Community Calendar

CLASSES/LECTURES

DANCE

12:30pm-6:00pm, 2460 Patterson Rd UNIT 5, Grand Junction, CO 81505

Colorado West Performing Arts Company will have 3 weekly summer intensives June 9th - 26th, 2025. Daily classes in ballet technique, pointe, more...0 (pre-pointe), and contemporary along with variations, partnering, and men's class will be taught by dancers and artistic staff from Colorado West Performing Arts Company. This is a great alternative for the more serious dancer looking for an intensive closer to home and at a moderate price. ? Weekly rate of $350? All three weeks for $900 Housing options: Host Families - Please inquire with application if you are interested in setting up a host family stay for your dancer.

RADIO ROOM

Live in the Radio Room

7:00pm-10:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Country at its best! The Hugh Phillips Band are gaining a lot of traction performing fairs, festivals, and honky-tonks throughout the more...0 Rockies. This 4-piece ensemble performs originals and covers from Merle, Waylon, Casey Donahew, Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown, and a host of other greats from the 70’s all the way to the latest hits. You can count on an exciting show rocking the country and western with a bluegrass flair.

MUSIC

special guest the Taylor Scott Band

7:30pm-10:00pm, Asteria Theatre • 864 Bunting Ave.

When Grammy winner Dave Alvin and Grammy nominee Jimmie Dale Gilmore made the album Downey To Lubbock together in 2018, they wrote the title track as more...0 a sort of mission statement. “I know someday this old highway’s gonna come to an end,” Alvin sings near the song’s conclusion. Gilmore answers: “But I know when it does you’re going to be my friend.” Six years later, they’re serving notice that the old highway hasn’t ended yet. “We’re still standing, no matter what you might hear,” they sing on “We’re Still Here,” the final track to their new album Texicali, which continues to bridge the distance between the two troubadours’ respective home bases of California (Alvin) and Texas (Gilmore).

GENERAL

9:00am-1:00pm, Grand Valley

2nd annual native plant garden tour featuring 6 gardens from Grand Junction to Mack. Valley Grown Nursery is a sponsor for the tour and a stop on the more...0 tour. They will have displays and discounts for all who attend.

GENERAL

2:00pm-5:00pm, Lincoln Park (12th and Gunnison Side)

Join us as we Celebrate Juneteenth (Freedom Day). There will be informational booths, Food Trucks. Live Music, Games, A History Hunt. Keynote Speaker more...0 and our annual awards.

GENERAL

6:00pm-7:30pm, Cobeka Coffee

Spoken word open mic at Copeka Coffee.

MUSIC

Feeding Giants

7:00pm-9:00pm, Two Rivers Winery, 2987 Broadway,

Feeding Giants offers a rich blend of musical styles, including country, rock, folk and Americana. Music starts at 7 pm, but come early to kick back more...0 on the lawn of Two Rivers Winery in the shadow of the Colorado National Monument with a picnic dinner and enjoy a glass of wine. Tickets are $20 in advance at artcenterguild.org or at The Art Center (7th & Orchard). $25 at the gate. All proceeds go to the programs of the Art Center of Western Colorado.

RADIO ROOM

7:00pm-10:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave Grand Junction, CO

“Claudia Nygaard is fearless. She often says in song what many of us would be reluctant to admit in conversation.“ Country Standard more...0 Time Like a surgeon with a fish knife, when Claudia Nygaard writes a song she scrapes off the scales, pulls the flesh back, and “aims right for the bone”. She is a mesmerizing storyteller and cinematic lyricist, and the songs on Lucky Girl reveal a daredevil’s vulnerability. There is no self-censorship about what she should say or how she should say it on this album. She just opens up, and the listener falls in. Performing with Terry Nash June 22nd Tickets are $20 in advance $25 at the door

CLASSES/LECTURES

The Archaeology of Fremont Figurines

6:30pm-8:00pm, 527 Village Way, Grand Junction, Co. 81507

David Yoder, professor of anthropology and archaeologist, will discuss the results of over 800 clay figurines made by members of the Fremont culture more...0 over 1000 years ago. Learn how studying the figurines gives us insight into the lives of the prehistoric people who made them. Event is free with donations accepted.

CLASSES/LECTURES

LITERARY

A Session with Bob Silbernagel

6:00pm-7:30pm, The Art Center 1803 N. 7th Street, GJ, CO 81501

For our July Writer’s Night, Bob Silbernagel will discuss what he’s learned during his long writing career: When he started writing, why more...0 he writes, how he learned to write better and love good editors, and the methods he uses to write. He will also speak more generally about the publishing industry, including trends with book publishing newspapers. He will offer his ideas on improving writing and will answer questions