Here's your community calendar for Wednesday, May 20th, 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
There are all kinds of options for folks of all ages to increase your knowledge today, plus a movie! Let's check it out…
- Lift Up offers food and pantry supplies today from 9 to 1 at the New Castle River Center, at the Silt Baseball Fields from 10 to Noon, and at the Third Street Center from 2:30 to 4:30
- The Basalt Library provides a STEM session, as well as Teen Cafe, with both events at 2:30pm, followed by a Makers Nook meetup and an eBay side-hustle class at 5:30
- The Pitkin County Library will have a Financial Literacy Workshop at 5:30 today
- Roaring Fork Family Practice provides free cancer screenings from 5:30 to 7.
- Indivisible Leadville 25 meets at the Lake County Library, that's at 5:30 as well
- The Carbondale Fire Department holds a Wildfire Preparedness Community Meeting today at 6pm at Carbondale Town Hall
- The 2nd Annual Lake County Wildfire Resilience Fair runs from 6 to 7:30 at Leadville's Fire Station #2.
- AZYEP's Family Movie Night returns to the Crystal Theatre for a 6pm screening of Hook.
- Also at 6, CMC's Carbondale location puts on a Free Civics lecture on the United States Constitution.
- The Rifle Library's English/Spanish Conversation circle gets together at 6:45
- And Rifle's City Council meets at 7pm at City Hall
And here's just a quick look at Thursday…
- Lift Up heads to Glenwood Catholic Charities from 10:30 to 1:30 tomorrow, the Parachute Family Resource Center from 11:30 to 2:30, and finally at the Aspen Ranger Station from 3 to 5
- Independence Pass opens up for motorists tomorrow at Noon
- And tomorrow is the last day to check out Carbondale Arts' two current exhibits, open at the Launchpad from 10 to 5.
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. Don't forget, you can always catch up on the last two weeks of music by checking out the Listen To Shows You Missed section under the Music tab at kdnk.org. Whether you're reading the paper or a book, learning a new language, or just everything you want to say gets said today, have a Wordy Wednesday!