Vinyasa Yoga w/Cherie – Yoga Room Idaho Springs Beginning Yoga, Continuing Yoga – Clear Creek Recreation

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Hatha Yoga, Happy Hour Yoga – Tadasana Mountain Yoga Yoga w/Cariann – CCCIA Hall Yoga, Aquacize, Senior “Sit & Be Fit” Class – Gilpin Community Center

Run n Meditate, Quiet Refuge Hour, Gentle Yoga w/ Rebecca, Yoga for Kickass Ski Legs – Lyons Yoga & Wellness Saturday Curling Club, Stick & Puck, Youth Hockey, Learn to Skate, Learn to Curl, Adult Hockey – Ned Ice Rink Texas Hold’em Poker Night – Outlaw Saloon Vinyasa Yoga w/Cherie or Sarah – Yoga Room Idaho Springs Zumba, Kinder Kix – Gilpin Community Center Estes Park Anime Club – Estes Valley Library Pickleball, Community Clothing Closet – Nederland Community Center

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Beginners Log Cabin w/Donna Mae Norris – Lyons Quilt Shop

March 1-4 Felter’s Rendezvous – YMCA of the Rockies Center March 1-March 29 Women’s History Month Art Exhibit: “Art from the Heart” – Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park March 1-March 30 “Mentor Show” Exhibit – Art Center of Estes Park March 1-August 3 Sandzén in Estes Park – Estes Park Museum March 2 Knitting Class – Lyons Farmette “House of Gratitude Journal” Class w/Deedee Hampton – Art Center of Estes Park March 3 Meet Me at the Museum – Estes Park Museum March 4 Quirky Quilters – Nederland Community Library March 6 Pottery Class I: Making Sets-Clay Pieces Related in Form, Function, Surface – Gilpin Recreation Center

Estes Valley Quilt Guild Intro to Quilting – Good Samaritan Village

March 7 First Friday w/Jess Ansari of Dizzy Mammoth Design, Bilbao Jazz Trio – Salto Coffee Works March 7-9 “Hot Flashes: Revelations of the Dangerous Age” – Masonic Lodge of Estes Park

March 8 Pottery Class II: Making Sets-Clay Pieces Related in Form, Function, Surface – Gilpin Recreation Center Beginning Watercolor for the Nature Enthusiast – Rocky Mountain Nature Association

Book signing by Emily Hutto author of “Colorado’s Top Brewers” – Very Nice Brewing Storm at Sea w/Tracey Barber – Lyons Quilt Shop Introduction to Digital Photography – Lyons Cinema & Photography Arts Center

Susan Marie Frontczak as Eleanor Roosevelt in “What We Are Fighting For” – Estes Park Museum “Spring is around the Corner...” Show & Potluck – Corner Studios

March 11-May 11 “High Country Inspirations” – Gilpin Arts Visitor Center Gallery

March 13 Coal Creek Book Club: “The Hobbit” – Coal Creek Coffee Estes Valley Quilt Guild Intro to Quilting – Good Samaritan Village

March 14 Ladies No.1 Literary Society – Old Gallery

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MOUNTAIN ARTS – galleries, artists and crafts people

Porter’s art inspired by fairy tales, trip to Ireland

By Jeffrey V. Smith CENTRAL CITY he Stone Cup and Rise & Shine Bistro in Lyons has become a great place to view the work of local artists. Their rotating gallery of art is regularly updated with the creations of artists from the area in an open, inviting atmosphere. During the months of March and April, paintings by Mahalia Mae Porter will be on display. “It will be a magical, whimsical show,” owner Mindy Tallent said.

Porter, now 23, was born in Boulder where she attended New Vista High School, but has lived on a farm in Lyons most of her life.

She enjoyed drawing as a child, but her interests and talents, devel- “Dreaming,” above, and “Lyons,” right, oped in her junior year by Mahalia Mae Porter of high school. Her obvious talent and creativity lead to a Scholastics Gold Key and two silver awards, which she received at an award ceremony at Carnegie Hall. She sees her art as “the beautiful in perfection.”

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After graduating high school, Porter briefly attended an art college in Denver, but found it too restrictive. She then chose to focus the next few years on art and traveling. During this time, she also visited several other art colleges.

Porter has participated in several art shows and has also done commission work. Her current work is inspired by fairy tales and a current trip to Ireland.

Since 2004, the Stone Cup has been a favorite of both locals and travelers for delicious food and drink along with warm, friendly service. And now, the Rise & Shine Bistro offers healthy, hearty breakfast and lunch “made with skill and soul.” The business, known as Lyons’ front porch, is now an art gallery as well.

