Community Calendar

CLASSES/LECTURES

LITERARY

THEATRE

Live Performance & Workshop

1:30pm-9:00pm, 33 N. Uncompahgre Avenue

NYC Slam Poet Performance + Emotional Historians Workshop! THE ARTIST Jon Sands was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a winner of the 2018 National more...0 Poetry Series, selected for his second collection of poems, It’s Not Magic (Beacon Press, 2019). He is the facilitator of the Emotional Historians workshop, a series of generative writing classes that you can find out more about on Instagram at @iAmJonSands, and is the author of The New Clean (Write Bloody Publishing), a co-host of The Poetry Gods podcast, and a curator for SupaDupaFresh, a monthly poetry series at Ode to Babel in Brooklyn. His work has been featured in The New York Times, published in The Rumpus, The Millions, Cortland Review, LUMINA from Sarah Lawrence College, Muzzle, Rattle, Hanging Loose, The Rattling Wall from PEN Center USA, and many others, as well as anthologized in The Best American Poetry. He has received residencies and fellowships from the Blue Mountain Center, the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, and the Jerome Foundation. He’s a MFA Graduate in Fiction from Brooklyn College, where his work won the Himan Brown Award for short stories. He was a founding curator of Poets in Unexpected Places, a New York based artist collective that moved poetry into unconventional public spaces with free live literature performances featuring accomplished poets and an array of performance artists from varied backgrounds and aesthetics. They were commissioned to curate “Pop Up” exhibitions in college classrooms, federal banks, museums, and much more. He is a facilitator with the Dialogue Arts Project, a non-profit organization that partners with communities in order to help participants collaborate & communicate more effectively across lines of social identity and difference. He taught at Brooklyn College, Urban Word NYC, and for over a decade, facilitated weekly writing workshops for adults at Baily House, an HIV/AIDS service center in East Harlem and The Positive Health Project, a syringe exchange center in Midtown Manhattan. He starred in the award winning web-series Verse: A Murder Mystery from Rattapallax Films, and has represented New York City numerous times at the National Poetry Slam. He tours extensively as a poet, but lives in Brooklyn. PERFORMANCE General Admission Performance is $25 for Adults and $15 for Youth. Purchase online at jonsands.com, healthyrhythm.net, or at Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery in Montrose, Colorado. Performance is a ticketless event. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Show starts at 7:30 PM. WORKSHOP - EMOTIONAL HISTORIANS January 25, 2025 • 1:30 PM (Doors 1 PM) In the world of people, celebration is often laced with melancholy, joy is a border that surrounds sorrow, and fear is usually one doorbell away from bravery. So, how the fork can we construct poems that acknowledge a complicated and dynamic world? How do we avoid writing that transforms us into caricatures? How do we convey what it feels like to be us, alive at the onset of a new millennium? If the job of an artist is that of an emotional historian, then we must create poems that are as multi-dimensional and layered as the people who write them. If we’re to properly archive, we must ask ourselves not whether this is a great poem, but rather, is this today’s poem? Workshop is $20 for Adults and $15 for Youth. Workshop is limited to 20 participants. People who attend the afternoon Worksop and evening Performance pay $35 per Adult and $20 per Youth. As a courtesy to all, we politely request that if you’re not feeling well please stay home and get better and we'll see you soon! HEALTHY RHYTHM ART GALLERY Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery (HRAG) is about Art and Music. The Gallery affords diverse individuals a user-friendly space to create, exhibit, and sell a variety of artwork. The Gallery, located in historic downtown Montrose, Colorado, also serves as an intimate Live Music Listening Room for nationally and internationally touring musicians. see • think • believe™ There are no refunds or exchanges for this event. All sales are final. The only exception to this policy is if an event is cancelled. In the event of cancellation, purchases will be honored when the concert is rescheduled. If you are unable to attend the rescheduled event, your purchase will be refunded at the point of service minus any fees that may apply.

