Community Calendar Thursday, August 3–Wednesday, August 9

•Center for the Arts presents Vibrancies (thru August 4) The Kinder Padon Gallery displays the work of sculptor Chuck Brenton and painter Frank Gonzales made specifically for the Center.

•Crested Butte Mountain Theatre presents Kit Corbin and the Lost Mine of Potrero Springs, August 3-5.

•Crested Butte Arts Festival August 4-6

•KBUT’s Summer Pledge Drive runs thru August 11, kbut.org/donate

THURSDAY 3

•7:30 a.m. Open AA meeting: Crack of Dawn Group topic discussion at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•noon-1 p.m. Cultivating Hope Cancer Support Group, livingjourneys.org/calendar, free. (every 1st Thursday)

•4-5:30 p.m. St Mary’s Garage is open for shopping and donations. 300 BelleviewAvenue #2, stmarysgaragecb.org.

•5-6 p.m. Oh Be Joyful/Gunnison Food Pantry Food Bank at 625 Maroon Avenue,
970-349-6237. (1st and 3rd Thursdays)

•5-7 p.m. Crested Butte Transportation and Mobility Plan Community Open House at Town Hall.

•6 p.m. The Crested Butte Library hosts a fundraiser “Wines of the Southern Hemisphere,” South America at the Queen of All Saints in Crested Butte.

•6:30 p.m. Open AA meeting: 11 Step Meditation at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•7 p.m. Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro plays at the Center for the Arts.

•8-11 p.m. Sam Heart plays at A Bar Above.

FRIDAY 4

•10 a.m. Storytime at the Crested Butte Library, 970-349-6535.

•noon Open AA meeting: Readings from Living Sober at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•noon-2 p.m. Oh Be Joyful hosts a Mountain Mamas meeting at 625 Maroon Ave. For more information contact Kelsey Weaver at [email protected] or 970-648-7071. (every Friday)

•5 p.m. Mt. Crested Butte Annual Town Picnic at Ted Scheske Town Park with live music by Strand Hill Duo. 

•7-8:15 p.m. Open AA Speaker Meeting in the rectory at Queen of all Saints, 970-349-5711.

•8 p.m. Public House presents Lindsay Lou.

•8-11 p.m. Rachel Vanslyke plays at A Bar Above. 

SATURDAY 5

•7:30 a.m. Open AA meeting: Big Book Study at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•10 a.m.-1 p.m. Community Rock and Fossil Day at the Gunnison Library with a presentation by Dr. Rob Fillmore, WCU Professor of Geology, and family friendly activities, gunnisoncountylibraries.org.

•10:30 a.m.-noon St Mary’s Garage is open for shopping and donations. 300 Belleview  Avenue #2, stmarysgaragecb.org.

•2-5 p.m. Viking Sound Machine will be spinning vinyl on the Butte 66 deck.

•3-5 p.m. Easy Jim plays at the Crested Butte Arts Festival.

•5:30-7:30 p.m. All Saints in the Mountains Episcopal Church, Eucharist, Alicia Belgiovani on piano & organ. Meeting at the UCC, 403 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte.

•6:30 p.m. Open AA meeting: Literature at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•7 p.m. Totally Mozart at the Center for the Arts, crestedbuttearts.org.

•8-11 p.m. Matthew Grant play at A Bar Above.

•9 p.m. Kaleta & Super Yamba Band play at the Public House.

SUNDAY 6

•9 a.m.-2 p.m. Crested Butte Farmers Market at the top of Elk Avenue. 

•9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Crested Butte Art Market at the top of Elk Avenue. 

•11 a.m. Bluegrass Mass in front of the UCC with our partnership church, Good Samaritan, Gunnison.

•2 p.m. Rotary Club Rubber Duckie Race along Coal Creek.

•6 p.m. Open AA meeting: Topic Discussion at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•8-10:30 p.m. Tincup Whiskey Summer Concert Series at the I Bar Ranch presents Uncle Kracker.

