The Cortez Journal encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to [email protected]. Items submitted at least two weeks in advance will have a better chance of getting published; items submitted several days before the event might not get published. For more information, call the Journal at 565-8527.
Mysto the Magi will perform magical family entertainment
Mysto the Magi will perform at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St.
With more 30 years of experience, he has won awards for both his stage and close up magic. Mysto provides entertainment for both adults and children. Come see all the fun and mystery this entertainer has to offer and be prepared to be Mysto-fied! Mysto hails from Durango.
For more information, call the library at 565-8117.
United Blood Services seeks donors for area blood drives
United Blood Services will hold three area mobile blood drives in the coming week. The first will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, in the Bingo Hall at the Ute Mountain Casino, located at 3 Weeminuche Drive in Towaoc; from 2:30 ot 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 13, at Mancos Community Center at 130 Grand Avenue in Mancos; and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Bloodmobile at Kinder Morgan, 17801 Highway 491, Cortez.
Any donor who wishes to donate at the Colorado area drives can call to set an appointment or get more information at 385-4601 (Monday through Friday) or sign up online at www.bloodhero.com.
Librarys Storytime program features Stories We Tell theme
The Stories We Tell is the June theme of Storytime at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St.
Storytime is held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for pre-school aged children and every Saturday at the Farmers Market beginning at 10:30 a.m., weather permitting. The Farmers Market is located on the corner of S. Elm and Main streets. Older children are welcome to join for the craft at 11:15 a.m. Thursdays. The Saturday Storytime will follow the same theme as the preceding Thursday.
Bilingual Storytime will be the focal point for Thursday, June 9, and Saturday, June 11. Next is Trickster Tales on Thursday, June 16, and Saturday, June 18. Well celebrate Cinderella Around the World: Fairy Tales on Thursday, June 23, and Saturday, June 25. Well wrap up the month with The Cow Says ... Moo!: Animal Sounds Around the World on Thursday, June 30, and Saturday, July 2. Storytime offers songs, stories, crafts and silliness and uses the Early Childhood Literacy Initiative program.
For more information, contact the library at 565-8117.
Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo will bust loose at county fairgrounds
The Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo will be held at 7 p.m. each night Thursday, June 9, through Saturday, June 11, in the Bob Banks Memorial Arena at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds.
The Frazier carnival runs from Wednesday, June 8, through Sunday, June 12, at the fairgrounds.
The Ute Mountain Roundup will welcome hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls to Cortez. Former pro tie-down roper Jody Carper returns as announcer. The clown/barrelman will be six-time Pro Rodeo Cowboy Associations Comedy Act of the Year, Troy Lerwill, aka The Wild Child. Ticket prices for Thursday family night are $22 for a four-pack are $25 and $27 at the gate. Two-packs are $16 and $17 at the gate. Single tickets are $9 and $10 at the gate. Parking is $5 for all three days.
Friday and Saturday ticket prices for an adult are $12 and $14 at the gate. Childrens tickets (12 and under) are $8 and $9 at the gate.
Two Spirits film explores cultural context behind Martinez murder
The film Two Spirits will show at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at the Mancos Public Library, 211 W. First St.
Filmmaker Lydia Nibley explores the cultural context behind a tragic and senseless murder. Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition the nadleeh, or two-spirit, who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits. In relating Freds story, Nibley reminds us of the values that Americas indigenous peoples have long embraced.
A panel-led discussion will follow the free screening.
For more information, contact the Mancos Public Library at 533-7600 or www.mancoslibrary.org.
Artist will give A Handmade Journal Workshop for Teens
The Cortez Cultural Center is offering A Handmade Journal Workshop for Teens from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, June 10. The class will be taught by book and paper artist Jane Pedersen of Durango, an artist-in-residence at the Aspen Guard Station this summer. Participants will create a personalized handmade book that can be used for writing, journaling, sketching or as a photo album. All materials will be included. Ideas on how to journal also will be covered. This class is limited to teen girls ages 14-18.
Class size is limited; call the Cortez Cultural Center at 565-1151 to reserve a spot.
Colorado Master Gardeners host Learn-By-Doing workshop
Colorado Master Gardeners will hold a Learn-By-Doing workshop at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 10, at the Anasazi Heritage Center three miles west of Dolores on State Highway 184.
The workshop will give participants a chance to learn gardening techniques using science-based research. Organizers will present a brief talk on Plant Select and on planting perennials and groundcovers, followed by everyones participation to plant more than 50 Plant Select plants in the Plaza Beds. Bring gardening gloves and a trowel. Following the planting, participants are invited to tour the Anasazi Heritage Center Museum at no charge.
