Community Calendar

CLASSES/LECTURES

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

8:00am-3:00pm, 3041 D Road, Grand Junction CO (Habitat Construction Office)

IMAGINE WHAT WOMEN CAN BUILD TOGETHER. Saturday March, 7th 2020, Habitat for Humanity of Mesa County Colorado and Lowe's in Grand Junction more...0 Celebrate "International Women Build Week" with a local "WomenBuild" event. The aim of the event is to spotlight the Homeownership challenges faced by women. Women Build participants from all walks of life come together to devote a day to build stronger, safer communities with Habitat while learning valuable home construction skills by Lowe's. SPACE IS LIMITED! Register early at HabitatMesa.org/WomenBuild2020 or call 970.216.1277. Event proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity of Mesa County.

CLASSES/LECTURES

9:00am-5:00pm, 645 Main Street

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. more...0 At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations). Vision. What we see and what we can't see. Vision gives us an eye into the future and clarifies the past. It takes great vision to see past the present and to lead to places we have never gone before. The greatest among us can see possibilities that have never before been imagined and bring them into existence.

MUSIC

7:00pm-9:00pm, 645 Main Street

With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic of classic rock bands. more...0 This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. Composing a catalogue that includes fifteen studio albums and five live albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for the Show), and two one million-selling gold singles, Carry On Wayward Son and Dust in the Wind. KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Carry On Wayward Son continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and Dust In the Wind has been played on the radio more than three million times!

MUSIC

RADIO ROOM

Live in The Radio Room

5:00pm-7:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave Grand Junction Colorado 81501

James Moors and Kort McCumber are an acoustic duo specializing in Americana, folk, melody, and stories. They craft beautiful story songs that walk more...0 the line between rootsy folk and melodic pop. While both men are successful solo songwriters, Moors being an official recipient of the McKnight Foundation Emerging Artist Grant and McCumber having won the Flat Rock Festival Songwriting Competition, when they come together their sound becomes larger than life. Moors and McCumber create that rare chemistry that happens when two gifted singer- songwriters and multi-instrumentalists perfectly complement each other’s strengths, a modern day version of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. They will be playing 2 shows March 8th. 5pm and 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Doors open 30min before showtime.

MUSIC

SPIRITUAL

STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN: SCC SOLO

7:30pm-9:30pm, 645 Main Street

Back by popular demand, multi- GRAMMY® Award winning artist Steven Curtis Chapman has announced he will continue his successful tour, SCC SOLO: A more...0 Night of Hits, History, and Influences, this spring. In a career that has spanned 30 years, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history with 58 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, five GRAMMYs®, an American Music Award, 48 No. 1 singles, selling over 11 million albums, with ten RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums to his credit. He has been on “Good Morning America,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” CNN, MSNBC, “60 Minutes,” "E! Entertainment", “The Today Show,” “Fox & Friends,” “CBS This Morning,” “The Tonight Show,” Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze,” as well as appearing in the pages of People, Billboard, Parents Magazine, and more. Steven released his memoir, Between Heaven & The Real World, on March 7, 2017 (Revell) and appeared exclusively on “Fox & Friends” to talk about the book. Between Heaven & The Real World also made the Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers list two times and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association best-sellers list. With countless tours under his belt, Chapman continues performing on the road at numerous festivals and events, currently headlining the third season of SCC SOLO, A Night of Hits, History and Influences. Chapman recently wrapped his third season hosting the monthly “Sam’s Place: Music For The Spirit” concert series at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, where a portion of each ticket sale went to Show Hope, a movement Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, started to care for orphans. This summer Chapman released “Remember to Remember,” his first single released to radio in two years. “Remember to Remember (Live)” released in October of 2018. Steven and his wife, Mary Beth – parents to six children, three of whom joined their family through adoption – are National Angels in Adoption® recipients and are the co-founders of Show Hope. Show Hope’s work is dedicated to restoring hope to thousands of children living as orphans by breaking down the financial barriers between waiting children and loving families. More than 5,500 children from more than 60 countries, including the U.S., have been impacted through Show Hope’s Adoption Aid grants. In addition, more than 2,400 children with acute medical and special needs have received loving care through Show Hope’s Care Centers in China. For more info, visit StevenCurtisChapman.com or ShowHope.org.

