Here's your community calendar for Friday, September 25th, underwritten by Basalt Regional Library, accepting donations of gently used clothing and accessories from September 28 through October 15, with early donors receiving a ticket for exclusive first access to the Clothing Swap taking place on October 17. More info at basalt library dot org
We have reached the final day of KDNK's membership drive, and we'll be going all day and all night until we reach our $120,000 goal, or get as close as possible. Here's everything we could find for you to do to start your weekend…
- Lift Up distributes food & pantry supplies at the New Castle River Center from 9am to 1pm today, and at the Rifle Library from 11 to 2
- The Aspen Literary Festival begins today at 5 at the Wheeler Opera House
- Townline Trucks will host a family-friendly Dolly-Palooza fundraiser with a costume contest, that event starts at 5, and Ken Gentry plays live at 7pm
- The Pitkin County Library heads to Redstone for a Summer Open Mic Night that goes from 6 to 8 this evening at the Redstone Art Gallery
- The Crystal Theatre shows the documentary The Stories We Tell at 5pm, and turns right around for a 7pm showing of Forgotten Island
- TAE & The Neighborly play a pair of shows at the Paul JAS Center in Aspen, with the first at 6:30 and the second at 9pm
- Also at 7, Dikki Du & The Zydeco Krewe take the stage at the Ute Theater
- The Basalt Library screens the original Jurassic Park movie tonight, that showing will be at the Basalt River Park at 7:30pm
- TACAW welcomes Rootbeer Ritchie for a live performance, music starts at 8pm with Purse Thief opening the show
- Also at 8, Steve's Guitars welcomes Angel Corsi for a Live Recording of his next solo album, this show is open to the public.
The first weekend of Fall will be underway on Saturday, here's a few more events…
- The Aspen Thrift Shop's annual Sidewalk Art Sale starts at 10am tomorrow
- Oktoberfest celebrations continue at Glenwood Caverns tomorrow from 10 to 6
- And the Elks Lodge in Leadville will host Elktoberfest tomorrow from 11am to 11pm
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. Thank you so much to all our new and renewing members who have joined KDNK or renewed their memberships over the last week, we are so grateful for your support as we continue to overcome our loss of federal funding, which will remain in place til at least 2029. Keep your dial locked to KDNK all day long today, keep community radio alive for years to come, and make it a Fundraising Friday!