Community Calendar

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5:00pm-12:00am, Downtown Durango

Three days of Bluegrass music with indoor venues in Downtown Durango featuring 29 National, regional and local bluegrass bands, workshps, jamming an more...0 an Old Time Dance.

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LIVE MUSIC

9:00pm-12:00am, INTRINZIK 512 East Main

Denver based, Alt-Country Band, 5 & Dimers play Intrinzik for raucous night of quality country music! $10 Admission at the more...0 Door. https://www.facebook.com/5andDimers/videos/703244539845551/ In a city known more for its pop imports and jam bands, Jeff Rady (pedal steel) and Dustin Devine (lead guitar and vocals) created 5 & Dimers on a whim, but for good reason: they wrote some good country songs and had no band to play them. Dive into the history of the Denver music scene and you’ll find a tradition of not only great country music but a long line of country players. From the late 60s all throughout the 80s country music was a featured genre up and down the Front Range: Honky Tonks ruled the roosts and a pedal steel player could find a gig 6 nights a week. With history behind them and songs in hand, 5 & Dimers booked studio time at Macy Sound Studios, a Denver institution, and recorded 8 songs straight to tape in two days with a patchwork band scrounged from late night phone calls to secret experts and diamond-in-the-rough talent found in local dive bars. Born from a shoe string budget and limited time, the record is not only raw and authentic, but sounds like a throwback to how country records were made in the mid-1960s. 5 & Dimers is a celebration of that golden era mixing a blend of vintage country and old school rock-and-roll with just a hint of psychedelia.

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

High energy American and Peruvian rock. $5 cover gets you a free drink! 21+ only.

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Lincoln Park

Sponsored by Bellco, this family friendly event brings together the elements of Arbor Day, with tree giveaways and arborists, kids activities more...0 including touch a truck, tree climbing, and bounce houses. #BellcoGivesBack will pay for the first $300 of gelato for kids! There is a Colorado Craft Brew Fest with a commemorative mug and unlimited tastings, a mac and cheese tasting and competition, live local music from Five 14, Mount Orchid, Suckafish, and Union of None. There are many amazing arts and crafts booths as well. The event is free to attend, pre-purchase beer tasting entry available until April 20 is just $20, $25 at the door, and $5 for mac and cheese tasting.

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8:30am-4:30pm, 1320 S. Hwy 191, Moab, UT 84532

Springtime in the desert is a cornucopia of brilliant colors, intoxicating smells and exotic shapes as wildflowers seemingly explode across the more...0 canyons and mesas. Trying to identify them from a book can sometimes be frustrating. And beyond simply learning the name of that mysterious flower, have you ever wanted to know more about these most colorful denizens of the desert? Canyonlands Field Institute is offering a full day Desert Wildflower Seminar dedicated to the diversity of wildflowers in southeastern Utah. The field trip will be led by local Moab biologist and wildflower expert Joel Tuhy. Joel, who also works for the Nature Conservancy, has been studying and photographing wildflowers in the region for over 30 years. We will not only learn the names but gain an appreciation for desert plants’ particular habitat requirements, adaptations, and interesting cultural uses. This day trip includes lunch, transportation, hikes and interpretive talks. This program starts at 8:30 am at our office located at 1320 S. Hwy 191 just south of Moab, UT. Locations visited during the trip will be determined depending on where the best blooms happen to be at the time, but expect a number of short hikes up to half a mile round trip from the vehicle during the day. We will return to town late afternoon, arriving at CFI around 4:30-5:00.

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8:30am-4:30pm, 1320 S. Hwy 191, Moab, UT 84532

Springtime in the desert is a cornucopia of brilliant colors, intoxicating smells and exotic shapes as wildflowers seemingly explode across the more...0 canyons and mesas. Trying to identify them from a book can sometimes be frustrating. And beyond simply learning the name of that mysterious flower, have you ever wanted to know more about these most colorful denizens of the desert? Canyonlands Field Institute is offering a full day Desert Wildflower Seminar dedicated to the diversity of wildflowers in southeastern Utah. The field trip will be led by local Moab biologist and wildflower expert Joel Tuhy. Joel, who also works for the Nature Conservancy, has been studying and photographing wildflowers in the region for over 30 years. We will not only learn the names but gain an appreciation for desert plants’ particular habitat requirements, adaptations, and interesting cultural uses. This day trip includes lunch, transportation, hikes and interpretive talks. This program starts at 8:30 am at our office located at 1320 S. Hwy 191 just south of Moab, UT. Locations visited during the trip will be determined depending on where the best blooms happen to be at the time, but expect a number of short hikes up to half a mile round trip from the vehicle during the day. We will return to town late afternoon, arriving at CFI around 4:30-5:00.