MUSIC

RADIO ROOM

Live in The Radio Room

8:00pm-10:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave Grand Junction Colorado 81501

James Moors and Kort McCumber are an acoustic duo specializing in Americana, folk, melody, and stories. They craft beautiful story songs that walk more...0 the line between rootsy folk and melodic pop. While both men are successful solo songwriters, Moors being an official recipient of the McKnight Foundation Emerging Artist Grant and McCumber having won the Flat Rock Festival Songwriting Competition, when they come together their sound becomes larger than life. Moors and McCumber create that rare chemistry that happens when two gifted singer- songwriters and multi-instrumentalists perfectly complement each other’s strengths, a modern day version of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. They will be playing 2 shows March 8th. 5pm and 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Doors open 30min before showtime.

MUSIC

Tim + Richard

9:30pm-1:00am, 715 Horizon Drive Ste.100

Local Rock/Jam

CLASSES/LECTURES

GENERAL

4:00pm-7:30pm, Mesa County Central Library, 443 N 6th St.

Thinking about buying an electric vehicle? Or just curious about the technology? This free two-part, indoor/outdoor event is designed to get you up more...0 to speed. Schedule: • 4-6 pm - Ride-and-drive in the Grand Valley UU Church parking lot (just north of the library, 536 Ouray Ave.) • 6-7:30 pm - Presentation featuring special guest Will Toor, Executive Director of the Colorado Energy Office, in the library's Mesa Room Test-drive cars, talk to current EV owners, learn about special discounts on EVs at local dealers, pencil out state and federal tax credits, ask questions about the technology, get unbiased advice about your options, and hear what the future holds from one of the state’s leading experts on clean transportation and energy.

MUSIC

7:30pm-12:00am, 1100 North Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501-3122

