Here's your community calendar for Friday, May 22nd, 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
You made it to the start of a long holiday weekend, here's how to spend the day…
- Lift Up provides food & pantry supplies from 9 to 1 today at the New Castle River Center, and from 11 to 2 at the Rifle Library.
- Colorado Animal Rescue holds a Mutts & Milkshakes pet adoption event beginning at 3 this afternoon at Sopris Lodge
- The Pitkin County Library's Summer Reading Kickoff Party starts today at 3
- The Glenwood Springs Art Center puts on a Youth HipHop Dance class at 4pm
- Mike Ippolito plays live at the Hotel Colorado at 5 this afternoon
- Performances of Womens Voices' "When We Dance Again" get going tonight at 7 at Thunder River Theatre, with additional shows Saturday and Sunday
- The Crystal Theatre begins two weekends of screenings of The Sheep Detectives, that's at 7 as well.
- Also at 7, The Wheeler Opera House continues their Roaring Fork Rising series, with Emery Major and Hannah Koivu sharing the stage
- Starfish Enterprise swims at warp speed into Townline Trucks at 7pm
- The Ute Theater welcomes Ozzy Ozbourne tribute band Crazy Train at 8pm
- Cap Stevens performs at Pastime Saloon in Leadville at 8 tonight
- Comedian Josh Blue brings his improvisational skills to TACAW, that's also at 8
- And Belly Up Aspen presents An Evening with Fleetwood Mac cover group Dreams Unwind, doors open at 8:30 tonight
Saturday has more to offer, including a big update for Carbondale…
- The Rifle Library offers free community health screenings tomorrow at 10:30am
- After two years of construction, the brand new Carbondale Aquatic Center opens tomorrow at Noon
- And The 10th Mountain Division gives a tour of Camp Hale tomorrow at 1pm in celebration of the opening of the Winter Warriors exhibit
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. We still have tickets left to our screening of Spinal Tap on Thursday May 28th, head to kdnk.org and get yours now! Whether you're busting out your rafts and kayaks, or just planning your biggest cannonball at the new Aquatic Center tomorrow, we hope you have a Freshwater Friday!