Weekly Calendar

Sunday, March 27

More than 30 dance classes each week at Glenwood Dance Academy. Two-for-one semi-private reformer classes. Info: 945-2717.

Open seven days a week, New Castle Family Fitness offers exercise classes, cardio theatre, weight room, massage, personal training, complimentary childcare. Open 5 a.m.weekdays; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat.; 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 984-3200, newcastlefamilyfitness.com.

Sunrise Easter service, Easter Egg hunt, Sunlight Mountain, Spring Thing sponsored by Sunlight and Bighorn Toyota, brunch at Sunlight Mountain Inn. Info: 945-7491.

9:30 a.m., Sundays, Tibetan Buddhist meditation/dharma talk, traditional American Kiva in Carbondale. Info: 963-2858.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hotel Colorado, Easter Sunday champagne brunch. Info: 945-6511 ext. 116.

Glenwood Community Center: Lap swim; BYOG Climbing; climbing wall staffed 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; public skate; open swim; drop-in open gym; stick & puck. Info: 384-6301.

11 a.m. Glenwood Adventure Park, Easter Egg hunt, five golden eggs, each containing an annual pass. Annual pass members ride the Tram free.

11a.m. to 2 p.m., Creekbend Bistro and Cafe in Rifle, Melody Hartman plays folk, blues and standards for brunch. Info: 625-3131.

7p.m.-midnight, Silt Bar, karaoke. Info: 876-9906.

Monday, March 28

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mon.- Fri., Senior/disabled transportation available. Info: 945-9117, 625-1366.

Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts classes: pre-ballet, dance dogs for boys, beginner pointe, modern dance. Info: 945-2414.

Glenwood Community Center: Lap swim; open swim; water aerobics; Yampah Yahoos; hatha yoga; senior open gym; adult drop-in basketball; open gym; indoor cycling; mat pilates; cardio blast; open gym; adult basketball; Climbing Wall, BYOG ; Argentine Tango; open kayak. Info: 384-6301.

Gyminikids Spring Session, including art/play class, walk/run/jump class, gymnastics and signing class. Register: 927-1000.<br

11:30 a.m., senior lunch, New Castle Cafe. RSVP: 984-2301

6:30 p.m., Battlement Mountain/Parachute Lions Club, Assisted Living Center. Info: Bob, 285-9330.

7 p.m., Yampah Mountain High School, 695 Red Mountain Drive, Glenwood Springs, The Roaring Fork Peace Coalition presents video "War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning". Info: 984-3161.

Tuesday, March 29

7 a.m., Roaring Fork Land Company, Basalt, Linx Business Networking Group. Visitors welcome. Info: 945-8812.

Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts classes: pre-ballet, tap all levels, art, oil painting, mudslinging for kids, wheel throwing for kids and adults, tile and mosaics. Info: 945-2414.

Glenwood Community Center: Lap swim; indoor cycling; Gold Fish Club; senior open gym; adult drop-in basketball; open gym; gentle yoga; beginner weights and aerobics; prenatal yoga; Get Fit; Climbing Wall, BYOG; staffed wall 5-9 p.m.; ice rink: beg./int. adult drop-in hockey; public skate; public skate; open swim; water aerobics. Info: 384-6301.

10:30-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays/Thursdays, free low-impact aerobics, Midvalley Seniors at Valley Pines, Basalt. lunch served, bingo following. RSVP: 927-6430. Free blood pressure, second Tuesdays.

10:30 a.m., story time, Town Center Booksellers, Basalt. Info: 927-2665.

Noon, senior lunch, CMC Blake campus, Glenwood Springs and Rifle Senior center. Info: 945-9117 (Glenwood) and 625-1366 (Rifle).

3-5 p.m., Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays, Gyminikids, Basalt, open play/Drop & Shop. Info: 927-1000.

5-7 p.m., GAPP project update meetings, old St. Stephen's Church Rectory, 1010 Grand Ave. Info: Tom, 945-9842 or 618-9922.

6-7 p.m., New Castle Dental clinic, west of New Castle City Market, informational meeting regarding educational tour to Greece and Italy. Info: 948-3834.