Jazz Ensemble Concert March 9; 7:30pm Robinson Theatre

MUSIC

8:00pm-9:30pm, 645 Main Street

There came a point, in the time following the release of “HandClap”—the biggest song of Fitz and the more...0 Tantrums’career—when itsascent crossed the threshold of successful, zoomed past game-changer, to just plain, WTF?!The double-platinum, Top 5 smash-which racked up 1.5 billion streams in China alone-was synchedon countless showsfrom American Idolto The Oscars. Fitz and the Tantrums were invited to perform for the masses on primetime television and such cultural institutionsas Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, theMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and FOX’s Super Bowl preshow after “HandClap”become something of an unofficial theme song for the NFL. “I remember watching a football game and the Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleaders were doing a routine to it,” says the band’s co-vocalistand songwriterMichael “Fitz” Fitzpatrickwith amusement.Such mainstream looks felt a bitsurrealfor Fitz and the Tantrums, which also includesco-vocalist/co-writerNoelle Scaggs, saxophonist James King, keyboardistJeremy Ruzumna, bassist Joseph Karnes, and drummerJohn Wicks.The Los Angeles-basedband had been known for its platinum-selling, No. 1 Alternative radio hits “The Walker” and “Out Of My League” and wereaccustomed to performingroof-raisinglive shows, but not for pre-pubescents at the Radio Disney Music Awards. The song was literally everywhere. “I knew as soon as we wrote ‘HandClap’that it was the one, but it made the intensity of having to deliver another album even greater,” says Fitz, who wrote 80 songsfor the band’s upcoming new album,All The Feels. “With every record, wewant to go somewhere different,” says Fitz, who produced most of the songs on All The Feelson his own or with select collaborators including Tommy English, John Hill, and Andrew Wells.“Sometimes that vision is clear. Sometimes it's a process of discovery. I would say the first half of the writing process was us trying to give ourselves thefreedom to do weird thingsandexperiment. At the same time it was like amonkey on ourbackshaving this song that was so massive. Quietly,in the back of our minds,‘HandClap’was the bar wewould measure everything againstand at a certain point, that became kind of suffocating.There were a lot of ups and downs for me personally,as an artist who is just trying to create something.”But battling through the moments of self-doubtturned out to be a gift, in that theyresulted in Fitz and the Tantrums’most emotionally connected album to date. The title,All The Feels,reflects the bundleof emotionsFitzsat with during the writing process. “There is power in talking about these things that I felt and continue to feel,like anxiety, depression,andinsecurity, but also hopefulness and wanting to be more present,” he says. “Keeping it on a personal level is not only truthful, it’s also what people are really going to connect with.” “All The Feels”is not only the album’s “opus” (as Fitz puts it), the phrasealsoapplies to “every single song on the record,” Noelle Scaggs says. “They’re allaboutdealing with certain circumstances and trying to overcome themby allowing your light to shine, having gratitude for every moment that you're breathing, and encouraging that in others.”“It was my mission from the beginning to make an emotional record,” Fitz says. “Once I eliminated the songs that didn't meet that criteria, others rose to the surface —‘123456,’‘All the Feels,’‘I Need Help,’‘I Just Want to Shine,’‘Don't Ever Let Em’—and the title became obvious. ‘Hereareall the feels, the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’rewearing them on our sleeves, showing you everything, warts and all.’” Adds Noelle Scaggs: “It’s definitely one of the most emotional records I’ve been a part of it. I feel like my heart and soul are in this albumand I’m very proud of that real talk about working through your battles in life.” The real breakthrough for Fitzcame when he wrote “123456,” with fellow artist K.Flay,about the moment when you’re done feeling insecure, yourconfidence returns, and you want to celebrate and live in it for awhile. “It came out of one of the darkest moments, more than halfway through writing the album and not feeling like I had the song,” Fitz says. “I was lucky enough to work with K.Flay, as another artist who understands what it takes to make a body of work and the cycles you go through, she was such a light.”If “123456” is about blossoming confidence, “Ready or Not” is “sort of this ’Fyou, I’m here to stay. I’m in it to win it’,”Fitz says. Aclose cousin is boldself-acceptance anthem“Ain’t Nobody But Me.” “I can be loving and I can be an asshole. I want to strive for greatness, but sometimes I come up short,” he says. “So it’s like, ‘Screw it, this is who I am. Take it or leave it.’” “Don’t Ever Let Em” is about recognizing that you might be good at giving others advice, but not taking it yourself. “It’s me giving myself a pep talk, and not giving up when I’m feeling down,” Fitz says. “I Just Wanna Shine” deals directly with stress,anxiety,and depression,while “I Need Help!” speaks to the value society places on being totally self-sufficient. “Asking for help is seen as a sign of weakness, especially for men,” Fitz says. “But it’s actually courageous to ask for help.” Even though she’s always embodied a strong female presence, Noelle Scaggs gets teary when talking about thatsong. “I have a hard time singing it, actually,” she says. “Not because it’s vocally challenging,but because the message really hits home. I’m one of those people who find it so hard to ask for help when I need it. So that song is challenging for me just even trying to show vulnerability because I’ve shelved it for so long.” In many ways All The Feels—whose vibrant sonic palette draws from the band members’ diverse rock, alternative, dance, and hip-hop influences and leansin on their gutsierimpulses—mirrors the duality of the humanexperience. The songs’ verses may be dark, but the choruses are about shining a light into those dark spaces. “How do you talk about these things in a way that still makes you want to dance?” Fitz says. By answering that question, the albumaffirmsFitz and the Tantrums’ longtime mission to uplift peopleandbring them together, especially through their live performances. “Our show is such a big part of who we are and has always been a joyful dance party,” Fitz says. “We get to work through stuff together through dance and sweat. There is solace in knowing that you’re not alone.” He recalls the time a family asked to come backstage to meet the band. Their daughter had congestiveheart failure and was likely not going to survive. “’HandClap’ was the mantrathat kept her going, and they just wanted to say thank you. It almost makes me weep talking about it now,” he says. “As hard as writing an album like this, there is healing in there. When I let myself be present and vulnerable, those are the moments that make me well up with from theemotion of what it took to make the record. Having people tell you that your music got them through their worst times—that makes it all worth it.”