Community Calendar

In celebration of the Annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival, Cortez Cultural Center will host an art exhibition titled, "Winged Horizons".

Running until Saturday, May 30th, the artwork will feature this year's honored bird, the green-tailed towhee, which can usually be found around Mesa Verde National Park.

"When Do I Stop?", a conceptual art show featuring interpretations of this topic will take place at Turquoise Raven Art Gallery throughout May.

Featuring many artists and many mediums, all pieces will be hung with narratives and the exhibition will include abstract and expressionist work.

Further information is available at turquoiseravenartgallery.com

On Saturday, June 6th at 2:00pm Canyons of The Ancients Visitor Center and Museum will host a lecture by Nicholas LaPalm exploring Desert Archaic Lifeways of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau.

The program will examine the transition from big-game hunting to plant-based subsistence, early food-processing technologies, and the use of native plants in arid environments through archaeology and ethnobotany.