San Juan Silver Stage | October 2021 Volume 25, No. 10
CELEBRATING OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY
as the region’s Premier Lifestyles Publication since 1996
Photography by Kathryn R. Burke
This issue
When you see this icon, click on it or on the STORY LINK next to it for a downloadable, printable version of the story. Many of our readers like to read a printed page. Since we are no longer producing a print issue of the Silver Stage, we’ve found a way for you to still have, hold, and read a paper page.
Spectacular Fall in the San Juans
By Kathryn R. Burke. Early to mid-October is the peak color season for Western Colorado high country. Join me on a photographic journey through the San Juans mountains. After more than 30 years of photographic it, I believe this is the most beautiful region in the United States.
I invite you to submit your own photos, and we will post them here on this website. Contact me here for submission details. Where it says, “How can we help” tell me you want to submit fall photos, and I will call you.
Scarecrows – History & Hollywood
By Kathryn R. Burke. The name literally means “to scare crows.” Scarecrows have been used by farmers to protect new seed and growing crops from birds—scare away the crows—and have been in existence for more than 3,000 years! The oldest reference dates back to the year 712, in a Japanese book featuring a scarecrow known as Kuebiko. Scarecrow also have a long history in literature and film, perhaps the most famous being the 1939 move, The Wizard of Oz, starring Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow. [Read more]
Montrose Botanic Gardens
Vote on your favorite scarecrow. Bids close 3 pm Sunday.
All You Need to Know About Halloween
By Kathryn R. Burke. All you need to know about Halloween… and probably more: History, Celtic origins, Roman influence, Samhain stories, Christian influence; Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Trick or Treat, Jack O’Lantern; Halloween in North America, Halloween Today, Dia de Muertos. [Read story]
Jump to our Arts & Entertainment page to see the latest A&E news.
1920’s Melodrama, Montrose and Cedaredge
Grand Valley History Players present The Darling, the Daring and the Decadent
Grand. Valley History Players. L-R: Angeline Roles (May West); Jessica Downing-Ford (Emcee); Michael Hardesty (Harry Houdini); Kathy Applebee (Annette Kellerman).
Hosted at the Montrose Center for the Arts, this interactive presentation by the Grand Valley History Players explores the 1920s in America. [Story here]
Show Oct. 2nd at Montrose Center for the Arts, and Oct 9th at Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center.
Dance and Music at the Wright in Ouray
Lifting the Veil. An exciting combination of dance, abstract video projections, trompe l’oeil costuming, and elaborate set pieces. Whether or not you believe in magic, it is created before you, through a combination of creative energy, intention, and people power.
“Jarabe’s soulful mixture of Mexican and other Latin influences blended with nostalgic rock sounds has a beautifully wide relevance.” ~ASU Kerr Cultural Center.
Celebrating Halloween at the Sherb, Ridgway
Oct 28 & 29. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- A Staged Reading.
The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen known as Sleepy Hollow, renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere. The “Legend” relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a familiar character in history. [Info, Tickets]
Oct. 30. Halloween Dance Party at the Sherb-BOO-no with DJ Slumberjax. [Info, tickets]
By Kelley Goodin. SCHS’s Community Resources Program works to keep pets and people connected. [Read story]
Mark your calendars
October 2021 Observances for Your Senior Activity Calendar
Find interesting and unique observances and holidays for you to use as inspiration for your senior activity programs.
National food celebrations in October: Apples, Carmel, Cheese, Chili, Country Ham, Desert, Pasta, Pizza, Popcorn, Seafood, Spinach. (You might say October is “Celebrate Carbs “month…)
October is also Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month and National Field Trip Month. the two kind of go together. It’s also National Roller Skating Month, but that’s better celebrated without taking a pet along.
Click here for more interesting celebrations in October for health, lifestyles, and all sorts of weird stuff.
Handyman Help Needed
[By Eva Veitch, Region 10 Community Living Services Program Director.] Attention handy people of all ages! We need your time and talents to assist older adults in your community. Please gather your friends and neighbors and join the Region 10 Senior Volunteer Handy Helpers Program
It’s So Much More Than a Meal!
[By Eva Veitch, Region 10 Community Living Services Program Director.]
We remind volunteers that they may be the only human contact that individual has that day; so please take a couple of minutes to chat. [Read story]
