Community Calendar

FILM

3-Day Film Festival

Telluride, Colorado

The Telluride Horror Show, Colorado's first and longest-running horror film festival, returns for its 9th edition October 12-14, 2018. Every more...0 year, the festival attracts the latest & best genre films from around the world and attendees from all over the country for an intimate gathering of film fans in the world-famous mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado. For three packed days, experience an eclectic mix of horror, suspense, thriller, dark fantasy, sci-fi and dark comedy in Telluride's unique theaters, with many of the films showing for the first time in the US. The festival line-up offers over 20 feature films, more than 50 short films, special programs, guests, and events. If you love genre films, then you can't miss this fest.

GENERAL

SPORTS

THEATRE

Put a Coed Team of 4 Together. Name Your Team. The

11:00am-4:00pm, Imondi Wake Zone

Put a Coed Team of 4 Together. Name Your Team. Then WAKE THE GOBLIN! Come out to Imondi Wake Zone and show your support for Colorado Discover more...0 Ability, CDA, by completing fitness challenges and rewarding yourself afterwards with Jerk Chicken Tacos, hand crafted brew by Copper Club Brewing, refreshments provided by Advocare, and a live performance by Wave 11. This 8th annual event fundraiser for local organizations will be fun for the whole family with games and kids’ face painting! The fitness challenge includes water obstacles, running, yard games, brain teasers, burpees and biking. Modifications are available. 100% of the proceeds of this event go to CDA. You can donate to CDA in addition to participating in this event by visiting: https://thegoblin.itsyourrace.com/register/EventDonation.aspx

LITERARY

The Art of Uncertainty

KAFM Radio Room

Join us for a special evening of song, dance, and poetry, with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Uche Ogbuji & dancer Alya Howe, who will also discuss more...0 the generative powers of uncertainty and how we might all learn to cultivate a willingness to explore. Evening will end with an OPEN MIC (bring a poem or song to share). Tickets are $5 for WCWF and KAFM members and $10 for non members. Tickets available online

FILM

MUSIC

VISUAL ARTS

10:00am-3:00pm, Colorado Mesa University, Delta Field, East of the Fine Arts Building, 1100 North Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501

The CMU Department of Art and Design would like to invite everyone to join them at their fourth annual Artober Fest, on Thursday, October 18 from more...0 10AM-3PM, on the Delta Field just east of the Fine Arts building. Tours of the art building will be held throughout the day and MED (Mesa Emerging Designers) Will be giving away 2018 Artober T-Shirts to everyone who visits each booth and completes the Artober punch card. Suzie Garner will facilitate a Sidewalk Chalk Contest, limited to five teams or individuals, with prizes awarded to the top three. Chalk provided. Pre-registration required: please email sgarner@coloradomesa.edu to sign up. MED will have a Temporary Graffiti Wall; spray paint provided. The MED store will be providing schwag for purchase as well. The Ceramics faculty and students will demonstrate wheel throwing. Wheels and clay will be available for beginners to try wheel throwing. Clay Club and Sculpture Guild will have an assortment of student ceramic pieces and other 3D artwork for sale. Animation, Film, Photography & Motion Design will be offering $5.00 matted studio portraits. Artists will be on hand to draw caricatures for a nominal fee. There will be a free exhibit of student work in film, animation, and motion design. And, there will be options to purchase student-created objects in motion, fresh baked goods, and hot popcorn. The print makers will be live printing with a road roller large woodcuts (up to 30" X 90"). Participants are welcome to bring their own large blocks or "grids" of smaller blocks for printing. Contact Professor Butler at jobutler@coloradomesa.edu by Sept 15 for participation details and so that we can be sure to have enough supplies. Sculpture Guild will cast sculptures in molten iron during an Iron Pour. They will begin pouring around 12PM and won’t stop until all the molds are poured. Musicians from CMU’s Music department will be playing live on Delta Field during Artober Fest. All proceeds from sales during Artober Fest benefit the individual student-run art clubs. If you have any questions about Artober Fest please contact Ashtonn Means with the CMU Art and Design department at 970-248-1833 or ameans@coloradomesa.edu.

CLASSES/LECTURES

5:30pm-7:30pm, Copeka Coffee Shop, 1012 North 5th, GJ CO

Poet Uche Ogbuji of Denver and Nigeria will read, speak and teach a class on creativity in writing, performance and language.

LITERARY

MUSIC

RADIO ROOM

7:00pm-10:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave

KAFM and Museums of Western Colorado present View to the West: An Evening of Cowboy Poetry and Music featuring Bill Clark, Nona Kelley Carver, Terry more...0 Nash, and Peggy Malone in the KAFM Radio Room on October 19. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and free for children 12 years and under! Concessions will be available. For reservations call (970) 242-0971 ext. 206

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

Halloween Family Event

10:00am-4:00pm, 2424 Old US HWY 6 and 50

Join us for Halloween FUN Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 10am to 4pm. Educational family fun, animal interactions, and give a ways! Children's more...0 Nature Center located at Mesa Mall, Sears Wing, Grand Junction.

FOOD/BEVERAGES

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

8:00pm-11:55pm, Mesa Theater 538 Main St.

October 20th @ 8PM | 18+ | $13 Admission Performances by DJ hubb, Dj Manni Queen, and DJ Squatch Photos by Matt Janson Photography more...0 CONTESTS!! PRIZES!! CONTESTS!! Best Zombie, Best couple, Scariest costume, Most creative and best group PLUS KING & QUEEN! Sponsor's include: Raw Canvas, Triple Play Records, Matt Janson Photgraphy, Peach Street Distillery, Mad Margaret's, Crush Salon,

GENERAL

10:00am-2:00pm, Third and Main Streets, downtown Palisade

The Palisade Sunday Harvest Market offers two more Sundays of farm-fresh fruits and veggies as well as live music, fall and winter merchandise, hot more...0 beverages, hearty food, roasted nuts, chef demos with hot soup, and a free kids’ art tent, running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 21st and 28th in downtown Palisade on Third and Main Streets. Chef Dave Kassera, executive chef at the Wine Country Inn, will offer free soup samples this Sunday, October 21st, at noon in the Plaza, and acoustic guitarist and songwriter Patrick Storm will perform from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

MUSIC

2:00pm-4:00pm, Art Center - 1803 N 7th Grand Junction

Swing City Express will play for Dancing. Portions of the proceeds will benefit the Art Center in Grand Junction. The nine member band will feature more...0 swing, latins and other styles upon request and plays a true big band style.