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By Rosemary Fetter
Along with great gaming and casino fun, there?s plenty to do in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek this month. Check out the following while you?re in town.
BLACK HAWK
Enjoy High Tea at the Stroehle House June 9, 2 p.m.
High Tea at the Stroehle House
June 9, 2 p.m. Located at 231 Chase St., this quaint summer home for a pioneer family was willed to the County Historical Society along with several family antiques and an 1859 Grand piano. Admission is $25 per person, reservations required. Call 303-582-5283.
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CENTRAL?CITY
Gilpin County History Museum Open
Through Sept. 3, 228 E. High St., Central City. ?Historical exhibits include The Sins of Gilpin County, Gambling, drinking and prostitution; Gilpin Tram Railroad Dioram and Herndon Davis exhibit. Tuesday ? Sunday, 10 a.m. ? 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday.
Other museums include:
The Thomas House, 228 E. First High St., Tuesday ? Sunday, 11 a.m. ? 4 p.m., tours depart on the half hour. Closed Monday. Greek revival style frame house built in 1874 around the entrance to a mine. House is furnished and decorated circa 1917.
Teller House, Opera House, 123 Eureka St., open Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30 a.m. ? 4:30 p.m. Once billed as the most elegant hotel between Chicago and Mississippi, the Teller House is famous for The Face on the Barroom Floor (painting of a woman?s face) and elegant murals. Now used mostly for events. The Central City Opera House opened to rave reviews in 1932 and still holds an opera festival each summer.
Coeur d?Alene Mine Shaft House, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. ? 4 p.m. Other times by reservation. The mine operated from 1885 until it stopped production in 1940.
Opening Reception for Central City Art Gallery
June 9, 5 ? 8 p.m., 117 Eureka St., Central City. Open weekends through Aug. 17, noon ? 6 p.m., noon ? 8 p.m. on opera nights in July and August. June 22, 5 ? 8 p.m., VIP Opera Patrons? Reception. Visit www.gilpinarts.org.
Madame Lou Bunch Day is June 16, noon, Main Street in Central City
Madame Lou Bunch Day
June 16, noon, Main Street.? Traditional daylong Central City event honoring Lou Bunch, the city?s last madame. Includes brass bed races, historic costumes and costume contest, celebratory ball and awards. Bed races at 3 p.m.
150th Anniversary of Central City Register Call
June 29. Colorado?s oldest newspaper celebrates 150 years.
?Central City Opera 2012 Festival
June 30 ? Aug. 10, Eureka Street. Performances this summer: Oklahoma (June 30 ? Aug. 10), La Boheme (July 7 ? Aug. 12), Turn of the Screw (July 14 ? Aug. 4.) Tickets at www.centralcityopera.org, call 303-292-6500 or 303-292-6500. Free pre-performance preview: Join a member of the artistic staff for a free, short opera preview at 1:50 or 7:15 p.m. prior to each performance at the Williams Stables (just across Eureka Street from the Opera House). Seating is limited, so arrive early.
CRIPPLE CREEK AND VICTOR
First Annual Museum Weekend
June 9 ? 10. Admission is free at area museums. Coupons are available at all participating museums and at www.coalitionofpikespeakhistoricmuseums.org. For additional information, contact Peggie Yager at miramontcastle@yahoo.com or call 719-685-1011. Museums include:
Cripple Creek District Museum, ?Bennett Avenue at 5th Street, Cripple Creek, 719-689-9540, www.cripple-creek.org. Visitors can browse through five historic buildings ? the 1893 Colorado Trading & Transfer Building, the 1895 Midland Terminal Railroad Depot, and a turn-of-the-century Assay Office.
Cripple Creek Jail Museum
136 W. Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek, 719-853-4653,www.cripple-creek.co.us/OutlawsandLawmenJailMuseum.aspx. Served as county jail for nearly 90 years, original cells intact. Displays include police logs from the 1890s, copies of early city ordinances and newspaper accounts of crimes both big and small.
Old Homestead Parlour House Museum
353 E. Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, 719-689-9090,www.cripple-creek.co.us/OldHomesteadHouseMuseum.aspx. Once the purview of Cripple Creek?s elegant Madame Pearl DeVere and decorated like a 19th century bordello, the house contains unique period artifacts.
Victor Gold Camp Ag & Mining Museum
100 S. 2nd Street, Victor, 719-651-5569, www.visitcripplecreek.com/?/victors-gold-camp-ag-mining-museum.
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum
500 Victor Ave., Victor, 719-689-5509, victorcolorado.com/museum.htm
??Once Upon a Time in the Old West Art Show
June 22 ? July 4, 9 a.m. ? 5 p.m., Cripple Creek Cripple Creek Heritage Center 9283 South Highway 67. Featuring Western art, including Native American, cowboy and wildlife pieces. Call 877-858-4653 or 719-689-3315.
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Donkey Derby Days June 23 ? 24, Bennett Avenue, in Cripple Creek
Donkey Derby Days
June 23 ? 24, Bennett Avenue. Parade and donkey race inspired by the town?s resident donkey herd. Games, live entertainment, heritage competitions and other fun family activities. www.visitcripplecreek.com.
Cripple Creek Roughstock Rodeo and Demolition Derby
June 29 ? July 1, Teller County Fair Grounds, 501 W. Golden Teller County Road 1, Cripple Creek. Eight events include bareback riding, bull riding and steer wrestling. Contests and giveaways. July 1, Demolition Derby with cars, trucks and minis. www.visitcripplecreek.com.
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