Birding, Book Signings, and Billboard Magazine

The choir director for the Montezuma-Cortez High School is taking ten of her Chamber Choir students to perform at Carnegie Hall with the New England Symphonic Ensemble on June 1st. The choir now has a GoFundMe page where anyone can donate to offset some of the trip costs. Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival, hosted by the Cortez Cultural Center, is back for its 17th year May 15th through the 19th. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Cortez Public Library is hosting a free, mindfulness class on May 15th at 5 p.m. Laurie Dameron, a recipient of the Billboard Magazine award, will be performing at the Parque De Vida Amphitheater in Cortez on Friday, May 17th from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Mancos Public Library and Cortez Public Library are hosting book signings and author talks this month featuring Carol Bylsma, author of A Chicken of Independent Means, and Jim Duke, author of Dances with Donkeys. By Rachel Hughes.

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