Arts/crafts workshops
Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village offers more than 100 workshops in ceramics, creative studies, digital imaging, furniture and woodworking, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture and children’s workshops Monday through Sept. 30. Visit ander sonranch.org or call 970-923-3181.
Jazz in the Junction
The 18th annual Wells Fargo Art and Jazz Festival runs noon May 12 through the evening of May 14 in the streets, shops and galleries of downtown Grand Junction. The festival features live music, artist booths, demonstration artists, food booths and gallery tours. The Grand Junction Visitor and Convention Bureau offers packages starting at $188. Call 800-962-2547 or visit visitgrandjunction.com.
Ride for Independence
The 12th annual Ride The Pass, celebrating the opening of Independence Pass for the summer, will be May 20. Visit independencepass.org or call 970-963-4959.
Summer arts in Aspen
Aspen Art Museum has free gallery tours and refreshments 5-7 p.m. Thursdays, June 1 through Nov. 1; admission is free on Fridays throughout the year. The Aspen Art Museum hosts rotating high-caliber contemporary exhibitions plus children’s and adult workshops and outreach programs. Visit aspenartmuseum.org or call 970-925-8050.
Manitou wine fest
The Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival is June 3 at Soda Springs Park downtown. There will be tastings and sales by 20 Colorado wineries and area restaurants plus a sampling of local spring waters.
Raise a glass at festival
The Total Beverage seventh annual Colorado Wine and Mead Festival will be June 9-10 in Thornton. More than a dozen wineries and meaderies will be present. Call 303-280-3800 or visit totalbeverage.net.
Daddy of all food fests
The Food and Wine Magazine Classic at Aspen is June 16-18 and features grand tastings, seminars and appearances by renowned chefs including Jacques Pepin, Bobby Flay, Mario Batalli and the winner from Bravo’s television show “Top Chef.” Visit foodandwine.com.
Carbondale concerts
The town of Carbondale, in cooperation with Carbondale Council for Arts and Humanities, is hosting the 2006 Summer of Live Music Series. Also providing concert support and co-sponsoring two of the summer performances are radio station KDNK and Steve’s Guitars. The schedule includes: 101st Army Dixieland and Jazz Band, 7 p.m. June 16, Sopris Park; Music and Lobster Fest, 5:30 p.m. June 23 and 11 a.m. June 24, Downtown Plaza; Annual Fourth of July Performance in the Park, 3 p.m., Sopris Park; Sunday Performances in the Park, 6:30 p.m. July 9, 16 and 23, Sopris Park; Carbondale Mountain Fair, 5 p.m. July 28 in Sopris Park, runs through July 30; the fourth annual KDNK Blues and Brews, 3 p.m. Aug. 12 at Downtown Plaza; and Friday Come Downtown Concert, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25, Downtown Plaza. Volunteers are needed to help set up and take down for performances. To volunteer, call 970-704-4114 or 970-963-1680.
Fete in Lafayette
The fifth annual Lafayette Wine Festival will be June 17 at 95th Street and Arapahoe Avenue. The festival features wine tastings, concerts, wine seminars, ice sculpture demonstrations, cooking demonstrations, wine and cheese blending, a 5K race and winemakers dinners. Call 303-926-4352 or visit discoverlafayette.com.
– Compiled by Andrea Labak and Dane Strom