•8-11 p.m. Jack Managan plays at A Bar Above.

•9 p.m. Jamie Wyatt plays at the Public House.

MONDAY 7

•1:30-3:30 p.m. Gunnison Valley Hospital hosts a Mountain Mamas meeting at 513 Main Street. For more information contact Kelsey Weaver at [email protected] or 970-648-7071. (every Monday)

•5:30-7:30 p.m. Alpenglow featuring Madeline Hawthorne in the lawn at the Center for the Arts.  

•6:30-8:30 p.m. Open table tennis at Jerry’s Gym, Crested Butte Town Hall.

•7-8 p.m. Cultivating Hope Cancer Support Group, livingjourneys.org/calendar, free. (every 3rd Monday)

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7-8 p.m. Conscious Caregivers Cancer Support Group, livingjourneys.org/calendar, free. (every 1st Monday)

•7-8 p.m. Navigating Grief & Loss Bereavement Support Group, www.livingjourneys.org/calendar, free. (every 2nd Monday)

•7:30 p.m. Open AA meeting: Favorite Big Book Reading at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

TUESDAY 8

•7:30 a.m. Open AA meeting: Mediation AA & Al-Anon at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•9 a.m. Socrates Café, a philosophical discussion group, at the Crested Butte Library, gunnisoncountylibraries.org. (1st and 3rd Tuesdays)

•10 a.m. Storytime at the Crested Butte Library, 970-349-6535.

•noon Closed AA meeting: Readings from Came to Believe at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•4-5:30 p.m. St Mary’s Garage is open for shopping and donations. 300 Belleview
Avenue #2, stmarysgaragecb.org.

•5-7 p.m. Free Courtyard Music Series in the Feldberg East Courtyard Lounge at the Center for the Arts. (every other Tuesday)

•6 p.m. Free yoga at the Crested Butte Library, 970-349-6535. (every 3rd Tuesday)

•6-9 p.m. Tincup Whiskey Summer Concert Series at the I Bar Ranch presents Evelyn Roper & Opal Moon.

•7 p.m. Crested Butte Public Policy Forum free speaker series: Hardin Lang: “The Geopolitics of Conflict and Crisis: Humanitarian Action in a Complex World” at the Center for the Arts, crestedbutteforum.org.

•8-11 p.m. Shannon Redmon plays at A Bar Above.

WEDNESDAY 9

•7:30 a.m. Crested Butte Rotary’s weekly speaker series in the Matchstick Lounge at the Elevation Hotel, Mt. Crested Butte. (2nd and 4th Wednesdays)

•8:30 a.m. Free T’ai Chi sessions at Three Ladies Park. 

•8:30 a.m. HCCA hosts a hike to Rosebud Gulch. Meet at the Crested Butte Visitor’s Center parking lot.

•11-11:30 a.m. Storytime at Red Mountain Park in CB South.

•noon Closed AA meeting: 12 Step & 12 Tradition Study at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•4 p.m. Parkinson’s Association of the Rockies, a support group, meets at the Adaptive Sports Center in the Mt. Crested Butte base area. (every 3rd Wednesday)

•5 p.m. Free tours of Crested Butte’s Wheels of Intention at the Crested Butte Visitor’s Center. (thru August 9)

•5-8 p.m. Live music by Justin Howard at Kochevar’s.

•5:30-8 p.m. Music on the Mountain Summer Concert Series: The Sensational Barnes Brothers at the CBMR base area.

•6:30-7:30 p.m. Al-Anon Meeting for families and friends of Alcoholics in the back room at Union Congregational Church, 970-349-6482.

•7-8:30 p.m. Rhythm Future Quartet plays at the Center for the Arts.

•8 p.m. Adult pickup basketball in the CBCS high school gym, enter through the doors by Tommy Field.

•8-11 p.m. Rachel VanSlyke plays at A Bar Above.