Community calendar Thursday, August 12 – Wednesday, August 18

Gunnison Arts Center:
• Main Gallery: “Unframed” by Artists of the Gunnison Valley
• The Nancy Tredway Gallery: “Home” Tiny Treasures – Open Show
• Mud Makers Clay Camp and Children’s Musical Theater August 9-12.
Visit GunnisonArtsCenter.org for more info.
CB Center for the Arts:
• Anne Kinder’s “Here and There, Then and Now” in the Kinder Paden Gallery at the Center for the Arts thru August 15. Special show hours Saturday 8/14 & Sunday 8/15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. crestedbuttearts.org.
• New box office and gallery hours: M-F, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

THURSDAY 12
• 9-10:30 a.m. Guided Historic Walking Tour with the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, crestedbuttemuseum.com.
• noon Cultivating Hope Cancer Support Group, free to attend. More info at www.livingjourneys.org.
• 2 p.m. Tales & Trails Hiking Book Club: Nomadland at the Lower Loop, with the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 2:15 p.m. Toddle & Waddle Storytime at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 3-6 p.m. CB Farmer’s Market at Cranks Plaza (Thursdays thru August 26).
• 3:45 p.m. Creative Craft: Story Writing Ribbons (kids 6 & up) at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 4-5:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Garage open for shoppers and donations.
• 4-6 p.m. CB South Farmer’s Market at Red Mountain Park (Thursdays thru September 30).
• 4:30-7 p.m. Watercolor + Wine at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts (Thursdays through September 30).
• 5-6 p.m. Oh Be Joyful/Gunnison Food Pantry Food Bank at 625 Maroon Ave. 970-349-6237. (1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month)
• 5-7 p.m. Gunnison Valley Health’s Stop the Bleed & Hands Only CPR event at the Fred Field Center, gunnisonvalleyhealth.org/education.
• 6:30 p.m. Open AA meeting: 11 Step Meditation at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 7-8 p.m. Weekly Crit Club at the Gunnison Arts Center.
• 7:30-10:30 p.m. Asleep at the Wheel plays at the I Bar Ranch, ibarranch.com.

FRIDAY 13
• 7:30 a.m. Gunnison County Electric Association’s Heat Pump Work Shop for Contractors in the Crested Butte Town Hall Building Council Room. 641-3520.
• 8:30 a.m. Gunnison County Electric Association’s Heat Pump Work Shop for Home Builders in the Crested Butte Town Hall Building Council Room. 641-3520.
• 9-9:45 a.m. Art on the Courtyard at the Gunnison Arts Center (ages 2-5 w/ caregiver, Fridays thru August 13).
• 10:30-11 a.m. Joyful Kids Storytime: Happy Face at Oh Be Joyful Church.
• noon Closed AA meeting: Readings from Living Sober at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 2-5 p.m. Paint Your Own Pottery at the Gunnison Arts Center.
• 4-6 p.m. No bad Actors; adult acting with Heather Hughes begins with Intro to Acting at the Center for the Arts, crestedbuttearts.org.
• 5-9 p.m. Gunnison Car Show begins with the Friday Night Cruise in downtown Gunnison with DJ Joe Boomershine, gunnisoncarclub.com.
• 5 p.m. Fridays at 5:00 Watch Parties with the Crested Butte Music Festival on Facebook, crestedbuttemusicfestival.org.

SATURDAY 14
• Crested Butte Ball Bash begins and runs thru Sunday, August 15 at Pitsker, Gothic & Tommy V softball fields.
• Leave No Trace 2-day Trainer course with WCU’s Center for Public Lands and Colorado Mountain Club in the Fossil Creek Wilderness, //cmc.org/Calendar.
• 7:30 a.m. Open AA meeting: Big Book Study at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Gunnison Car Show in Jorgensen Park with High Octane Arts Festival, gunnisoncarclub.com.
• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. A Play in a Day; playwriting workshop with Steven Cole at the Center for the Arts, crestedbuttearts.org.
• 10 a.m. Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association’s Overnight Volunteer Weekend (thru Sunday, August 15): Trail work to connect Middle Cement Creek Trail to Fenceline with Volunteer Party (Saturday night) and camping at Middle Cement Creek Campground, info@cbmba.org.
• 3 p.m. Guided Specialty Historic Walking Tour with the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, crestedbuttemuseum.com.
• 6:30 p.m. Open AA meeting: Literature at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 8 p.m. Honey Hounds play in the Steddy Theatre at the Center for the Arts. crestedbuttearts.org.