The Stone Cup—serving organic and free trade coffee, teas and espresso along with fresh baked goods and smoothies—and Rise & Shine Bistro— offering healthy, hearty breakfast and lunch—are located at 442 High Street in Lyons. Call 303-823-2345, e-mail info@ thestonecup.com or visit www.thestonecup.com to learn more about the businesses.

High Peaks Art Festival’s juried art show accepting artist applications

will be honoring her memory with this award.

The featured artist for 2014 is Julie Glassman from Grand Junction. This will be her 10th year exhibiting her enamel and silver fine jewelry at the festival.

The featured non-profit for the event this year will be TEENS, Inc. of Nederland.

The organization’s booth will highlight the group and will offer fun and educational art projects.

Applications can be downloaded at www.highpeaksartfestival.com or e-mail Stiers at cstiersart@aol.com. Exhibitors must have a white 10’x10’ canopy tent and must be present the entire weekend.

NEDERLAND The 14th Annual High Peaks Art Festival, held June 28-29, in Nederland’s Town Square is accepting artist applications through April 7 for the event’s juried art show. Eligible media include ceramics, jewelry, glass, fiber, wearables, sculpture, woodworking, photography, painting and any art form that lends itself to an outdoor display. Preference is given to work reflecting the greatest degree of originality, creativity and craftsmanship and only the highest caliber of artwork is accepted.

The festival features the juried show’s fine arts and contemporary crafts as well

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It’s free and fun for attendees, which encourages a large turnout annually.

Awards will be presented in 12 categories and each award-winning artist receives a cash prize. The Best of Show award, which includes a $200 prize, is sponsored in 2014 by the Dona Abbott Endowment for the Arts. Abbott was an award-winning painter who lived in Boulder and was internationally known for her artwork and her love and passion for the arts. She passed away in 2007 from ovarian cancer. The High Peaks Art Festival’s creator and Director Cathy Stiers is “thrilled” that Abbott’s family

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child. Since college, she has painted all CENTRAL CITY Gilpin Arts in Central City presents over the world including Africa, Egypt, Ta“High Country Inspirations” featuring a hiti, China and Japan. She paints realistic group of nine artists from Evergreen. Art- faces with abstract backgrounds and colorwork hangs, March 11 through May 11, ful landscapes in response to her travels.

Gale Gatto’s award-winning photograin the Gilpin Arts Showcase Gallery at the Central City Visitor Center, 103 Eu- phy is a product of her unique perspective reka St. The Gallery is open daily from and her techniques for capturing light.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. An opening reception Gatto is intrigued by the beauty that surrounds us and captures the glory of the takes place March 15 from 2-4 p.m. natural world though her The artists represent lenses and camera. a wide-range of artistic Gayle MacDougall feels mediums and styles. that painting is the ex Denver native Caropression of emotions. She lyn Campbell is a graduworks with several meate of the University of dia, but is most captivated Colorado. She lived in by transparent watercolSouth America for 10 ors and finds inspiration years before returning to from the ever changing the U.S. and becoming landscapes of Colorado. an award-winning poet Lynne Mulliken mostly and novelist. Recently, paints en plein air and in she returned to her love her studio creating works of art and dedicated herthat reflect skies, land and self to oil painting.

Carolyn Campbell, oil painting rural landscapes.

Jane Christie’s pastel paintings reflect her love of nature and Gail Posner focuses on pastel as her love of color, light and the impressionistic primary medium, although she enjoys style. Her goal is to share her passion and photography and mixed media collage.

Her paintings show her love of landscape. love of art through her paintings.

Beverly Endsley enjoys using Old Nature is the major inspiration for Jean World techniques popular in the time of Widman. She likes painting en plein air Rembrandt. Light and shadow play an in- painting using colors, shapes and light tegral part in her work with the light lead- and creating large canvasses in the studio. ing the viewer around and into the piece. For more information, visit www.

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March 15 Colorado You Got Talent: Clear Creek County Auditions – Buchanan Park Recreation Center “High Country Inspirations” Reception – Gilpin Arts Visitor Center Gallery

Ned Knits – Nederland Community Library PHOTOJam – Lyons Cinema & Photography Arts Center March 16 Photo Preservation Drop In Hours – Estes Park Museum March 18 Reading is Doctor Recommended Book Club – Estes Valley Library

March 19 Financial Book Club – Estes Valley Library March 20 Book Club – John Tomay Memorial Library Estes Valley Quilt Guild Intro to Quilting – Good Samaritan Village

March 21 Four Shorts – Lyons Cinema & Photography Arts Center March 21-23 Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies: “Proof” – YMCA of the Rockies Hempel Family Hall

March 22 iPhoneography: Tips and Techniques for Pro Results – Lyons Cinema & Photography Arts Center