MUSIC

SPIRITUAL

An Evening of Music Medicine

5:00pm-8:00pm, Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205

Experience a night of connection through song and story featuring three enchanting Colorado-based songstresses. Celebrate a self-funded album of more...0 Music Medicine in the heart of Denver's Rino Art District at Darcy Nelson's first headlining set at Larimer Lounge. Featuring regionally touring folk medicine artist, Haley Harkin and emerging folk pop songwriter, Maya Ogea. Doors at 4 PM, Music at 5 PM TICKETS: All ages show. - Advance Over 21: $18.50 - Advance Under 21: $23.20 (Ticketed guests under 16 ONLY ADMITTED WITH TICKETED GUARDIAN 21+) Purchase a $15 Advance consignment ticket directly through any artist for a discount while supporting their draw. Reach out to any artist on the bill via Instagram to ask about fee-free advance consignment tickets: @darcynelsonmusic, @haleyharkin, @mayaogea, Find released music from Nelson and Harkin on all major streaming platforms. Catch live performances of Ogea on YouTube. Beverages available in venue. Food trucks located outside for a quick bite.

RADIO ROOM

Live in the Radio Room

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

For over 20 years Ben Garcia made a name for himself in the bird dog hunting and field trialing community, spanning the country from border to border more...0 and coast to coast with 20+ bird dogs and a handful of horses. On these weeks-long interstate drives he had experiences that crafted his lyrics, bearing witness to the folks, towns, drinks, and feelings he met along the way. These songs have a confessional style that makes your heart and ears listen. When Ben Garcia strums his first chord and starts singing his Americana storytelling songs, people pay attention. Show starts at 7pm Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets $20 in Advance and $25 at the Door

FOOD/BEVERAGES

9:00am-8:00pm, 144 Kluge Ave, Grand Junction, CO, 81504

Come to Peach Street Distillers and get your fill of Whiskey and Waffles every Wednesday!

FOOD/BEVERAGES

4:00pm-9:00pm, 144 Kluge Ave, Grand Junction, CO, 81504

Burger night at the Still. Come get your Burger. Cocktail, Beer or Mocktail. Will pair great with it !

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

SPORTS

Nursing Students Fundraising for Panama

9:00am-12:00pm, CMU Rec Center, Main Gym

A group of graduating CMU Nursing students are hosting a pickleball tournament fundraiser for a trip to Panama City this Spring to provide Nursing in more...0 rural areas. They are the first group from CMU to go on a trip like this. We are asking our community to support with donations, or to come to the tournament.

CLASSES/LECTURES

LITERARY

6:00pm-7:30pm, 1803 N. 7th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501

Have you wondered how editors know from the first page if they are reading professional-level work? What traits mark publishable writing from the more...0 easily rejected? Long-time writer, editor, and teacher, James Van Pelt shares the secret publishing handshake with you in this valuable 90 minutes. Change how you write forever. All Writer’s Night events are held at the Art Center in Grand Junction from 6-7:30 p.m.

GENERAL

SPIRITUAL

Join us for our Open House

4:00pm-6:00pm, 1006 N. 5th St Grand Junction, CO 81501

Our message at Green Valley Herbal is to LOVE Your Body! We help you elevate your Self-Care by providing handcrafted gifts for your Body, Mind & more...0 Soul! You are worth it! Celebrate with us the opening of our retail shop (right next to Copeka Coffee).

FOOD/BEVERAGES

MUSIC

Food Truck Friday! Opener: Ruby

5:00pm-7:30pm, 310 N 7th, Grand Junction, CO

Prepare to be captivated by the harmonious blend of vocals, guitars, and live-looping as Ordinary Two takes the stage at the Historic Lowell School. more...0 The duo's original compositions and unexpected covers transcend the ordinary, weaving stories of love, life, and the open road. With influences ranging from alternative to folk to jazz to hair-metal, their melodies will linger in your heart long after the last note fades. Opening act will be Ruby! It’s Food Truck Friday - so grab some grub, a beverage from Gemini Beer, and enjoy the show!

RADIO ROOM

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

Erik Stucky is an internationally touring producer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Growing up in the rugged mountains of Western Colorado, Stucky more...0 picked up his first mandolin at the age of 8. Following the release of his debut album Stray Clouds in 2017, Stucky packed up his instruments and a single suitcase and pointed his pickup for Nashville. Since then he’s released his sophomore album, Good Vibrations, When he’s not writing or playing music, Stucky enjoys exploring the outdoors, reading, practicing martial arts, hunting, and eating great food. Show is Saturday February 8, tickets $20 in advance and $25 at the door.