Community Calendar

On Friday, April 17th at 2:00pm, all ages are welcome to Cortez Recreation Center for an arts and craft workshop where milk cartons will be transformed into bird feeders.

On Saturday, April 18th from 3:00pm Mancos Early Learning Center will host an art fundraiser at Mancos Opera House.

The event will feature forty local artists who have created pieces inspired by Montezuma Early Learning Center's own students. There will also be the Sweetwater Gypsies food truck, an auction and music by Midnight Cowboys.

Four Corners Food Not Bombs is a mutual aid group where neighbors help neighbors, and everyone is welcome. They meet Sundays from noon to 1:30 at the Good Sam’s Warehouse in Cortez for a hot, homemade vegan and vegetarian potluck, plus an exchange of books and clothes. Come give what you can, and take what you need.

From Tuesday, April 7th until Wednesday, April 15th, Health Without Barriers will host a six week wellness program in Mancos for teens aged eleven to nineteen.

This program will include health education, cooking and nutrition classes and stress coping skills.

Dates, times and further information are available by calling Elvia on 970-286-1866.

On Wednesday, April 22nd, Osprey Packs and other local organizations are seeking volunteers to celebrate Earth Day by participating in a local clean up.

Clean up options are Road G near Cortez or the Take Out Beach in Dolores. Trash bags and gloves are available at various pick up sites.

Further information and registration are available at squirrelcongress.com/earth-day

From Friday, April 17th until Saturday April 25th, Lamppost Creative Learning Center will present "Peril on the High Seas".

This live melodrama will take place at their center at 32171 Highway 160 in Cortez.

Further information, performance times and booking are available at lamppostlearningcenter.org.

Children aged from 5 to 10 are invited to attend the Good News After School Club on Thursdays from 3:45pm.

Situated at BUS across from Kemper Elementary School, the club will feature, Bible lessons, snacks and games and is hosted by local area churches.

On Thursday, April 23rd at 6:00pm The City of Cortez will host the US Navy Southwest Brass Band for a performance in Montezuma Park.

Hailing from San Diego, California, the band are here to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of The United States of America.

Attendees are reminded to dress for the weather and to bring a folding chair.

The Sunflower Theatre will host School Community Youth Collaborative on Saturday, April 25th at 1:30pm for another Family Movie Fundraiser.

This time the movie being screened is Zootopia. The film follows the rabbit, Judy Hopps, a rookie police officer, and the fox, Nick Wilde, a con artist, as they work together to uncover a conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators.

Further information and booking are available at sunflowertheatre.org

Four Corners Food Not Bombs is a mutual aid group where neighbors help neighbors, and everyone is welcome. They meet Sundays from noon to 1:30 at the Good Sam’s Warehouse in Cortez for a hot, homemade vegan and vegetarian potluck, plus an exchange of books and clothes. Come give what you can, and take what you need.