Community Calendar

MUSIC

5:00pm-7:00pm, Promote events at the Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center, a local non profit community organization.

Join us for a live concert, sing Christmas songs, and visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

LITERARY

MUSIC

VISUAL ARTS

7:00pm-10:00pm, Paradise Theatre, Paonia, CO

DARK NIGHT appears again for its 14th year for two nights at the Paradise Theatre, Paonia. This show is the creation of local author Craig Childs, more...0 who blends his storytelling with a crew of various performers, mixing spoken word, imagery, and live music. The theme this year is 'Convergence', which will take the audience from deep space to underwater depths. Tickets available online through the Paradise Theatre website.

THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS

Artrageous!

Avalon Theatre, 645 Main Street, Grand Junction

Artrageous is an amazing celebration of creativity - blending art, dance, music and audience participation into an amazing stage act that will leave more...0 you and your family thrilled and smiling! Join us as we celebrate 100 years of the Avalon Theatre on January 5th with Artrageous! It will be a truly once in a lifetime event that the whole family will remember!

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Presented by Alpine Bank at GMAEC

7:00pm-9:00pm, 195 W. Main St., Cedaredge, CO

Eric Elison is a Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Artist who has performed for audiences in the U.S. and Europe.

SPORTS

9:00am-10:30am, Matchett Park

Kick off the New Year with a 5K Fun Run and a 1K Kids' Dash to benefit the campaign for a GJ Community Recreation Center! Lace up your sneakers, more...0 grab your friends and family, and hit the trails at Matchett Park for a good cause. This family friendly event kicks off with registration at 9:00am on Saturday, January 7 at Matchett Park, the proposed site for the community recreation center. The race course follows the perimeter of this 205 acre park, so you can see the proposed site for the community recreation center. Is running not in your repertoire? No problem! This event is truly for all ages! Whether you walk, run, jog or skip -- we'll all be winners when we have a community recreation center! Treat yourself to a morning of community and fun! Free stylish t-shirts for first 250 adult registrations, with additional prizes provided by Loki! Registration is available now through January 7, with same day registration for $30.00. CRC Kickstart 5K Fun Run & 1K Kids' Dash 9:00am Packet Pick-up and Registration 9:30am 1K Kids' Dash start 10:00am 5K Fun Run start

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Come share something of your own or just come list

2:00pm-3:30pm, Bluecorn Cafe and Candle Factory, 1842 S Townsend Ave., Montrose, CO

An Open Mic Event featuring poets Madison Gill and Tracy Lightsey, hosted by Wendy Videlock, poet laureate of the Western Slope

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

5:00pm-9:00pm, 910 N 12th Street

Drop off promwear at the Fandom Formal, hosted by Geek Parties of the Grand Valley. See our wishlist at sites.google.com/view/free-promwear

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

Mesa County Central Library 443 N 6th Street

Accepting ready-to-wear dresses, suits, ties, shoes, jewelry, purses and more. Recruiting volunteers who wear dress sizes 4-26 to try on hundreds of more...0 dresses for accurate sizing. Recruiting volunteers for set up, tear down, staffing, moving, marketing, design, printing, and more. Find the wishlist on our website.