Here's your community calendar for Thursday, May 21st, underwritten by Basalt Regional Library, presenting the Summer Reading Kick-Off Party on Saturday, June 6th from 12-3PM. Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with a high-energy event for the whole family, featuring a live DJ with a foam bubble dance floor, a bounce castle and more. More info at basalt library dot org
As we near the end of the week, there are plenty of entertainment options…
- Lift Up distributes food and pantry supplies today from 10:30 to 1:30 at Glenwood Catholic Charities, as well as the Parachute Family Resource Center from 11:30 to 2:30, and the Aspen Ranger Station from 3 to 5
- The Basalt Library helps teen inventors with a Shark Tank Showdown at 4pm
- Carbondale Arts wraps up their current pair of exhibits at 5 today
- Leadville's Lake County Elementary School hosts the Spring Art Show Fundraiser from 5 to 7 this evening
- The Pitkin County Library's Train Dreams Book Club gathers at 5:30 to discuss "Culpability" by Bruce Holsinger
- Also at 5:30, Mountain Heart Brewing's Basalt location puts on a discussion on the James Webb Space Telescope.
- The Tyler Rust Band plays at the Ute Theater in Rifle today at 6
- Glenwood Springs City Council meets at 6pm at City Hall
- The Carbondale Library's Spanish Conversation Club gets together at 6:30
- Then at 7, the Crystal Theatre opens up the stage for a Comedy Night
- And Townline Trucks holds their weekly Bluegrass Jam, that's at 7 as well
Here's just a few Friday activities for your enjoyment…
- Lift up returns to the New Castle River Center tomorrow from 9 to 1, and the Rifle Library from 11 to 2
- The North Star Nature Preserve in Aspen puts on their 11th Annual Trash Pickup event tomorrow morning from 10 to 12:30.
- The Carbondale Library offers American Sign Language Storytime tomorrow afternoon at 2
- And Colorado Animal Rescue holds a Mutts & Milkshakes event tomorrow at 3pm at Sopris Lodge in Carbondale.
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. Catch all the local stories our news team has been covering by going to the News tab at kdnk.org. Don't get sucked into an echo chamber today, use all the facts around you to form your beliefs, and have a Freethinking Thursday!