“Gasland 2” Screening – Gilpin County Library Bindings w/Donna Mae Norris – Lyons Quilt Shop March 27 Estes Park Area Weavers Guild – Estes Valley Library Estes Valley Quilt Guild Intro to Quilting – Good

Continued from page 12 March 29 Stargello w/Tracey Barber – Lyons Quilt Shop March 31 Movie Matinee: Wall Street–Money Never Sleeps – Estes Valley Library

WEEKLY ARTS Monday Stitch ‘n Rippers Quilters – New Covenant Church Folk Dancing in the Mountains – Nederland Community Center

Swing Dancing Lessons – Appenzell Inn Tuesday Beginner Clay – Gilpin County Community Center Planet Motion Dance – Nederland Community Center Wednesday Sculpting in Clay – Gilpin County Community Center Art Group – Old Gallery Give Me A Break – Gilpin County Community Center Drop In Artists – Eco-Arts Lounge @ Wild Bear Friday Movie – Backdoor Theater Movie Night – Lyons Cinema & Photography Arts Center

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Colleen’s Birthday Party w/Marbin – Stage Stop (RV) DJ Rockstar Aaron – Ameristar Casino (BH) Katie Glassman – Oskar Blues (LY) James Faulk – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Jim Stahlhut – Troia’s Café & Marketplace Sarah Caton – Rock Inn (EP) March 2 Andy Reiner the Skiing Fiddler – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Ginger Kids – Rock Inn (EP) Piano Prodigy from Kruger Piano Studio – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP)

Arthur Lee Land – Oskar Blues (LY) Denny Driscoll – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Full Quiver – Miner Pickin’ (IS) March 6 Good Gravy w/Andy Thorn, Genetics – Stage Stop (RV) Mojo Medicine Show – Pioneer Inn (NED) Kristina Murray – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) March 7 Blue Ball w/DeadPhish Orchestra, Gipsy Moon, Caribou Mountain Collective – ReAnimate Yourself Tent/ Chipeta Park (NED)

The Symbols – Pioneer Inn (NED) Jess Ansari of Dizzy Mammoth Design, Bilbao Jazz Trio – Salto Coffee Works (NED) CBDs – Kathmandu Restaurant (NED) Power Lung Rangers – Whistler’s Café (NED) Juba Juba – Stage Stop (RV) Jim Stahlhut – Troia’s Café & Marketplace Steve Thomas Band – Ameristar Casino (BH) James and the Devil – Rock Inn (EP) March 8 Dead Floyd, Smooth Money Gesture, Tracorum, more – ReAnimate Yourself Tent/Chipeta Park (NED)

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MOUNTAIN MUSIC – sounds from the high country

Non-profit group brings acclaimed musicians to Lyons

of a larger project, an album of all commissions from Flinner, igh Street Concerts, Lyons’ volunteer-run non-profit McBane, Mellits and Riley due out in fall 2014.

This version of Expedition includes some of the most heralded concert series, was founded in July 2003. Its mission is to present national and local acoustic and Americana acoustic musicians of our time, and each member has a long hisacts in an intimate community setting—Rogers Hall. Since its tory of forging paths and pushing traditional boundaries in string band music. founding, the shows, which feature highly In 2011, banjo renaissance man and ringacclaimed nationally-touring musicians, leader Jake Schepps released, “An Evening have continued to grow in popularity. in the Village: the Music of Béla Bartok,” an The March 22 show, which the group is album of music composed by the Hungarian “beyond excited” about, has been in the works composer and arranged for string band. for nearly a year. It features Jake Schepps & Mandolinist Matt Flinner has made a career Expedition at Rogers Hall, located at 4th and out of playing acoustic music in new ways.

High Street in Lyons at 8 p.m. Guitarist and His trio began doing Music du Jour tours in composer Gyan Riley opens the show.

2006 and he also plays with the Grammy– The ensemble will perform a newly comnominated Modern Mandolin Quartet. missioned long-form composition by Matt Brooklyn-based guitarist Ross Martin has Flinner. This as-of-yet-unnamed work was established a reputation as one of the most written for the quintet, a traditional bluegrass exciting jazz and bluegrass musicians in the string band featuring banjo, mandolin, guicountry. He also plays in and composes for tar, violin and bass. The program features the the Matt Flinner Trio. world premiere of Flinner’s work, in addition Five-string violinist Enion Pelta-Tiller began to newly commissioned works by Marc Mel- Jake Schepps leads the acoustic classical violin studies at age 3, but her educalits, Matt McBane and music by Béla Bartók ensemble Expedition tion was always supplemented by improvisaalong each of the members of Expedition.

