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The Gilpin County Community Center felt busy and warm over the weekend of December 13 and 14 as the 22nd annual Winter Arts Festival filled the building with vendors, music, kids, and cookies.

Friends of the Library Bake Sale

Event covers program costs, miscellaneous expenses

The long-distance menorah

Hanukkah traditions comes full circle as the author, now living far from her grandchildren, preserves the ritual through annual video calls that connect three generations across 1,500 miles.

Light and hope at the Chorale

Searching for Light: Peak to Peak Chorale dedicates winter concert to victims of the Caribou Village fire

Lyons lights up the holidays

The annual Parade of Lights ran down Main Street in Lyons on Saturday, December  6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. With temperatures in the 30s, a large and rambunctiously delighted crowd of adults and children alike filled the street sides and sidewalks to overflowing.

Holiday Mountain Market 2025

The Nederland Community Center became the quintessential place for gift shopping, joyful entertainment, and cheerful vibes this pat weekend, as the Nederland 2025 Holiday Mountain Market swept in (along with the snow and the breeze), bringing with it over 50 vendors.

Reindeer games will hit gaming town

Black Hawk is about to get a dose of holiday magic as live reindeer, hot cocoa, and festive lights take over Gregory Street on December 14.

Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church is inviting the entire community to a Christmas Eve potluck, concert, caroling, and candlelight service inside its historic 151-year-old Central City sanctuary.

The Spirit of the Tommyknockers

Central City welcomed the holiday season with a spirited celebration rooted in its legendary Tommyknocker past.

Coal Creek artisans rule

Vendors fill the Coal Creek Hall

Canyon Cares makes holidays brighter

'Neighbors helping neighbors': Nonprofit helps area residents meet their basic needs

Coal Creek celebrates Thanksgiving

Annual dinner draws more than 75

Just ask the Giving Tree

On December 13, 2025, at the Nederland Community Center, Peak Abundance—the Nederland Food Pantry, Community Gardens, and Clothing Closet—will be holding its annual Holiday Distribution Drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The 2025 Turkey Trot 5K

Generally speaking, a turkey trot is a short distance “fun run” that is held on or around Thanksgiving.

Santa visits Mountain Poppy

Black Hawk celebrates on Christmas Street in the HARD district

HCA holds Thanksgiving dinner

High Country Auxiliary supports Gilpin County first responders with Thanksgiving potluck dinner

Holiday spirit in full effect

Annual Holiday Mountain Market will be December 6-7 at Nederland Community Center

Tommyknockers will light up Central

Central City is getting ready to glow for the Tommyknockers Christmas weekend. Festivities begin Friday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. with a tree lighting at Spring and Main Streets. 

Domestic turkeys in America

Benjamin Franklin never proposed that the wild turkey should become our national symbol instead of the American bald eagle. In fact, he didn’t think a bird of any kind should be chosen for the Great Seal of the United States.

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