Celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday in Mancos
March 2 is Dr. Seuss’ birthday, and National Read Across America Day. Mancos plans to celebrate in style.
Mancos Elementary staff will spend the day reading and celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday, including a lunch of green eggs and ham.
Families are encouraged to spend the day at the Book Fair, listening to stories read by Thing 1, watching drama presentations from the Middle School, and having a lunch of green eggs and ham.
The celebration will continue into the evening during with Snuggle Up and Read from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Telluride Blues and Brews tickets on sale
The Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is on Sept. 18-20, boasting four days of music and microbrews and a mix of live blues, funk, indie, rock, jam band, gospel and soul performances.
Tickets for the 2015 festival will go on sale Monday, March 2 at 10 a.m. Limited Early Bird and VIP 3-day passes often sell out in minutes.
The Blues Stage will feature a stacked line-up of artists and comedians. On Sept. 19, the Grand Tasting will feature 170 styles of craft beer and cider from over 55 microbreweries.
Tickets for Early Bird and VIP 3-day passes, Juke Joint (late night) passes, camping and RV passes go on sale Monday, March 2 at 10 a.m. The Early Bird 3-day pass is $160, and the VIP 3-day pass is $425.00. Single-day tickets go on sale June 17.
For info or to buy tickets, visit tellurideblues.com. To purchase tickets by phone, call (866) 515-6166. Tickets are available at Telluride Music at 333 W. Colorado Ave. and Wizard Entertainment at 126 E. Colorado Ave. VIP tickets will be sold at Telluride Music and online.
Deadline for photo contest coming up
It’s time to submit photos for Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance’s calendar for February. Guidelines for submission include:
Subjects may include anything about Southwest Colorado – landscape, cultural sites, people.
Photos should reflect that particular month in SW Colorado.
Use landscape format.
Send photos at highest resolution possible.
A winning photographer, receives a one-year membership to Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance allowing you to join us for hikes, talks and more; a 2016 calendar featuring your artwork.
Submit photos by Sunday, March 1, to info@swcocanyons.org.
Telluride plans second annual Get Down events
The national reggae act Iration will headline the Mountain Town Get Down scheduled for March 28 and 29. The second Mountain Town Get Down attracts spring skiing and music enthusiasts for a weekend full of on-snow festivities and free music.
The weekend’s events kick off on March 28 with free live music in Heritage Plaza in Mountain Village. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., Dustbowl Revival will perform, then reggae performers, The Expanders, at 2:15 p.m. Then, at 4 p.m., Iration will perform to a crowd in the afternoon sun. After the sun goes down, The Cold War Kids, will perform a ticketed show at the Telluride Conference Center.
On March 29 the party moves to Gorrono Ranch at 12:30 p.m. for the annual Bikini Slalom in which skiers don their best beachwear as they ski. The day wraps up on the Gorrono Ranch deck with a DJ and luau from 1:30-4:30 p.m.
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