Listen twice, discuss once
Novelist Kent Haruf
Readings at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lory Student Center East Ballroom
at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the
Eaton High School Auditorium.
Thank Writers on the Plains for providing access
to master storyteller Kent Haruf outside
the covers of a book. The eastern Colorado native
and author of “Eventide” and “Plainsong” is
beloved for his ability to evoke small-town culture
and rhythms. He’ll read to us all, for free, in
Fort Collins and Eaton. He’ll talk about how the
work comes together Saturday at 11 a.m. at the
Eaton Public Library, 132 Maple Ave.
TODAY
10 A.M.-5 P.M. The Community
Schools Studio Tour | Sixty artists
working in the Roaring Fork Valley
open their studios. | Tour maps at
Artist’s Mercantile in Glenwood
Springs, Sounds Easy in Carbondale,
Café Bernard in Basalt, Woody
Creek Store, David Floria Gallery in
Aspen | 970-923-4646
10 A.M. – 4 P.M. 23rd Annual
Harvest Festival | Artisans from
six states sell fabric, wood, pottery,
ceramics, toys, paintings, furniture,
jewelry at Two Rivers Convention
Center | 159 Main St., Grand
Junction | Info: 970-261-3907
MORE THIS WEEK
MONDAY Full Moon at
Chimney Rock | Watch the full
moon rise at Chimney Rock
Archaeological Area near Pagosa
Springs and listen to the haunting
melody of the Native American
flute performance by Charles
Martinez. $15 admission. Gates
open at 5 p.m. | Reservations
required: 970-264-2287 Info:
chimneyrockco.org
FREE DAY
| Denver Botanic Gardens | 1005
York St., Denver | Info:
botanicgardens.org
WEDNESDAY
FREE DAY |
Denver Museum of Nature and
Science | 2001 Colorado Blvd.,
Denver | Info: dmns.org
THURSDAY
Colorado Hebrew
Chorale | Hebrew round singing in
a sukkah, part of the annual Sukkot
celebration. 7:30-9 p.m., free | 2
Ash St., Denver | Info and
directions: 303-355-0232 or
coloradohebrewchorale@
yahoo.com
FRIDAY
Grand showing for
Yampatika’s Amateur Nature
Photography Contest | The Routt
National Forest in pictures, 5-7
p.m. | 925 Weiss Drive, Steamboat
Springs | Info: 970-871-9151 or
yampatika.org
FRIDAY Music at Mesa | Mesa
State College Wind Symphony
concert, 7 p.m., Robinson Theatre
at Moss Performing Arts Center.
Tickets: $8 adults; $5 seniors; $3
students | 1100 North Ave., Grand
Junction | Info: mesastate.edu
NEXT WEEKEND
I vant to lick your face
Sixth Annual Haunted Dog House
Noon to 9 p.m., Douglas County
Fairgrounds, $6 per dog. Info:
goldentouchgoldenretrievers. com
Who says all the Halloween
fun is for people? Our panting
pals can get in on the action at
the annual Haunted Dog House.
That’s where a well-behaved
pooch can drink from a toilet
bowl of punch or retrieve a severed
witch’s head, get a paw
reading or bob for tennis balls.
Hosted by Count Einstein, the
real golden retriever who can
count. Scary, huh?
ALSO NEXT WEEK
SATURDAY Firehouse Ghosts |
Sleep over in the old Denver
Firefighters Museum and find out
why things still go bump in the
night. $25 tickets get you a
spaghetti dinner, spooky movies,
ghost stories and a psychic tour.
Appropriate for all ages, 6 p.m.
Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday | 1326
Tremont Place, Denver | Info:
303-892-1436 or info@
denverfirefightersmuseum.org
Ski & Sport Swap | Consign
your old stuff or buy something
new-to-you. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. | Hosted
by the Winter Sports Club at
Steamboat Springs Middle School,
Steamboat Springs | Consignment
info: 970-879-0695 ext. 100.
Greeley Hot Air Balloon
Harvest | Daylight launch at 7:45
a.m., balloon glow starts at 6:30
p.m. The launch repeats at 7:45
a.m. Sunday | At the old
Hewlett-Packard plant at 10th
Street and 71st Avenue, across
from the Boomerang Golf Course in
Greeley. | Info: beaconfunding.biz/
balloonharvest
