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Banff Mountain Film Festival

March 07 – 08
All Day

The Crested Butte Search and Rescue present the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Tickets and times will be announced soon.

Winter Ski-Accessed Plein Air Watercolor

March 08
12:00 PM – 02:30 PM

Join an enthusiastic, energetic group of creative art lovers this winter in these exciting drop-in painting sessions. Embarking on the Red Lady lift, participants will ski to a scenic location on Crested Butte Mountain's ski area where instructor Suzanne Pierson will teach plein air watercolor painting using watercolor mixed with her secret ingredient to keep it from freezing. Students will receive instruction and inspiration in the intricacies of landscape watercolor painting outdoors in ...

IFSA National Junior Freeskiing Competitions

March 08 – 09
All Day

The International Free Skiers Association was established in 1996 by freeskiing pioneer Shane McConkey. The Junior Big Mountain Freeskiing and Snowboarding system is comprised of regional events, national events, and one rotating North American Championship. The IFSA is responsible for sanctioning, insurance, protocol, and direction. Crested Butte Mountain Resort will host the National Championships March 7 – 9, where 75-100 junior competitors will compete in the famed Extreme L...

Big Air on Elk

March 08
05:00 PM – 09:00 PM

The main street of downtown Crested Butte is transformed into a giant huck fest with Colorado Freeskier's annual event. After a huge kicker is built on Elk Avenue, skiers and riders are pulled to speed by the snowmobile and compete to impress with big air, tricks and the not so rare wipeout. The event then transforms into a night of festivities with live music and parties at local establishments through town. This is the 7th Big Air on Elk and the 5th time Colorado FreeSkier has put on thi...

The Center for the Arts Presents Robert Randolph and the Family Band

March 09
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Robert Randolph’s unprecedented prowess on the pedal steel guitar has Rolling Stone calling him one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Rising from his roots of playing in the Church of God where his art is deemed “sacred steel,” the virtuoso has now secularly captured the praise of literal legends such as Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Santana, playing with them on stage and in the studio. While the iconic bending chords and complex riffs of the R...

Photographing Streets of Crested Butte

March 12
09:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Enjoy roaming the streets of Crested Butte as we find interesting subjects and unique views of our quaint town. Capturing Crested Butte starts with the mechanics of the camera and continues with composition, depth of field, focus, aperture, light, pattern, texture, mood, subject matter and rules of exposure. You will learn the basics of the digital camera and photographic principles such as aperture, shutter speed and depth of field as well as the creativity and composition needed to make compe...

USSMA Nationals

March 14 – 16
All Day

The Ski Mountaineering National Championship race brings athletes from across North America to compete in an uphill, guide ridge climb and downhill ski race. This race offers quite the spectacle with the mountaineers climbing the guide ridge up Mt. Crested Butte

Backcountry Basecamp

March 15 – 16
08:00 AM – 05:00 PM

Backcountry Magazine brings their Basecamp tour to Crested Butte Mountain Resort March 15-16, 2014. $15,000 worth of gear will be available throughout the weekend for demos. Be sure to check out the Basecamp demo tents in the base area of the resort on Saturday and Sunday. To top it off, Backcountry Magazine is donating the demo gear for a raffle to benefit the Crested Butte Ski Patrol (CBSP). Every year, the CBSP raises money for local families in need. All proceeds will go towards the ...

Winter Ski-Accessed Plein Air Watercolor

March 15
12:00 PM – 02:30 PM

Join an enthusiastic, energetic group of creative art lovers this winter in these exciting drop-in painting sessions. Embarking on the Red Lady lift, participants will ski to a scenic location on Crested Butte Mountain's ski area where instructor Suzanne Pierson will teach plein air watercolor painting using watercolor mixed with her secret ingredient to keep it from freezing. Students will receive instruction and inspiration in the intricacies of landscape watercolor painting outdoors in ...

Center for the Arts Presents Comedy Works All Stars on the Road

March 15
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Comedy Works of Denver was championed by USA Today as one of the top five comedy clubs in the country. Not only have they hosted greats such as Rosanne, Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres and Chris Rock, but they also have a strong reputation for developing new acts and fostering local talent. Two of Comedy Work’s All Stars, Phil Palisoul and Chris Voth, are hitting the road all the way to the Center stage. Phil, with his self-deprecating style combined with side-splitting material is a huge hit e...

