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Fun Things To Do: March 2012
April 1, 2012, 9:37 pm
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Fun Things To Do This Month!
It’s happening in Northern Colorado! Visitors, residents and guests, here are a few fun things to do in
March…

Fun Things Fort Collins
Loveland
Greeley
Windsor
Johnstown
Estes Park


Great Plates of Downtown ~ Fort Collins
Fun ThingsMarch 1-14, 2012
Time: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Location: 30 Downtown Restaurants
Website: Great Plates of Downtown

Thirty downtown restaurants will offer amazing evening dining specials for a full two weeks! Each restaurant will be offering their own unique dinner specials to show off their specialties and favorite ingredients! It could be dinner for four or it could be a gourmet treat for one. Attendees will be able to enjoy this culinary celebration while experiencing the historic area of Downtown Fort Collins.


Lucky Joe’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade ~ Fort Collins
Fun ThingsMarch 17, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Downtown
Website: Parade Details

The Lucky Joe’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will bring out all of the Irish folk and lots more on Saturday, March 17th, 2012! Come celebrate the luck of the Irish at 10:00am when the parade begins on Walnut Ave (North side of Old Town Sq.) See all of the details, map and Irish fun to be had on the main information page!


Winter Farmers’ Markets ~ Fort Collins
Fun ThingsMarch 10 & 24, 2012
Times: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Opera Galleria

WINTER MARKETPLACE * LOCAL FOOD & CRAFTWORK

Live Music, Activities for Kids & Good Cheer! Come enjoy more than 50 vendors each market, selling seasonal produce & fruit, meat & poultry, cheese, bread & pastry, cider, wine, honey, confections, hand-made crafts and MORE.

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Stars on the Bridge: Rialto Theater Center Expansion Benefit ~ Loveland
Fun ThingsMarch 4, 2012
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Roberta Price Auditorium at Thompson Valley High School

Featuring Hazel Miller, Wendy Woo, Dave Beegle, Cool Shooz, Acoustic Eidolon, Loveland Choral Society and Loveland Opera Theatre, plus a fine art Silent Auction in the lobby before the concert. A wealth of Colorado talent you won’t want to miss!


Return of the Jedi: Star Wars Extravaganza ~ Loveland
Fun ThingsMarch 18, 2012
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Rialto Theatre

The Star Wars saga continues at the Rialto. Star Wars costumed characters from the 501st Legion, LEGO creations, dioramas and more memorabilia are part of this event so be sure to arrive early!


Introduction to Genealogy ~ Loveland
Fun ThingsMarch 24, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Loveland Public Library
Cost: Free to the public – registration suggested

A good place for novices to start researching their family history is this three hour class, Introduction to Genealogy. Pat Johnson from the Larimer County Genealogy Society (LCGS) will present this free workshop. Participants are encouraged to register on the society’s website, http://www.lcgsco.org. A schedule of all 2012 LCGS classes is also available in the Lula Pulliam Colwell Local History and Genealogy Room at the library.

 

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Spring Spectacular Ice Show ~ Greeley
Fun ThingsMarch 3, 2012

Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Greeley Ice Haus

Bring the whole family for this exciting night of skating entertainment! Mountain View Skating Club skaters, Skate School groups and Special Guests will dazzle you with their advanced level jumps and spins in their rendition of princess fairy tales. You won’t want to miss this exciting show. Enjoy a public skate session following the performance for an additional $5 admission with FREE skate rental! General Admission $7, Children 6 & under $5, VIP Tables $120 includes dinner before the show. Questions? Contact Ryan Conroy at ryanconroy@ymail.com for more information.


St. Patrick’s Day Downtown Parade and Celebration ~ Greeley
Fun ThingsMarch 17, 2012

Time: 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: 9th Street Plaza Downtown

We have a whole afternoon and evening full of Irish entertainment for you on St. Patrick’s Day … topped off by a performance of the Celtic Tenors at the UCCC. Come downtown at 2:00 for our first “One Block St. Patty’s Day Parade” with the Northern Colorado Pipe Band. Enjoy contests and prizes, grab some dinner and then head to the UCCC for this dynamic trio.