SUNDAY 15
• 7:30 a.m. Gunnison Car Show’s Sunday Breakfast Cruise: A Caravan Cruise to Pappy’s at Elk Creek Marina, meet in the Walmart parking lot, gunnisoncarclub.com.
• 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Crested Butte Farmer’s Market on the zero & 100 block of Elk Avenue (Sundays thru October 10).
• 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday Art Market at the top of Elk Avenue.
• 10:45 a.m. All Saints in the Mountains Episcopal Church service at UCC, 403 Maroon Ave. in CB.
• 3:30 p.m. Crested Butte Ball Bash’s Championship Game at Tommy V Field.
• 6 p.m. Sundays @ 6: Floodgate Operators in Legion Park in Gunnison.
• 6 p.m. Open AA meeting: Topic Discussion at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.

MONDAY 16
• 9 a.m. Sculpture in Clay Workshop in the Gunnison Arts Center Clay Studio (runs thru August 20).
• 3:45 p.m. Bubbles, Games & Fantasy Tales (kids 6 & up) at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 4 p.m. Center for the Arts tours, register at crestedbuttearts.org.
• 5:30-7:30 p.m. Alpenglow: Floyd Bauler + Celestine play on the outdoor stage at the Center for the Arts and Town Park.
• 6 p.m. Navigating Grief and Loss Support Group, free to attend. More info at www.livingjourneys.org.
• 7:30 p.m. Open AA meeting: Favorite Big Book Reading at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.

TUESDAY 17
• 7:30 a.m. Open AA meeting: Mediation AA & Al-Anon at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 9 a.m. Socrates Café at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 9:15 a.m. Storytime for all ages at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 9-10:30 a.m. Guided Historic Walking Tour with the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum, crestedbuttemuseum.com.
• noon Closed AA meeting: Readings from Came to Believe at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 4-5:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Garage open for shoppers and donations.
• 5 p.m. Kids of the Gunnison Valley play at the I Bar Ranch, ibarranch.com.
• 7 p.m. Crested Butte Public Policy Forum features Naomi Oreskes: “Why Should We Trust Science When Our Politicians Don’t?” at the Center for the Arts, crestedbutteforum.org.

WEDNESDAY 18
• 8 a.m. Free T’ai Chi Experienced Practitioners at the Tommy V Field.
• 8:30 a.m. HCCA hike: West Maroon Valley, www.hccacb.org/events/hcca-hikes/.
• 9 a.m. Free T’ai Chi Beginner Practitioners at the Tommy V Field.
• 9:30 a.m. Help Old Rock Garden Grow at the Crested Butte Library.
• noon Closed AA meeting: 12 Step & 12 Tradition Study at Union Congregational Church, 349-5711.
• 1:30 p.m. Help Old Rock Garden Grow at the Crested Butte Library.
• 2-3:30 p.m. Wacky Wednesdays!: Rock Painting with Boo Radford for Elementary School (ages 7-10) in the Gunnison Arts Center’s Courtyard.
• 4 p.m. Crafternoon: Succulents & Recycled Book Planters (teens & adults) at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535.
• 4-5:30 p.m. Wacky Wednesdays!: Rock Painting with Boo Radford for Middle School (ages 11-13) in the Gunnison Arts Center’s Courtyard.
• 5:30 p.m. Music on the Mountain: The Stone Foxes play on the Red Lady Stage at the CBMR base area.

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