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

March 16 – 17
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Join local professional photographer, Raynor Czerwinski, on a cross country ski tour out to the historic town of Gothic and stay the night in the Luxurious Maroon hut. Spend the evening photographing the sunset over the historic buildings as well as the dramatic mountainous scenery. After dinner, return outside to a nighttime winter wonderland to photograph night sky. The Maroon Hut Has raised the bar for backcountry living with a ground source heat pump for heating and hot water, electricity,...

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

March 16
05:30 PM – 08:30 PM

Snowshoe by the light of the full moon this winter. CBMR features moonlight snowshoe tours four times a year, on the night of the full moon on December 17, January 16, February 15, and March 16. Catch a ride on a snowcat to the top of CBMR's Red Lady Express chairlift and snowshoe the moonlight mountain trails back to the base area. Pricing: $85 per a person for moonlight tours (prices subject to change). For information and reservations contacted Crested Butte Vacations at ...

The Center for the Arts Presents Patty Larkin

March 19
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Patty Larkin redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics. Acoustic Guitar hails her "soundscape experiments" while Rolling Stone praises her "evocative and sonic shading." She has been described as "riveting" (Chicago Tribune), "hypnotic" (Entertainment Weekly) and a "drop-dead brilliant" performer (Performing Songwriter). The Boston Globe calls her “an uncommonly articulate guitarist.” The New York T...

CB Film Fest Presents Muscle Shoals

March 20
07:00 PM – 09:30 PM

The Crested Butte Film Festival brings movies to the Center through its Monthly Film Series. This month they present Muscle Shoals. A movie that takes you down to the Bayou to learn about this magical music town and the sound that emanated from there, featuring Bono, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual in...

The Center for the Arts Presents Christopher O'Riley

March 22
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM

From his groundbreaking transcriptions of Radiohead’s True Love Waits album (which garnered the only four-star review ever given by Rolling Stone Magazine to a classical pianist), to powerful interpretations of repertoire classic and contemporary, Christopher O’Riley has redefined the possibilities of classical music. As a classical crossover artist he has found a tantalizing way to bridge pop and classical, spanning styles from Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and Chopin to Radiohead,...

Ski Town Break Down Featuring Matisyahu

March 22
All Day

Now in its fifth year, Crested Butte Mountain Resort will host their annual spring concert Ski Town Break Down. Formally known as Festevol, this event brings in national talent at an affordable rate; engaging both locals and visiting guests to celebrate spring with live music and a festival village in the base area. Concert & Lodging Deal: Starting at $115 per person for a night of lodging, lift ticket and concert ticket. This is based on double occupancy at the Grand Lodge. Call...

The Al Johnson Telemark Race

March 23
09:00 AM – 04:00 PM

This Colorado costume even is as much fun to watch as it is to participate. In tribute a rugged 19th century mailman, competitors in wacky costumes climb 660 vertical feet, then descend 1200 feet down double-black diamond steeps some having never telemarked at all! Prizes for best times, best costumes, and best fall. The race can be tag-team or individual, or enjoyed as a spectator with access to the venue by an intermediate run.

Center for the Arts Presents Eilen Jewell

March 25
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Country-flavored and blues-infused, Boston-based Eilen Jewell is a smart cookie with a heart of burnished gold and enough stories to keep even the rowdiest crowd hanging on her every word. Deemed the “Queen of the Minor Key” (with her latest album titled just that) her songs shed a haunting light on long shadows and dark corners. Its denizens seek refuge in padded rooms, abandoned automobiles and strong spirits. They defend their territory by any means necessary - weird voodoo, sawe...

Winter Evening Artwalk

March 27
05:00 PM – 08:00 PM

Leisurely stroll through the galleries of Crested Butte, experience the diverse artistic expressions of local artisans and be inspired by these special ArtWalk evenings.

The Grand Traverse

March 28 – 29
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM

This extraordinary 40-mile backcountry ski race between the towns of Crested butte and Aspen, CO is a fundraiser for the CB Nordic Council. Coinciding with the Grand Traverse, KBUT community radio hosts a fundraising part called "Soul Train" at Butte 66. Watch the Grand Traverse athletes take off from the Butte 66 deck around 11 pm.

The Center for the Arts Presents Frequent Flyers®

March 29
08:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Called “amazing, transformational, stupendous, and eye-popping” the Frequent Flyers® spellbind with a stunning blend of modern and aerial dance, wowing you on a mesmerizing mix of suspended apparatus from silks to rope to lyra, even including stilts. With over 25 years of performance experience to over 155,000 people nationwide, exhibiting for such famous groups as Cirque du Soleil, Frequent Flyers® are a pioneer of the aerial art form. Their showcases run the gamut from t...