Flinner’s composition is his view of the string band re-con- tion lessons from her jazz guitarist father. She attended Peabody textualized and re-imagined. In the work, Flinner’s strong sense Institute in Baltimore and is a member of Lyons-based Taarka. of melody and polished compositional chops combined with The indomitable bassist Eric Thorin, with a degree in Jazz his background as a world class mandolin and banjo player re- Studies, is a Colorado legend, and he is as at home in jazz, sult in a sound where “the big-sky vibrancy of new American bluegrass and honky-tonk as he is with a bow. acoustic music meets the post-modern contemporary classical Tickets are on sale online at www.highstreetconcerts.com world.” This multi-movement composition for Expedition is part and at the Stone Cup, 442 High St, in Lyons.

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Oregon ‘song poet’ known for virtuosity

By George Watson PEAK TO PEAK David Jacobs-Strain, a “fierce slide guitar player and song poet” from Oregon performs in several Front Range towns in March including a benefit for Coal Creek Canyon flood victims and Canyon Cares at Nederland’s Wild Bear Eco-Arts Lounge, March 20, and a very intimate show at the Gold Hill Store & Café, March 26.

Known for both his virtuosity and spirit of emotional abandon, Jacobs-Strain’s live show moves from humorous and subversive blues to delicate balladry and back to “swampy” rock. It’s a range that ties Jacobs-Strain to his own generation and guitar-slinger troubadours like Robert Johnson and Jackson Browne.

“I try to make art that you can dance to, but I love that darker place, where in my mind, Skip James, Nick Drake, and maybe Elliot Smith blur together,” JacobsStrain said. His new album, “Geneseo,” speaks of open roads, longing hearts and flashbacks of Oregon—a record of emotions big and small, and lyrics that turn quickly from literal to figurative. “I’m fascinated by the way that rural blues inscribes movement and transience,” he said. “The music that frees a singer keeps them on the run; there’s a crossroads where a thing can be enchanting but dangerous; damaging but beautiful.”

Jacobs-Strain began playing on street corners and at farmers markets as a teenager, and bought his first steel guitar with the quarters he saved up. Before he dropped out of Stanford to play full time, he had already appeared at festivals across the country, often billed as a blues prodigy, but he had to fight to avoid being a novelty act. “I wanted to tell new stories, it just wasn’t enough to relive the feelings in other people’s music,” he said.

The guitarist plays the Wild Bear Eco-Arts Lounge, 20 Lakeview Drive

Unit 107 in Nederland, March 20, to benefit Canyon Cares. An optional potluck begins at 6 p.m. He also performs at the the Gold Hill Store & Café, March 26; a Boulder house concert, March 28; Larry’s Guitar Shop in Longmont, March 27; and Avogadro’s Number in Ft. Collins, March 30.

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ESTES PARK The Estes Park Music Festival, now in its 38th year, presents a special performacne by Giddyup Kitty in the Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, March 30.

Together since 2007, Giddyup Kitty is an all-female, high-energy group that performs contemporary country-grass music with a sweet southern flavor. It’s something like Bill Monroe meets Dolly Parton. With mando, guitar, Dobro, fiddle and bass instrumentation, audiences are “impressed with their original material and their fine feline interpretations of some of the better-known classics.”

Based in Colorado, the Denver Post says they are “the finest bluegrass you’ll find anywhere.” Weaving fine melodies with rich harmony, these award-winning musicians create a show that leaves an audience joyful, and asking for more.

The concert begins at 2 p.m. Visit www.estesparkmusicfestival.org for ticket and other information.

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cally-based and nationally-touring acts handpicked by Music Showcase Coordinator Bruce Lish, who performs with Dawg Nabbit! on Saturday.

On Saturday, March 8, music runs from 11 a.m to 8:30 p.m. in the ReAnimate Yourself Tent. New Family Dog, Kort McCumber & High Road, Tracorum, Smooth Money Gesture and Dead Floyd all perfrom.

During the same time in the BrainFreezerTent it’s Louder Sisters & Friends, Acoustic Mining Company, ONDA’s Latin Grass with guests Slias Herman of Gipsy Moon & Alex Johnstone of Rapidgrass, The Zimmermans and Dawg Nabbit!

On Sunday, March 9, the ReAnimate Yourself Tent hosts Reina del Cid & the Cidizens, Zen Mustache, Jeff Brinkman Band and Rocktin’ Grove from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The BrainFreezer tent has the NoGo Gilbillies, Lesley Kernochan, Jelly Bread, Holden Young & Friends from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.

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NEDERLAND While jumping into frozen ponds and racing caskets across snowy fields can be invigorating, it’s the live music showcase at the annual Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland that really heats up the event.

