High Country Conservation Advocates warmly invites you to an evening of conversation, community, and conservation at the Eldo Brewery. Join us for a HCCA Happy Hour on Thursday, June 11 at 5:30 PM, where Advocacy Director Jon Hare, along with the HCCA board and staff, will lead an open discussion on the recent threats to…
A conference for anyone working with young children. Session Topics include… Art for Young Children, Early Literacy, Infant and Toddler Development, Mindfulness, Movement and More. Special presentation by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and The Eureka Science Museum. Light breakfast and Lunch Included. Western Colorado University Ballroom.
This is the second event in the community mental health discussion sponsored by CB State of Mind and RMBL. We will focus specifically on the “anxiety crisis,” discussing why folks are experiencing so much anxiety and what we can do about it. The discussion is led by Wallace Pond, a local therapist, academic, and researcher.…
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams is a memoir that intertwines the author’s personal tragedy—her mother’s death from cancer—with the environmental crisis of the Great Salt Lake flooding the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Published in 1992, the book uses the natural world as a metaphor for loss, change,…
Join us for our monthly book club in discussing Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConogley. WINNER OF THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD AND THE HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARD For readers of Jhumpa Lahiri and Maile Meloy, a collection of stories about Indian immigrants in the rural American West full of “such grace and understated power…
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane Is the Upper East River, and all that it shapes and sustains around Gothic, alive? Led by RMBL Director of Story Dr. John Hausdoerffer, we will explore these questions in our book club at RMBL 365 (615 Teocalli Ave., Crested Butte). Copies of Is a River Alive? are…
Help grow food for your community! Join the Mountain Roots team prep beds, clean up the space, and prepare each garden for a bountiful season of growing fresh, local produce! Enjoy a free lunch after each session. Sunshine Garden (200 E Spencer Ave in Gunnison): Wednesday, April 15th from 9am – 12pm Gunnison School Garden…
3 Separate Classes | Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 | April 14th, May 12th, + May 26th Discover the art of block printing in this hands-on series, perfect for beginners and creative explorers. Learn the fundamentals of designing your own patterns, carving them into blocks, and printing on paper and fabric. Over the course of the…
Speed puzzling is a competitive sport where individuals, pairs, or teams race to assemble jigsaw puzzles. Each competitor receives the same jigsaw puzzle in an opaque package. At “go!”, the competitors start the puzzle and the first one done wins! Unlike the leisurely, meditative approach many puzzlers take, speed puzzling is all about completing puzzles…
Take a culinary trip to northern Spain with a community potluck inspired by The Book of Pintxos: Discover the Legendary Small Bites of Basque Country by Marti Buckley! This cookbook celebrates the vibrant tradition of pintxos—those irresistible little bites that bring people together in the bars and kitchens of the Basque region—and offers plenty of…