CortezTrhough March 31
Cortez Public Library adult winter reading program, ages 18 up. Read and log books to win prizes. Details: cityofcortez.com/141/Library or 565-8117.
Friday-Saturday, March 26-27
M-CHS Drama performance of “Isle of Sky,” 7 p.m., M-CHS auditorium, 418 S. Sligo St. Original play written by students. Other dates: 7 p.m. March 26-27; 2 p.m. March 27. Details: www.mchsdrama.org.
Saturday, April 10
Cortez Farmers Market annual spring vendor meeting, 10 a.m., County Annex, 107 N. Chestnut St., Ste 3. and virtual on Zoom. Returning and new vendors invited. Details: [email protected].
Discussion on identity theft from Colorado Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., Zoom. Hosted by League of Women Voters of Montezuma County. Details: www.lwvmontezuma.org.
Tuesday, April 13
Montezuma County free legal clinic, 2-5 p.m., virtual. Volunteer attorneys will call participants’ provided phone numbers for a free one-on-one discussion of civil legal issue. Details: To sign up, call Mancos Library at 394-0273.
Wednesday, April 14
Presentation on “The last of the Old West: A cautionary tale” with author Vince Lee, 6-7 p.m., on Cortez library’s Zoom. Special moderator bestselling author Chuck Greaves. Register by noon April 14. Details: 565-8117.
Four Corners Lecture Series: Methodology and documentation of historic names at Aztec Ruins with Fred Blackburn, 7 p.m., virutal. Free. Details: www.sjbas.org.
Thursday, April 15
Four Corners Lecture Series: Basket weaving in the Mesa Verde Tradition with Ed Jolie, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Saturday, April 17
Spring Fling bake sale, adoptions and drawings, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Denkai Thrift Store, 209 W. Main St. Bake sale good donated by Silver Bean, 50% off thrift items, silent auction and drawings. Details: www.denkaisanctuary.org.
Wednesday, May 19
Four Corners Lecture Series: Paleontology of Bears Ears National Monument with Rob Gay, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.friendsofcedarmesa.org.
Four Corners Lecture Series: The fish of Yellowjacket Creek, 4 p.m., CANM theater room if conditions allow or virtual. Free. Details: www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/colorado/canyons-of-the-ancients.
Thursday, May 20
Four Corners Lecture Series: How connected was the Chaco world? with Barbara J. Mills, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Friday, May 21
Four Corners Lecture Series: Yupkoyvi, the place beyond the horizon, with Larry Ruiz and David Valentine, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.swcocanyons.org.
Saturday, June 5Opening day of Cortez Farmers Market. More details to be announced.
Wednesday, June 9
Four Corners Lecture Series: Federico: one man’s journey from Tututepec to L.A. with Shelby Tisdale, 7 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.sjbas.org.
Thursday, June 10
Four Corners Lecture Series: Perishable artifacts in the BLM’s Cerberus collection, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Four Corners Lecture Series: Star stories: Mes Verde’s dark skies with Spencer Burke, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Saturday, June 26
Mesa Verde Back Country Horsemen annual poker ride, more details TBA.
Thursday, July 8
Four Corners Lecture Series: The archaeology of Road Canyon, Utah with Ryan Spittler, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Wednesday, July 14
Four Corners Lecture Series: Diné survivance and the Old Luepp Boarding School with Davina Two Bears, 7 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.sjbas.org.
Thursday, Aug. 19
Four Corners Lecture Series: Being ‘sheepminded:’ an ethnoarchaeological study of Navajo pastoralism and its historical trajectory, with Wade Campbell, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Thursday, Aug. 26
Four Corners Lecture Series: Preserving and exhibiting southwestern jewelry from Mary Colter with Tara Travis, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Saturday, Aug. 28
Four Corners Lecture Series: Exploring Utah’s Bears Ears and Cedar Mesa, 2 p.m., CANM theater room if conditions allow or virtual. Free. Details: www.swcocanyons.org.
Wednesday, Sept. 8
Four Corners Lecture Series: Reconstructing the Pueblo Bonito Mounds, with Wirt Wills, 7 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.sjbas.org.