The two-day music showcase is free for everyone and includes 18 bands on stages in the ReAnimate Yourself Tent in Chipeta Park and the BrainFreezer Tent on East First Street, March 8-9.

The annual Blue Ball, March 7, brings three more top acts to the ReAnimate Yourself Tent, but not for free. The event is just $10, however, and includes music from DeadPhish Orchestra, Gipsy Moon and Caribou Mountain Collective along with the always popular Ice Queen and Grandpa look-alike contest.

The showcase lineup is an eclectic mix of bluegrass, psychedelic rock, funk and soul, jazz fusion and more from lo-

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Conspirator

Conspirator more than Disco Biscuits side project FRONT RANGE As an outlet to further explore electronic music production, Conspirator was formed in 2004 by Aron Magner and Marc Brownstein—keyboardist and bassist for The Disco Biscuits—and DJ Omen.

After performing with some of the festival scene’s most notable live artists, the band solidified into a four-piece touring lineup with the additions of Chris Michetti of RAQ, and KJ Sawka from Pendulum in 2012. Conspirator had a phenomenal rise with the release of “Unlocked – Live from the Georgia Theatre” in April 2012 and action-packed tours in 2011 and 2012 with groundbreaking performances at venues across the U.S. and festivals such as Ultra Music Festival, Nocturnal Festival, Electric Forest Festival, Starscape Festival, Gathering of the Vibes, and CounterPoint Music Festival.

With their “utmost experience and mastery of the craft,” Conspirator pushes into 2014 with more raw power and drive than ever, starting with their most recent release, the EP “Unleashed.”

“Unleashed” is a clear demonstration of Conspirator’s heavy, electronically produced core coupled with a skillful and melodic homage to live instrumentation.

Electronic rock sensibilities are gracefully smashed into jaw dropping, dancefloor shaking dubstep rhythms to create an effortless fusion of all things deep.

This high-impact collision creates an all encompassing, energetic spectacle which will no doubt be used to shock their devoted crowds from coast to coast.

Upcoming tour dates on the “Dynasty” Tour” in Colorado include several close to the Front Range including March 11 at Three20South in Breckenridge, March 13 at the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins, March 14 at the Ogden Theater in Denver and March 15 at the Fox Theater in Boulder.

Visit www.conspiratorband.com for more tour dates and information.

The Magic Beans Fox Theatre, Boulder • March 1 he second studio album from The Magic Beans, “Sites & Sounds,” is a two-disc album that catches the listener up with the bands well-known songs while adding several new ones to the mix.

The band explains it is “technically two albums in one.” The discs were recorded at Crucible Studio in Eldorado Springs with Andy McEwen as sound engineer and co-producer.

On the “Sites” disc there are seven rock, bluegrass and folk songs with special guest appearances from Andy Thorn on banjo, Zebulon Bowles on fiddle, Scott Messersmith on percussion, Cody Russell on lap and pedal steel guitars. The “Sounds” disc consists of six “space funk/electro tunes for when you’re in party/night mode.” Mark Hanson makes an appearance on horns According to the band, “these two discs truly capture all of our styles and we’ve never been more pumped on anything we’ve done as a group.”

The album cover and disc art was handcrafted by “our brother and amazing artist,” Park McGee Art & Design. Additionally, the “wonderful collage” and song list on the inside was crafted by “our sister and wonderful artist,” Azure Richmond.

Since the creation of the band three years ago, The Magic Beans have established themselves as one of the most prominent and original acts in the Colorado music scene and beyond.

Seamlessly combining acoustic roots music and traditional instruments with modern technology and electric dance music, the Magic Beans are unique.

“Site and Sounds” come together for $10. It will be available at the band’s album release show at the Fox Theatre, March 1 and at www. magicbeansmusic.com and other online outlets that same day.

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“SITES” 1) Jamboree 2) Gravy Train 3) Dying Day 4) Leave the Light On 5) Long Way Down 6) Story Goes 7) Southbound Train

“SOUNDS” 1) Space Cadet 2) Who’s Crazy 3) The Sound 4) Jabu Jabu’s Belly 5) Solid Gold 6) Blackout

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Kathmandu hosts ‘groovin’ night of CBDs NEDERLAND The CBDs play a groovin’ mix of the great New American songbook, putting their own spin on old favorites and originals by the band. Check out the group at Kathmandu Restaurant during Frozen Dead Guy Days, March 7, at 7 p.m. Band members claim they will rock the party without knocking down the walls and guarantee a good time. The CBDs will relieve your pain, but your body will want to dance.

