A weekend of holiday events starts off with a crowded Friday night
Petra Sullwood, chiropractor at the River Studio in Mancos, and owner of the studio, Katherine Dobson, served mulled wine to Charolette Lenssen from Durango.
A string quartet performs during Mancos’ Grand Winter Nights kick off.
Cody the dog poses festively while Jan Wright, owner of Artisans of Mancos, laughs in the background.
Mancos kicks off its grand Winter Nights events.
Kid’s story hour at the Beehive in Mancos.
Jaime Becktel, a volunteer at The Painted Turtle in Mancos, paints 6-year-old Carly Kroll’s face on Friday night.
The Begays sheer their own sheep and wind their own materials for the rugs Sarah Begay weaves.
Erica Holm and Alys Hansen made free glass ornaments at The Painted Turtle in Mancos.
Sarah Begay, from the Navajo Reservation, gives a weaving display at Kilgore American Indian Art Gallery.
Veryl Goodnight, of Veryl Goodnight Gallery in Mancos, gives a painting demonstration on Saturday.
Dylan Steerman, 10, gets some assistance making his own ornament from Dolores Mountain Quilters member Janey Schur from south of Cortez.
Sarah Begay holds up freshly made wool she will soon weave into a rug.
Janet Oliver, of Durango, shops for books at Mancos Library’s “Library Makers Day and Bookstore” on Saturday.
Stacy Linn Brown gives a presentation about volcanoes outside The Painted Turtle in Mancos.
Hannah VanMeter of Mancos participates in Fahrenheit Coffee Roaster’s free “make your own holiday card” program on Saturday.
Mancos kicked off its Grand Winter Nights on Friday night with many festivities on Grand Avenue.