7 p.m., Tuesday, Bethel Chapel, Glenwood Springs Methodist Church, Mountain Sounds Barbershop Chorus. Info: Larry, 948-3290.

7-9:30 p.m., New Castle Canyon Club, Ladies Night. Info: 984-3114.

Wednesday, March 30

Glenwood Center for the Arts classes: pre-ballet, jazz, ballet all levels, watercolor, colored clay, bellydancing, silversmithing, culinary arts. Info: 945-2414.

Glenwood Community Center: Lap swim; Yampah Yahoos; water aerobics; hatha yoga; senior, adult, youth drop-in basketball; drop-in basketball; indoor cycling; mat pilates; cardio blast; Climbing Wall, BYOG; open swim. Info: 384-6301.

10:30 a.m., preschool story time, New Castle Branch Library. Info: 984-2346.

10:30 a.m., Preschool story time, Glenwood Springs Library, stories, simple craft. Info: 945-5958.

noon, Senior lunch, Carbondale, Rominger Room, Crystal Meadows Senior Housing. Bingo following. Info: 945-9117; Senior lunch Silt Firestation, Info: 625-1877; Senior lunch Parachute Senior Center, RVSP Monday before noon: 285-7216, Info: 625-1366.

noon, Garfield Democratic Party, "Every Wednesday Meeting". Info: 945-2396.

1-4 p.m., Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Thursdays, Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, 409 29 St., Glenwood Springs. Info: 704-9960.

6 p.m., Evening Senior meal, New Castle Cafe. Info: 984-2334.

6-9:45 p.m., Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main St., Carbondale, drop-in art classes, every Wednesday. Info: 704-0622.

6-10 p.m., March 30-April 1, Mountain View Church, Hunter Education class, must attend all three nights. Info: 945-6918.

6-8 p.m., Sacred Grounds Coffee shop, Glenwood Springs, Photoshop Club. Info: 970-404-1623.

6:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Tibetan Buddhist compassion meditation, traditional American Kiva, Carbondale. Info: 963-2858.

6:30 p.m., Phat Thai, 343 Main St., Carbondale, foods of the south of Thailand, emphasizing seafood, paired with wines, cocktails and beers. Reservations required. Info: 963-7001.

7 p.m., Free Weight Loss Wednesdays, Parsons Chiropractic Clinic, 916 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. Info: 947-1241.

7 p.m., New Castle Town Hall, New Castle Planning & Zoning Commission. Info: 984-2311.

8-10 p.m., Glenwood Music, 715 Cooper Ave., Wednesday Light Live, You Betray Me, heavy metal band. Info: 928-8628.

9-closing, Karaoke, New Castle Canyon Club. Info: 984-3114.

Thursday, March 31

Free yoga Thursdays, Rocky Mountain Institute for Physical Medicine, free private sessions by appointment. Info: 948-0179.

Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts classes: baby boogie, jazz, modern dance, clay dogs(fun with clay), anime art, pottery, stone sculpting, silversmithing. Info: 945-2414.

Glenwood Community Center

Lap swim; indoor cycling; moms and babies yoga; senior, adult drop-in basketball; open gym; t'ai chi; kickboxing; Kundalini yoga; staffed wall 5-9 p.m.; Anusara yoga; men's bridge club; Gold Fish club; open swim; water aerobics. Info: 384-6301.

12 p.m., Senior lunch, Rifle Senior Center. Info: 625-1877.

6:30 p.m., New Castle Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS), Apple Tree Community Center. Info: Susan Parr, 984-3927 or ssparr@sopris.net.

6:30-9 p.m. Days Inn, Carbondale, "Practical Sales Techniques", sponsored by Ace Hardware, Carbondale, hosted by Roaring Fork Valley Community Health Plan

6:30 p.m., Burning Mountain Fire Protection District Firehouse meeting room, 611 Main St., Silt, Save Roan Plateau film showing and action session - "Saving the Roan". Info: 243-0002

7 p.m., Summit Canyon Coffeeshop, Old-Time Acoustic Music Jam, The Last Minute String Band and friends will host a free informal night of acoustic music. All acoustic pickers welcome. Chord charts provided.