The CBDs include Burt Rashbaum on keys and vocals, Evan Cantor on acoustic guitar, harmonica and vocals, Roland LaForge on electric guitar and vocals, Scott Zamurut on congas and percussion, and Greg Staab on stand-up bass. Rashbaum has also been writing poems and short stories for over 20 years and has authored “Tears for My Mother” and “A Century of Love.”

CBD is the acronym for cannibidiol, one of nearly 100 cannabinoids​found in the cannabis plant. Cannibidiol has been identified as having the most therapeutic value of any of the cannibinoids found in the cannabis plant and is non-psychotropic.

The CBDs believe in the restorative

The CBDs are named after a therapeutic cannabinoid found in marijuana.

power of music, in the spiritual connection between all beings, including a band and their audience. When the CBDs hit the groove, the listener takes a journey right alongside them. Tap your feet, dance the night away, travel to the empyrean plane, or astral project, the CBDs will facilitate your journey. From friendly folk-rock to psychedelic warriors and back, it’s members invite listeners to “take a ride” with the CBDs. Find the band on Facebook or visit www.thecbds.com to hear the band and learn more about the act.

‘Lyons Project’ artistic narration of flood BOULDER The Colorado Flood of 2013 impacted communities in many ways. Financially, emotionally and spiritually the month of September was costly. Some who were affected bounced back quickly to a restored daily life, and for others it has taken months.

In Lyons and the communities along the North and South St. Vrain Rivers, lives were immeasurably changed forever. CollectiveArtsInk, March 7, is producing a benefit event to provide aid to flood victims and “place the flood into historical context” through recorded interviews, music and visual art. Proceeds benefit the Lyons Community Foundation flood relief fund.

The Lyons Project hosts an “artistic narration” of the flooding in Lyons at eTown Hall from 7:30-9 p.m. The event is an artistic narration of the September flooding of Lyons and will integrate live music, visual art and recorded audio interviews. Adapting poems from Lyons resi-

dents written in the early- to mid-1900s, musicians like Grammy award-winner Sally Van Meter will weave songs between recorded interviews from Lyons residents reflecting on the flooding of their town. Adding to this performance is a backdrop of images from the arts community in Lyons.

The emotional tone of this story is “grateful, along with a cautionary message.” Tickets are $45 and include admission to the after- party showcase at Shine and the Biergarten.

The after-party venues will each feature an art show and live music from Lyonsbased artists like Jami Lunde/Eben Grace, Monocle and Dave Watts and Friends at the Biergarten and Megan Burtt, members of Rapidgrass and The Railsplitters at Shine. Tickets to just the after-party are $10 and provide entry to both venues.

Visit www.collectiveartsink.com to learn more.

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Good Gravy delivers acoustic fusion ROLLINSVILLE Good Gravy’s acoustic fusion of bluegrass, jam, roots and rock can be described as a contemporary approach to American roots music or Americana. The band, which plays a special album release show for “Sliver Of The Moon” at the Stage Stop, March 6, has an eclectic earthy palette furthered by the use of improvisation, a hard driving rhythm section and occasional electric instrumentation. Andy Thorn will join the band for the evening and Genetics opens the show.

While reaching phenomenal energy

levels with their acoustics, Good Gravy pushes its music even further when they plug in. The “artistry and intermittent use of the electrics produces a dynamic story throughout their live shows that is unparalleled.” Captivating melodies, thick vocals, intriguing dynamics, and intense improv jams set the act apart. Good Gravy is said to “melt the heart, as well as the face.”

Artists such as the String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Leftover Salmon are obvious inspirations for the band that is sure to throw down everything from psychedelic dance beats to “slamming” bluegrass.

Relive Grateful Dead experience with Dark Star BOULDER Committed to its original mission of recreating the Grateful Dead’s live experience, Dark Star Orchestra has performed as many as 250 dates in a single year. Two of them will be at the Boulder Theater, March 28-29.

Dark Star Orchestras shows are built off the extensive catalog of the Grateful Dead.

On any given night the band will perform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring or use the catalog of original songs and often played covers to create a unique set list for the show. This allows music fans both

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young and old to share in the experience.

“For us it’s a chance to recreate some of the magic that was created for us over the years,” guitarist Rob Eaton explains.

“We offer a sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go to a show in 1985, 1978 or whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they’ve been to a hundred shows in the 90s, we offer something they never got to see live.”

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St. Patrick’s Day event includes Irish music, food

Flatland Harmony Experiment

Bluegrass act delivers dynamic performance PEAK TO PEAK Flatland Harmony Experiment is a nontraditional vocally driven bluegrass string band based out of Indianapolis, Indiana.

The act, which plays Jamestown Mercantile, March 20, and Whistler’s Café in Nederland, March 26, started in 2011 and play each show like it’s their last.

