The Estes Park Museum hosts programs and events throughout the year. If you have any questions about tours or upcoming programs, please contact the Curator of Interpretation. Please check back regularly to see the latest from the Estes Park Museum.
While the Museum was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some online programs were recorded. Those programs can be accessed on the Museum's YouTube playlist. The views and opinions expressed in each program are specific to that individual, community member, and/or presenter.
Programs & Events
Upcoming Programs & Events
Saturday, July 27 - 4:00 p.m. - Join the Estes Park Museum and pianist Jennifer Muńiz in exploring the works of American composer and Estes Park summer resident Arne Oldberg. Please note that due to music set-up and expected attendance, this program will take place at the Community Church of the Rockies, 1700 Brodie Ave. With generous support from the Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. program admission is free for museum members and $5.00 for non-members. Admission will be collected at the door.
One of several perseverant cultural figures in Chicago at the turn of the 19th century, Oldberg was determined to re-define the U.S. artistic identity. The musicians from this time have been researched separately, such as John Alden Carpenter and Rudolf Ganz, and the musical oddities of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, but this recital explores the music from a community of composers that formed a larger "Chicago School," similar in the way that musicologists identify a "Second New England School" in Boston around this time. The concert program, in addition to the music of Oldberg, includes solo piano pieces by John Alden Carpenter, Rudolf Ganz, and Florence Price; as well as Howard Hanson, who was the director at the Eastman School of Music for forty years. Estes Park was the summer composing location of Oldberg, allowing an exciting venue for exploring his contributions to music history, along with a glimpse of the wider musical milieu in Gilded Age Chicago (1880s - 1890s) and it's impact on later generations.
Pianist Jennifer Muńiz completed her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Manhattan School of Music with Philip Kawin; and her Bachelor of Music at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She has garnered numerous honors since her concerto debut at age eleven including her New York solo debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, performances at the United Nations, Steinway Hall, and the Polish Embassy in Chicago, and recitals at the Auditorio Principe Felipe in Oviedo, Spain.
Creative Colorado Tablesetting/Scaping 2024
The Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. presents the 8th annual Creative Colorado Tablesetting/Scaping Contest, a fundraising event in support of the Estes Park Museum.
This year's Tablesetting/Scaping Contest theme:
"Books and Movies, Then & Now"
What? The Creative Colorado Tablesetting/Scaping is an event which provides entrants a chance to demonstrate their talents by creating an attractive dining table that reflects this year's theme. Each competitive entry is reviewed by an independent panel of judges, who determine prize ribbon winners based on creativity, design, and adherence to contest and category criteria. Once all the tables have been set, the judging has finished, and the ribbons awarded, the doors will open to the public. The three blue ribbon winners in the competitive division will be voted upon by the attending public for the Julie Farnham Best of Show Award.
All proceeds go to support the Estes Park Museum.
| Non-competitive tables are welcome! These tables will not be judged but will be on exhibit for the public to admire. These tables will be eligible for the People's Choice Award. |
When? This year's event will be held November 15, 16, and 17, 2024
- Friday, November 15: 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Set-up
- Saturday, November 16: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Tablesetting/Scaping show open
- Sunday, November 17: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Tablesetting/Scaping show open, 3 p.m. - Awards Ceremony, 3:30 - 4 p.m. - clean-up.
Where? The Ember at Estes Park Resort, 1700 Big Thompson Avenue, Estes Park, CO 80517
Who? The Tablesetting/Scaping Contest is open to individuals, pairs, teams, and commercial organizations/businesses of all kinds.
How? Each contestant is asked to select a menu and design a place setting for two that reflects the contest theme and menu chosen. Contestants also select a design category: Formal, Informal, or Tablescape/Freestyle. Settings can feature classic, vintage, contemporary, or a mixture of flatware and tableware. Competitive contestants receive judges comments and winners receive ribbons. The three blue ribbon contestants then compete for the Julie Farnham Best of Show Award.
How much? Contest entry fees:
- Competitive Entry Fee: 2 settings, $30
- Non-competitive Entry Fee:
- 2 settings, small square table, $30
- 4 settings, rectangular table, $60
- 6 settings, rectangular or round table, $90
Registration opens Sunday, September 15, 2024 and closes Friday, November 8, 2024
For more information the Tablesetting/Scaping 101 events will take place Sunday, September 15 at 2 p.m. and Monday, September 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Estes Park Museum.
Questions? Contact Tara Moenning, tara@aspenbrookinvestments.com or (970) 577-0186.
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