Join the Crested Butte Museum and Hartman Castle Preservation for a celebration of our local historic places and their continued preservation! Learn about the effort to save the Hartman Castle in Gunnison, Colorado and the amazing history of Alonzo and Annie Hartman, pioneers of the Gunnison Valley. Snacks and refreshments will be served at this…
Celebrate community and science at RMBL’s Gothic site, a historic former mining town and current biological field station at the base of Gothic Mountain. This fun afternoon includes family-friendly tours, with stories about RMBL’s history and outdoor science community. Bring the kids for hands-on learning at our Youth Programs activity stations, featuring nature-inspired crafts, games,…
Join an extraordinary evening with Columbia University ecologists and conservation/evolutionary biologists Shahid Naeem, PhD and Sara Tjossem, PhD. Dr. Naeem’s research is conservation-focused, with an emphasis on understanding the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem function. Dr. Tjossem — who is also a RMBL alumna — focuses on the history of science, the intersection of science…
Mountain Words invites writers in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to a weekend of generative work in a rejuvenative setting. For 3 days, join our outstanding collection of authors as they lead morning workshops to kindle the creative flame. Afternoons and evenings are left to participants to hike, bike, write, and explore the town and surroundings…
Mountain Words invites writers in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to a weekend of generative work in a rejuvenative setting. For 3 days, join our outstanding collection of authors as they lead morning workshops to kindle the creative flame. Afternoons and evenings are left to participants to hike, bike, write, and explore the town and surroundings…
Mountain Words invites writers in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to a weekend of generative work in a rejuvenative setting. For 3 days, join our outstanding collection of authors as they lead morning workshops to kindle the creative flame. Afternoons and evenings are left to participants to hike, bike, write, and explore the town and surroundings…
Bring a little dolce vita to Crested Butte with a community potluck inspired by The Italian Summer Kitchen by Cathy Whims and Kate Lewis! Think sun-ripened flavors, fresh herbs, and recipes made for lingering over the last of our long summer evenings. Grab a copy at Townie Books or borrow ours, sign up for a…
Spend a fun day with artist and instructor Beth Zink, learning how to paint a landscape with mountains and wildflowers. Beth takes you step by step through her painting process, teaching you tips, tricks and shortcuts throughout the day. Instruction is for beginners, but everyone is welcome. You will take home a completed 11”x14” masterpiece,…
Spend a fun day with artist and instructor Beth Zink, exploring the properties of color, and how to use color to achieve a variety of effects in your paintings. It is a hands-on “color 101” approach, with all of us mixing, and testing our own “recipes” in our individual notebooks. We will also create some…
For more than 20 years, Paul Spinks has worn the uniform. As single-officer paramedic, he covers a patch of more than 90,000 square kilometres in Australia’s remote and unforgiving outback. No backup. No quick reinforcements. Just instinct, experience, and the responsibility to make the call when it matters most. Paul walks into homes where panic…