Since their beginning, the Flatland Harmony Experiment, which includes Scott Nelson on upright bass, Kris Potts on

mandolin, and Johnny Plott on banjo, has worked relentlessly across the Midwest and has been received with open arms.

Playing with the subtleties of acoustic string instruments and human voice, Flatland Harmony Experiment delivers a dynamic performance that will take the audience from sweet harmony to spaces of driving rhythm within each performance.

Visit www.flatlandharmony.com to learn more and hear the band.

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Dawg Nabbit!, The Zimmermans, Onda, more – BrainFreezer Tent/First Street (NED) Onda – First Street Pub & Grill (NED) Tracorum – Pioneer Inn (NED) Smooth Money Gesture – Whistler’s Café (NED) Tom McNeil – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Andrew Wynne – The Alpine (GT) Roger Ball – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Big Medicine Gang – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) Meraki – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Von Stomper, Gipsy Moon – Stage Stop (RV) Steve Thomas Band – Ameristar Casino (BH) Tom Thomas – Rock Inn (EP)

March 9 Rocktin’ Grove, Jeff Brinkman Band, Zen Mustache, more – ReAnimate Yourself Tent/Chipeta Park (NED) Holden Young & Friends, Jelly Bread, NoGo Gillbillies, more – BrainFreezer Tent/First Street (NED) Contraband, The Alcapones – Stage Stop (RV) Aardvark Circus – Whistler’s Café (NED) Caribou Mountain Collective – Very Nice Brewing (NED) Jack Yoder – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Ron Kohler – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Ethan Morrison – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Trio Cordilleras – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP) March 13 Dave Tamkin – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) Open Mic Night– Very Nice Brewing (NED) March 14 New Family Dog – Pioneer Inn (NED) Neal Whitlock – Rock Inn (EP) Jim Stahlhut – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Celtic/American Fiddle Tune Jam – Miner Pickin’ (IS) DJ Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) March 15 Colorado Floyd – Pioneer Inn (NED) LC’s Latin Groove Band – Stage Stop (RV) Corned Beef, Cabbage and Celtic w/Lough Key – Wild Bear Eco-Arts Center (NED)

The Vixens – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) Jack Yoder – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Fid and Friends – The Alpine (GT) James Faulk – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Tom McNeil – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) DJ Bedz – Ameristar Casino (BH) Peak to Peak Concerts Series, No. 6 – Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church (EP)

NEDERLAND Ned’s Reds, the local chapter of the Red Hat Society, wants to make sure you have a way to celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day spirit with the appropriate food and music. The group’s “Corned Beef, Cabbage and Irish Celtic!” event takes place, March 15, from 6-8 p.m., at the Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center’s Eco-Arts Lounge. in Nederland. A $20 ticket includes live Irish music from Fort Collins-based Lough Key along with a home-made meal of corned beef and cabbage. Kids under 12 are free.

Lough Key was formed in 2009 with the intent of putting together a group of musicians in the Front Range area of Colorado to offer new stylings of Irish/Celtic music. The band plays a wide range of traditional Irish and Celtic tunes as well as original material.

Jennifer Pauley plays flute and whistle in the band. Her interest in traditional Irish music began in Laramie while studying under Rod Granett of Colcannon and continued with a learning session in Texas with Chris Smith of Last Night’s Fun and Al-

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tramar. She is involved with the Lafayette based Small Circle Tune Learning Session and plays regularly at local sessions including Scruffy Murphy’s and Connor O’Neils.

Guitarist Melody Randall is a technology geek by day and a music maker by night, writing and arranging original material.

Robyn Schulze on bodhrán, cajon, and flute wanted to play drums since she was a child. She became interested in Celtic music and picked up the bodhrán.

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March 16 Bill Groh – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Lori Flynn – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Classical Quartet – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP) March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Party w/Gristle Gals – Rock Inn (EP) Mountain Jam (Members of Magic Beans & Twiddle) – Stage Stop (RV)

The Granias Celtic Band – Oskar Blues (LY) March 20 David Jacobs-Strain – Wild Bear Eco-Arts Lounge (NED) Psychodillo– Very Nice Brewing (NED) Flatland Harmony Experiment – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) March 21 Brushfire Stankgrass – Pioneer Inn (NED) Jim Stahlhut – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) DJ Rockstar Aaron – Ameristar Casino (BH) Geoff Union – Oskar Blues (LY) March 22 Them Raggedy Bones – Stage Stop (RV) Split Jive Broadcast – Pioneer Inn (NED) Tacos ‘n’ Tunes w/Gipsy Moon – Blue Owl Books (NED) Clouds & Mountains, Spirits of the Red City – Jamestown Mercantile (JT)