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at Triple Play Records

10:00am-7:00pm, Triple Plat Records Downtown

Do you love Vinyl? International Record Store Day is Saturday April 21st 2018. Join us to celebrate the vinyl record, independent record stores, and more...0 the culture of vinyl. We will have hundreds of special vinyl releases exclusive to one day each year. Also, each customer gets FREE RSD & TPR swag (w/purchase) including promos, posters and more!! Check out the full list of limited exclusive releases at RecordStoreDay.com

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2:00pm, 1803 North 7th Street

Frank French, pianist and composer, returns to The Art Center with his massive repertoire of piano literature, stretching from the 18th century to more...0 the present day. This series covers the ascendency of instrumental music, from the early days of the piano, to advances in instrument building, to composers’ demand for greater expression. In addition to performing live, French will also share his knowledge of music theory, composers’ biographies, and cultural events that shaped the sounds of each era, providing the audience with historical context that enriches the listening experience. Composers covered include Gottschalk, Hayden, Chopin, Schumann, Albeniz, and Bach, as well as some of French’s own compositions. Join us and discover the transformation of the piano from an intimate setting instrument to one that would come to dominate the solo performance world.

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presented by US Bank

6:00pm, Colorado Mesa University, Meyer Ballroom

JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE OF GRAND JUNCTION The 2018 US Bank Viva el Vino will be on April 21, from 6-9 p.m. in the beautiful Colorado Mesa more...0 University ballroom. Viva el Vino is a fun wine-tasting event that features 20 great international, national, and local wines, as well as scrumptious food and dessert. There is also whiskey-tasting in the VIP section. The center of this fantastic evening is our elaborate silent auction that has something for everyone. Over 500 men and women will be in attendance--predominately ages 21-65. This cocktail-attire event is a great opportunity to get your girlfriends together for a night out or for a date night with your partner. Tickets are $60 per person general admission; $100 per person for VIP access. (VIP area includes champagne, whiskey and high-end wines and appetizers; limited tickets.) Raised $55,000 in 2017 Funds raised returned to charitable organizations in the community via a comprehensive grant application. Since 1983, over $1 million has been awarded to charitable organizations by Junior Service League. Emphasis on organizations benefiting children, recreation, the arts, health and human services: Kids Aid, Fruita Imagination Library, Grand Junction Imagination Library, Grand Valley Catholic Outreach, Community Food Bank, St. Mary’s Foster Grandparent Program, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Hilltop Community Resources, Marillac Clinic, Riverside Educational Center, Colorado National Monument Association, Colorado Riverfront Foundation, Inc., Salvation Army, Grand Mesa Nordic Council, Mesa County Partners, Mesa Land Trust, Colorado Canyons Association, Clifton Christian Church Food & Clothing Program.

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8:00pm-12:00am, 538 Main st Grand Junction CO 81501

Not long after Jim Breuer did his first official standup gig in Clearwater, Florida, in 1989, industry folks began asking him, “What’s more...0 your point of view?” “I don’t know…” He searched for a meaningful response to a ridiculous question. “To make people laugh?” The freewheeling, New York bred comic storyteller – who made the list of Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Standups of All Time” - is hotter than ever, a global touring sensation and regular presence on radio and television whose rabid audience, he’s thrilled to note, is filled with “lifetimers.” Once folks see him live, they’re hooked. Breuer estimates that 78% of his fans have seen him “five, six, seven” times. It’s becoming a family thing, with parents even bringing young teens to see the family man and father of three daughters, all providing genius “dad” material for his sets. Having evolved both personally and professionally since the beginning, Breuer’s pleased to say he’s been F-word free for ten years and counting.