Thursday, Sept. 9
Four Corners Lecture Series: Ancient ornithology and continuity of the Four Corners, with Chuck LaRue, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Thursday, Sept. 16
Four Corners Lecture Series: Ancestral Puebloan fishing strategies in New Mexico’s middle Rio Grande, with Jonathan Dombrowsky, 4 p.m., CANM theater room if conditions allow or virtual. Free. Details: www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/colorado/canyons-of-the-ancients.
Thursday, Oct. 7
Four Corners Lecture Series: The Wallace Great House assemblage, with Michelle Turner, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Wednesday, Oct. 13
Four Corners Lecture Series: Before Yellowstone, with Douglas MacDonald, 7 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.sjbas.org.
Thursday, Oct. 14
Four Corners Lecture Series: Indigenous subsistence on the Colorado Plateau, with Lisbeth Louderback and Bruce Pavlik, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Wednesday, Oct. 20
Four Corners Lecture Series: Preliminary results of the drone-based sensing project of Chaco-era road, with Jonathan Till and Kenny Wintch, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.friendsofcedarmesa.org.
Thursday, Oct. 21
Four Corners Lecture Series: Hopi history at the Homol’ovi settlement cluster, with Chuck Adams, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Thursday, Oct. 28
Four Corners Lecture Series: The Maize Database Project with Mark Varien, 4 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.crowcanyon.org.
Four Corners Lecture Series: Paquime, 7 p.m., virtual. Free. Details: www.sjbas.org.
First and third Thursday
Alphabet Soup Support Group meeting, 6 p.m., The Pinon Project, 210 E. Main St. Support group for parents, caretaker, or guardians of children with special needs or behavioral challenges. Childcare available with advanced arrangements. Details: Maggie at [email protected] or 564-1195.
First Friday
Disabled American Veterans, chapter 44 Lindsay-Geer monthly meeting, 12:30 p.m., lunch at noon, Veterans Outreach Center, 432 N. Broadway.
Every Monday-Saturday
Conservative Grounds, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 40 E. Main St. Come in for coffee, friendship, conversations and outreach. All are welcome. Details: 560-6643.
Every Tuesday
Southwest Artists League, 10 a.m., Annex Building, 107 N. Chestnut. Artists may paint, draw in the Senior Center Side. Call (720) 448-0418.
Every Wednesday
Montelores Catholic Community LIFT Religious Education classes, 5:45-6:45, Church Center, 20 S. Market St. Grades Preschool-8. Love and praise Jesus, learn the Catholic tradition, grow in prayer and service. Details: 565-7308, ext 102.
Every Friday
Game Night with Piñon Project, 6 p.m., virtual. Ages 7-17. Free. Landon, 529-3305 or [email protected].
Every Sunday
The Cortez Library Radio Show, 3:30-4 p.m., ksjd.org/#stream/0 or stations 90.5 FM or 91.5 FM. Join Ms. Laura as she reads.
DoloresSaturday, March 27
Annual Dolores Chamber Banquet — Wild Wild West: Steampunk, 6-10 p.m., Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave. $30 per person, $50 per couple or $200 table of eight. Details: www.doloreschamber.com.
First Tuesday
Dolores Mountain Quilters meeting, 9:30 a.m. social, 10 a.m. meeting, Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave. Masks required. Limit 50 people. Guests must RSVP. Suzanne, (404) 374-6558 or [email protected]; doloresmountainquilters.org.
FarmingtonSaturday, April 3
Craft Fair, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Play Day, 1601 N. Dustin Ave. Craft booths will be set up outdoors. Entry fee $1. Booth cost $30. Details: (505) 427-1021.
Saturday, April 29
Book signing of “The Dreaded Cliff,” by Terry Nichols, 1 p.m., Amy’s Bookcase, 2530 San Juan Blvd.
Saturday, May 1
Farmington Historical Walk, Downtown Farmington. $15. But tickets at Artifacts Gallery or Howard’s Cleaners. Guided tour through historical downtown Farmington. Details: (505) 325-5931 or (505) 327-2907.
Every other Wednesday
Painting with Class, 6 p.m., Inspired Moments Event Center, 310 W. Main St. $30. All supplies included.
DurangoSaturday, May 15
Vallecito Lake Heavy Half, 7:30 a.m., 17576 County Road 501, Bayfield. $60. Details: www.runsignup.com/Race/CO/Bayfield/VallecitoLakeHeavyHalf.
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