DJ Rockstar Aaron – Ameristar Casino (BH) Tom McNeil – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Roger Ball – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Jake Schepps and Expedition – Rogers Hall (LY) Sarah Caton – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Groves and Blake – Rock Inn (EP) March 23 Jack Yoder – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Dave Greenwald – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Teddy Carr – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Seicento Baroque Ensemble – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP) March 25 Flatland Harmony Experiment – Whistler’s Café (NED) March 26 David Jacobs-Strain – Gold Hill Store & Café (GH) March 27 Brandon Hagen – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) Psychodillo– Very Nice Brewing (NED) March 28 Rogue Sound – Pioneer Inn (NED) Boogie Machine – Ameristar Casino (BH) Charlie Parr – Oskar Blues (LY)

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Ladies No.1 Literary Society – Old Gallery (AP) March 29 Gasoline Lollipops – Stage Stop (RV) Potcheen – Pioneer Inn (NED) Taarka – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) Chris Hanson – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) David Booker – The Alpine (GT) Jim Stahlhut – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Pat Travers Band – Reserve Casino (CC) Boogie Machine – Ameristar Casino (BH) Lori Flynn – Rock Inn (EP) Johnny O Band – Oskar Blues (LY) James Faulk – Stone Cup/Rise & Shine Bistro (LY) Aykanna Concert: Seeds of Love – The StarHouse (GH) March 30 Matt Flinner Trio, Taarka – Wild Bear’s Eco-Arts Lounge (NED) Ron Kohler – Lewis’ Sweet Shop (EM) Jack Yoder – Troia’s Café & Marketplace (GT) Giddy Up Kitty – Stanley Hotel Concert Hall (EP) WEEKY MUSIC Sunday Open Bluegrass Pick – Salto Coffee Works (NED) Grumpy Jam – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) Live Music – Monarch Casino (BH) Brunch w/Amanda Valley – Estes Park Resort (EP) Bluegrass Jam, Bluegrass Church – Miner Pickin’ (IS) Monday Karaoke – Flipper McGills (IS) Live Music – Lady Luck Casino (BH) Dick Orleans – The View @ Historic Crags (EP) Tuesday Live Music – Lady Luck Casino (BH) Celtic Music Class – Gilpin Community Center (BH) Open Mic – Pioneer Inn (NED) Dick Orleans – The View @ Historic Crags (EP) Bluegrass Pick – Oskar Blues (LY) Wednesday Blues Jam – Pioneer Inn (NED) Beginner ‘Slow’ Jam – Miner Pickin’ (IS) Karaoke – West Winds Tavern (IS) Live Music – Lady Luck Casino (BH) Open Mic Night – Outlaw Saloon (LY) Brown Bag Lunch Jam – Highland Music (EP) Wine & Cheese & More w/Dick Orleans – Coffee On The Rocks (EP)

Open Mic w/Justin Faye – Lonigans (EP)

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Dennis-Tobias Band – The View @ Historic Crags (EP) Thursday Bluegrass Pick – First Street Pub (NED) Jazz Night – Wild Mountain Smokehouse (NED) Karaoke – 1860 Tavern (EM) Open Mic: Taylor Radio + Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillery (LY) Open Mic Night – The Tributary at 244 (IS) Open Jam – Miner Pickin’ (IS) Open Bluegrass Jam – Rock Inn (EP) Jerry Barlow – The View @ Historic Crags (EP) Ladies Nights w/Live Band – Waterfront Grille @ Estes Park Resort (EP)

Friday Open Mic – Flipper McGills (IS) Live Music – Monarch Casino (BH) Local’s Night Out w/Dick Orleans & Diane Jean – Sweet Basilico Dennis-Tobias Band – Cheesy Lee’s Pizza (EP) Ray Young – Nicky’s Restaurant (EP) James Davis – Twin Owls Steakhouse (EP) Karaoke – Lonigans Saloon (EP) Live Music – Estes Park Resort (EP) Saturday Drop In Family Pick w/Blackdog – Stage Stop (RV) Tacos ‘n’ Tunes – Blue Owl Books (NED) Live Music – Monarch Casino (BH) Open Pick – Millsite Inn (WD) Karaoke – Lonigans Saloon (EP) Ray Young – Nicky’s Restaurant (EP) Dennis-Tobias Band – Cheesy Lee’s Pizza (EP) AP = Allenspark BH = Black Hawk CC = Central City CCC= Coal Creek Canyon EM = Empire EP = Estes Park GGC = Golden Gate Canyon

GH = Gold Hill GT = Georgetown IS = Idaho Springs JT = Jamestown LY = Lyons NED = Nederland RV = Rollinsvile WD = Ward

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