For more information, contact Rene Farias, Anasazi Heritage Center, at 882-5612, or Tom Hooten, Colorado State University Extension, at 565-3123.
Southwest Open School will celebrate 25th anniversary
The Southwest Open School 25th anniversary party will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 10, at the school. Graduates, current and former students, current and former teachers, and others who have an interesting story about SWOS are welcome to join us.
For more information, call Judy Hite at 565-1150.
Summit Ridge Womens Club will hold yard sale for scholarship fund
Summit Ridge Womens Club will hold its annual yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11, at 35665 County Road P.6 (located between Road N and P on Road 26).
Proceeds from the sale go to the scholarship fund for Dolores or Mancos (alternate years) high school seniors.
For more information, call Virginia at 882-4639.
Medicine Horse Center will host yard, craft sale to benefit youths
The Trinkets & Treasures Community Yard & Craft Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25, in the Medicine Horse Centers covered arena at 40700 Country Road J, Mancos.
Yard sale and craft items are welcome. 10- by-10-foot spaces are available for $15 each. Participants must provide their own tables (if needed).
The registration deadline is June 11. To register, go to the Medicine Horse Centers website at: www.medicinehorsecenter.org and click the Events link. You can also email [email protected], or call 533-1750 to receive a registration form in the mail. Once registered, you will receive an email confirmation of your registration and booth number.
If you dont want to participate in the sale, you can donate your unwanted items to the nonprofit Medicine Horse Center. No computers or clothing will be accepted. Email [email protected] for delivery instructions for donated items. Proceeds from the centers yard sales and fees will go to Medicine Horses youth programs.
Sacred Images author to sign books at Anasazi Heritage Center
Author Leslie Kelen will be at the Anasazi Heritage Center at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 12, to sign copies of his book Sacred Images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art. Kelen will discuss the documentary project and exhibition of the same name, which is on display in the museums Special Exhibit Gallery. This event is hosted by the nonprofit Canyonlands Natural History Association, which manages the museums book shop.
Sacred Images has combined the talents of four wilderness photographers with the narratives of indigenous peoples to record prehistoric and historic rock art images on boulders, cliff faces and overhangs.
The Anasazi Heritage Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the museum at 882-5600 or visit www.co.blm.gov/ahc.
Bowl-a-Thon will raise funds for American Cancer Society
Lakeside Lanes will host a Bowl-a-Thon from 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 12. This is time for a family outing and an opportunity to support Cortez Relay for Life. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.
For more information, call Betsy at 882-1242.
Anasazi Heritage Center presents rock art photo exhibit
The photo exhibit Sacred Images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art will fill the Special Exhibit Gallery at the Anasazi Heritage Center three miles west of Dolores on Colorado Highway 184.
Curator of the exhibit, David Sucec, will speak at the museum at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 26, in connection with the Four Corners Lecture Series.
The exhibit, which will be on display through Oct. 30, features Utah rock art in vintage chromogenic prints by photographers Craig Law, Tom Till and John Telford. Their work acquaints the visitor with four major styles Barrier Canyon, Hisatsinom, Fremont, and Ute as well as the perceptions, sensibilities, and cultures of early people who hunted and farmed the Great Basin and adjacent areas.
The Heritage Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the end of October.
For more information, contact the Center at 882-5600, or visit the web site at www.co.blm.gov/ahc.
Mancos Mix exhibit will feature acryclic, gourd art, other works
The exhibit Mancos Mix, with varied artwork from Mancos artists, will be on display through June at the Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market, Cortez.
The work on display includes watercolor, acrylic, pastel and oil paintings, as well as jewelry, gourd art, weavings, photography, blacksmithing, woodworking, and sculpture.
For more information, contact the Cultural Center at 565-1151.
Dolores River Trail displays
Story Walk art installation
Visit the Dolores River Trail through Monday, July 4, to see the first local Story Walk installation of I Know the River Loves Me, by Maya Christina Gonzalez.
This local project is sponsored by San Juan Mountains Association and San Juan Public Lands. The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vt., and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
For more information about SJMA and the Family Explorers Series, visit www.sjma.org.
Medicine Horse invites children
to summer enrichment camps
Medicine Horse Center will hold week-long summer enrichment camps for children ages 7 to 12 from 9 a.m. to noon July 11-15 and Aug. 1-5 in Mancos.
Participants will learn about horses and how to take care of them, learn how to ride bareback, do horse art projects, make horse treats and just have fun with horses. Cost per child, per week, is $100. Each week is limited to eight participants. All activities are led by certified instructors.
For more information, call Lynne Howarth at 533-7403 or visit www.medicinehorsecenter.org.