The Celtic Tenors live show is an experience overflowing with vitality and variety from start to finish. The unique voices, charm and wit of Daryl, James and Matthew, combined with talented young Musical Director Colm Rogan, combine an emotive journey with a thoroughly uplifting experience. Equally at home performing to large festival crowds or intimate concert halls and theatres, and whether backed by a live band, symphony orchestra, solo piano, or even acapella, their voices and personalities always shine through alongside their undeniable celtic charm.


Open Space Festival of Music ~ Greeley
Fun ThingsMarch 29-30, 2012
Location: UNC/Downtown
Website: Festival Website

The Open Space Festival of Music, now in its 4th year, continues to present innovative composers and interpreters of contemporary music at the University of Northern Colorado. Composers and performers are featured guests at lectures, seminars, and performances. The festival also provides students with opportunities to perform with the guest artists.

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Drive In Movie ~ Windsor
Fun ThingsMarch 2, 2012
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Location: Community Recreation Center

Get your creative juices flowing and create a car for your whole family to relax in at the Community Recreation Center Drive In! You create the car, and then watch a movie on the big screen! Car creation will begin at 6:00 pm with show time at 7:00 pm.

FREE! – Paint, boxes and tape will be provided while supplies last.

Movie: Cars 2
CRC Gymnasium


Big Bad ~ Windsor
Fun ThingsMarch 9-17, 2012

Location: Windsor Community Playhouse
Website: Click here for ticket information!

Goldilocks helps the three little pigs outwit the big bad wolf in The Three Little Pigs by June Stoppel. In Big Bad by Alec Strum, the most notorious criminal in the fairy-tale world, Big Bad Wolf, is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by the countess quirky characters he has wronged.

In this special participation version of The Three Little Pigs, audience members help out by supplying straw, sticks, and bricks for the homes of the three little Pigs. Big Bad provides actors and audiences of all ages with a smart and wickedly funny play that lets the audience determine the outcome of the play!


Ribbon Cutting for Peak Kia North ~ Windsor
Fun ThingsFebruary 23, 2012

Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 111 Southgate Dr, Windsor, CO
Join the Windsor Chamber in welcoming PEAK KIA NORTH to our Windsor Chamber and the Windsor Community. This is a great time for you to look over their inventory of vehicles!

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Oklahoma! ~ Johnstown
Fun ThingsMarch 17-June 2, 2012

Location: Candlelight Dinner Theatre

Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant, OKLAHOMA!


Lions Storytime & Craft Time with Ms. Lynette ~ Johnstown
Fun ThingsMarch 12-13, 2012

Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Glen A Jones MD Memorial Library

Join us for Marsha Arnold’s “Roar of a Snoar.” We’ll also have craft time fun!


Happy Birthday, Library! ~ Johnstown
Fun ThingsMarch 19-20, 2012

Time: 9:30 AM
Library: Glen A Jones MD Memorial Library

Join us for the party as we celebrate the Library’s 7th Birthday!

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Estes Park Bridal Crawl ~ Estes Park
Fun ThingsMarch 4, 2012

Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: The Stanley Hotel
Cost: $15

Join us for the 4th Annual Bridal Crawl

ENJOY the benefit of your vendor’s creative expertise to make your wedding day tailored perfectly for you.

CHECK OUT the unique wedding memories Estes Park can offer your guests

LISTEN to memorable ceremony and reception music

TOUR Estes Park’s unique ceremony and reception sites

WIN one or more of our many fabulous prizes in addition to a Romantic Weekend Get-Away

DREAM of the possibilities of your wedding in the breathtaking beauty of the Estes Park Rocky Mountains.


Craft Affair ~ Estes Park
Fun ThingsMarch 10, 2012

Location: Estes Park High School
Cost: $45 @ door
Tickets: Flowers of estes@ysahoo.com or call 970-586-7673. Information about number of participants a check, money order or credit card can be mailed to 343 S St Vrain Ave.

Take advantage of this opportunity to have an uninterrupted day to work on your scrapping project, or bead, sew or any project you may have that need time to get it finished. We will offer a light breakfast and lunch and a full dinner. There will be craft vendors, door prizes and lots of camaraderie with other crafters, so bring a friend. The cost will be $35 for pre-registration and $45 at the door.


Giddyup Kitty Concert ~ Estes Park
Fun ThingsMarch 25, 2012

Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Stanley Hotel
Cost: $5; Children & Students Free

The bluegrass band, Giddyup Kitty will perform in this presentation from the Estes Park Music Festival.

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