7-9 p.m., 713 Cooper (back of Eagles building), Roaring Fork Valley Model Railroaders. Visitors welcome. Info: 945-2457.

7-10 p.m., Glenwood Mennonite Church basement, Glenwood Springs Writers Workshop. Info: 947-1236.

7 p.m., Glenwood Library, Winter Lecture Series, free. Info: 945-5958.

Friday, April 1

Deadline for "Name That Adventure!", new attractions at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park - a giant swing, zip line, climbing wall, and the first alpine coaster in the United States. Entry forms/rules available at www.glenwoodcaverns.com, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, any WestStar Bank location; or Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association.

Registration deadline, Carbondale Clay Center, Spring 2005 workshop and other classes. Info: 963-2529.

Registration deadline, The Roaring Fork Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society's course on Perishable Materials -April 8 -10. Info: 948-1905.

Registration deadline for Climbing Bouldering Road Trip to Unaweep Canyon. Info: 384-6301.

Glenwood Community Center

Lap swim; Yampah Yahoos; senior, adult and youth drop-in basketball; staffed wall, 5-9 p.m.; open swim; beginning Country/Western; beginning Nightclub Two-Step; Intermediate West Coast Swing; drop-in volleyball; open gym. Info: 384-6301.

Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts classes: voice, piano, guitar, breakin/hip hop for girls, boys, adults. Info: 945-2414.

9-11:30 a.m., Mountain View Church, Two Rivers MOPS, childcare provided. Info: 876-1941.

10:30 a.m., New Castle Branch Library, Toddler Storytime. Info: 984-2346.

noon, Senior lunch: Glenwood Springs, CMC Blake Center. Info: 945-9117; Rifle Senior Center, Info: 625-1366.

1:30-4 p.m., Silt Historical Park, Silt needlework group. Info: 876-5801.

4-8 p.m., Glenwood Adventure Park, free Tram rides in April. Info: 945-4228.

5 p.m., The Main Street Gallery and the Framer, 817 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs, Autumn Eve Colle exhibition. Info: 309-4534.

6-8 p.m., Carbondale Council on the Arts and Humanities Gallery, 645 Main St., Carbondale, Color in Art Exhibit Artist Reception. Info: 963-1680.

6:30 p.m., Silt Firestation, Community Development Plan meeting. Info: 625-3159.

Saturday, April 2

Glenwood Community Center

Anusara yoga; lap swim; climbing wall staffed, noon-8 p.m.; open swim. Info: 384-6301.

7-9 a.m., Valley View Hospital Cancer Center, pre-draw blood test. Info: 384-6651.

8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hunter Education class, Re-1 School District building, must attend both days. No preregistration. Kids under 12 accompanied by guardian.

9:30-11 a.m. Glenwood Dance Academy, Circuit Pilates. Info: 945-2717.

10 a.m., Moose Lodge, 133 E. Third St., Rifle, ABATE, motorcyclists' rights organization. Info: 625-1912, 618-1593.

12-4 p.m, Center for the Arts Gallery open. Info: 945-2414.

6-8 p.m., Gym of Basalt, teen breakdancing class, $5/class, teens encouraged to stay and socialize. Info: 927-3287.

7 p.m., Center for the Arts, Jump into Spring Concert, benefits Silversmithing Program and purchase equipment for jewelry studio. Jewelry created by students will be on sale. Info: 945-2414.



7:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, corner of Ninth and Colorado Ave., Community Contra Dance. Info: 945-0350.

Pick of the Week: Either

11 a.m. Glenwood Adventure Park, Easter Egg Hunt, five golden eggs, each containing an annual pass. Annual pass members ride the Tram free.

7 p.m., Center for the Arts, Jump into Spring Concert, benefits Silversmithing Program and purchase equipment for jewelry studio. Jewelry created by students will be on sale. Info: 945-2414.

or

5 p.m., The Main Street Gallery and the Framer, 817 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Autumn Eve Colle exhibition. Info: 309-4534.

or

6-8 p.m., Carbondale Council on the Arts and Humanities Gallery, 645 Main St., Carbondale, Color in Art Exhibit Artist Reception. Info: 963-1680.