Community Calendar Thursday, May 23–Wednesday, May 29

•Natura de Libris exhibition at the Center for the Arts through May 26.

•The Mountain Words Festival at the Center for the Arts begins May 24 thru 26

THURSDAY 23

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

•9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cottonwood Classic begins at the winter gate.

•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. 421A Sopris Avenue, stmarysgaragecb.org.

•6 p.m. Join the Colorado Sun’s Sandra Fish, Gunnison Country Times’ Bella Biondini & Alan Wartes, Crested Butte News’ Mark Reaman, and KBUT Community Radio’s Kate Gienapp in a panel discussion on the critical connection between journalism and democracy at the Gunnison Library.

•6 p.m. Full Moon Sound Bath, at Sage Transformations with T. Helen Sage. 311 5th St. Donation based.

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

FRIDAY 24

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

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

•noon-2 p.m. Oh Be Joyful hosts a Mountain Mamas meeting at 625 Maroon Avenue. For more information contact Kelsey Weaver at kweaver@gvh-colorado.org or 970-648-7071.

•6 p.m. Juice plays at the Talk of the Town. (free)

•6:30 p.m. The Firebird Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland at Queen of All Saints’ Parish Hall, 403 Sopris, Crested Butte. All ages. $10-Adults, $5-Children firebirdcb.com/alice.

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

SATURDAY 25

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

•10:30 a.m.-noon St. Mary’s Garage is open for shopping and donations. 421A Sopris Avenue, stmarysgaragecb.org.

•10:30 a.m. Super Saturday Storytime at the Crested Butte Library.

•3 p.m. The Firebird Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland at Queen of All Saints’ Parish Hall, 403 Sopris, Crested Butte. All ages. $10-Adults, $5-Children firebirdcb.com/alice.

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

•7:30 p.m. The Mountain Words Festival presents Singletrack! The Musical at the Center for the Arts.

SUNDAY 26

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

•5 p.m. Quiet service, All Saints in the Mountains Episcopal Church, 403 Maroon Ave. (UCC), Crested Butte.

•6 p.m. Beer Hunter opens for Easy Jim at the I Bar Ranch.

•8 p.m. Easy Jim plays at the I Bar Ranch.

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

•7 p.m. Literary trivia with Quiz Quiz Bang Bang at the Center for the Arts.

•7:30 p.m. Adult pickup basketball in the CBCS high school gym, enter through the doors by Tommy V Field.

MONDAY 27

•9:15 a.m. Military March for Memorial Day from 2nd Street, down Elk Avenue to the Crested Butte Cemetery.

•10 a.m. Mass for the fallen will be held at the cemetery chapel followed by a Military Gun Salute then a march back to town with lunch at the Queen of All Saints Parish Hall. 

•1:30-4:30 p.m. Live music by The Pete Dunda Band will be held at the hall in the Queen of All Saints Church.

•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 kweaver@gvh-colorado.org or 970-648-7071.

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

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

•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 28

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

•9 a.m. Socrates Café, a philosophical discussion group, at the Crested Butte Library, 970-349-6535. (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 the Union Congregational Church, 970-349-5711.

•4-5:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Garage is open for shopping and donations. 421A Sopris Avenue, stmarysgaragecb.org.

WEDNESDAY 29

•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)

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

•2-3 p.m. Nicotine Anonymous for Young People meeting in the Young Life building next to Ace.

•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)

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