Taste of Crested Butte

March 29
12:00 PM – 02:30 PM

Are you a foodie? Get a some spring sunshine, snow and a taste of beers, spirits, and food from around Colorado at Crafted on March 29, 2014. Ski some spring time slush then head over to the top of Painter Boy at Crested Butte Mountain Resort to join in on the tasting fun. Taste of Crested Butte is an event and promotion hosted by the Crested Butte /Mt Crested Butte Chamber.Advance ticket is $30 and day of tickets are $35. $50 Crested Butte Mountain Resort Lift tickets availab...

2nd Annual Silver Queen Pageant

March 30
All Day

Enter the fun to WIN A PEAK PASS for next season or come watch the hilarious competitions then stay for Ladies Nigh After Party from 6-8 pm with two for one drinks and a DJ! As in traditional pageant protocol, prospective candidates must complete various competitions to establish themselves as the most worthy. Yet in traditional Crested Butte style, there is a unique twist involved!

The Center for the Arts Presents Telluride Theatre Burlesque

April 04
09:00 PM – 11:30 PM

Sexy, funny, daring and delightfully scandalous, the Telluride Theatre brings its sell-out Burlesque Show to Crested Butte. It was the Victorian Burlesque of London from the 1830’s to the 1890’s that inspired the famed American Burlesque. Dripping with music, ribald comedy sketches, and an ever-growing showing of skin, early 20th century vaudeville circuits of Burlesque were soon established creating a debut venue for actresses such as Fanny Brice and Mae West. The Prohibition Era m...

Slush Huck/Pond Skim

April 05
All Day

The end of ski season is another excuse to celebrate, dress up in silly costumes and have wacky events, like the Slush Huck where contestants skim across water on their skis and snowboards. Get in your last turns of the season and go out with a bang!

The Ultimate Snowmobile Event

April 10 – 13
All Day

The inaugural 8-event snowmobile contest will crown the Ultimate Snowmobiler. Produced by 357 Productions, the Ultimate Snowmobile Event will draw contestants and spectators to the base area after the resort closes for the ski season.

CB Film Fest presents Maidentrip

April 17
07:00 PM – 09:00 PM

The Crested Butte Monthly Film Series presents Maidentrip, a documentary capturing a 14 year olds journey to sail the world. Laura Dekker knew more about herself at the age of 13 than most of us will learn over alifetime. At that age, she was already fighting the government of her native Holland for the rightto sail around the world — solo. With support from her non-traditional family (she was born on aboat in New Zealand and traveled by sea with her now-divorced parents ...

CB Film Fest presents Spinning Plates

May 15
07:00 PM – 09:00 PM

Crested Butte Monthly Film Series presents Spinning Plates, a documentary about three extraordinary restaurants and the incredible people who bring them to life. A world-renowned chef competes for the ultimate restaurant prize in Chicago, while privately battling a life-threatening condition. A 150-year-old restaurant in Iowa is still standing only because of an unbreakable bond with the community. And a fledgling Mexican restaurant in Tucson struggles as its owners risk everything to surv...

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Banff Mountain Film Festival

Winter Ski-Accessed Plein Air Watercolor

IFSA National Junior Freeskiing Competitions

Big Air on Elk

The Center for the Arts Presents Robert Randolph and the Family Band

Photographing Streets of Crested Butte

USSMA Nationals

Backcountry Basecamp

Winter Ski-Accessed Plein Air Watercolor

Center for the Arts Presents Comedy Works All Stars on the Road

Winter Photography Workshop Adventures

Moonlight Snowshoe Tour

The Center for the Arts Presents Patty Larkin

CB Film Fest Presents Muscle Shoals

The Center for the Arts Presents Christopher O'Riley

Ski Town Break Down Featuring Matisyahu

The Al Johnson Telemark Race

Center for the Arts Presents Eilen Jewell

Winter Evening Artwalk

The Grand Traverse

The Center for the Arts Presents Frequent Flyers®

Taste of Crested Butte

2nd Annual Silver Queen Pageant

The Center for the Arts Presents Telluride Theatre Burlesque

Slush Huck/Pond Skim

The Ultimate Snowmobile Event

CB Film Fest presents Maidentrip

CB Film Fest presents Spinning Plates