Community Calendar

CLASSES/LECTURES

Marketing for Authors: Your Foundation and Beyond

6:00pm-7:30pm, 1803 N. 7th St.

This presentation will cover the basics of building your author marketing strategy, including identifying, locating, and engaging your audience, as more...0 well as social media breakdowns and tips. Marketing by genre is about shifting focus from selling a single book to cultivating trust and recognition with a specific audience in order to strengthen your overall business. Please join the WCWF on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, from 6-7:30 pm at The Art Center in Grand Junction, 7th and Orchard. Please RSVP on our website under Events. SPEAKER BIO Sherry D. Ficklin is a full-time author from Western Colorado. Ficklin writes across multiple genres but leans toward Young Adult fiction, with works ranging from contemporary romance to science fiction and historical novels. Her published works include the bestselling Stolen Empire series, The Lost Imperials (co-written with Tyler H. Jolley), and several standalone titles. Ficklin’s experience spans both traditional and self-publishing avenues. Beyond her work as an author, she has served as an acquisitions editor, marketing assistant, and script evaluator, demonstrating her knowledge of various aspects of the publishing industry.

MUSIC

7:30pm-9:30pm, 1100 North Ave.

FILM

1:00pm-9:00pm, 195 W. Main St.

Colorado filmmakers showcase their short films. Evening and matinee times.

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The West's Best Geology Fest!

4:00pm-7:00pm, 1765 E Main Street, Green River, Utah 84525

Green River Rocks is a free festival celebrating the geology, paleontology, and archaeology of Southeastern Utah held annually at the John Wesley more...0 Powell Museum in Green River, Utah. Come for the expert-led field trips, rockhounding opportunities, artisan market, and much more! This year will also feature a Green River edition of "Science On Tap" with Science Moab at Ray's Tavern.

DANCE

VISUAL ARTS

7:30pm-9:30pm, 1100 North Ave.

Celebrate the creativity and vision of the next generation of dance artists at Spring Into Dance, a concert dedicated to original student more...0 choreography. This performance showcases a wide range of styles and themes, reflecting the unique voices and bold experimentation of emerging choreographers. Each piece is a fresh expression of passion, innovation, and movement, brought to life by talented student performers. _____ Thank you to season sponsors Chevron and Chuck and Robbie Breaux and to media sponsors KAFM Community Radio and MBC Grand Radio: 92.3 The Moose, Magic 93.1, 103.9 The Planet, 100.7 The Vault

MUSIC

7:30pm-9:30pm, 864 Bunting Ave.

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner, and more...0 Tony and EMMY Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. After receiving Grammy nominations on its last two albums, Upward Spiral and The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, the Quartet made it's Blue Note Records debut with the release of Belonging, a full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett's 1974 ECM album of the same name. The New York Times commented “Marsalis has tackled imposing jazz masterworks before...but at its best, his 'Belonging' goes deeper...its a performance that both honors and amplifies.” John Zeugner captured the impact of the Quartet in a review of a live performance, calling it “casually confident, professional, cerebral, and supercharged with energy. The Branford Marsalis Quartet…was all of those adjectives and more.”

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9:00am-6:00pm, new york

It is with great enthusiasm, we invite you to the fifth edition of ICAIDSB, organised by EMLA Foundation welcomes you all to New York to attend as a more...0 Speaker/Listener for “Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Bio-Technology” which is going to be held on April 11-12, 2026 in Hybrid Format i.e., In Person & Online.

GENERAL

SPORTS

VISUAL ARTS

5k

9:00am-12:00am, 3040 Mesa Ave

Get ready to lace up your sneakers and join the fun at the third annual Mav Day 5K! This isn't just any 5K—it's an epic adventure more...0 through the beautiful CMU campus, all while supporting students. This race is all about the experience — bring your own watch if you'd like to track your time! Your registration gives you access to the CMU Century Spring Festival on April 11., including GA admission to home CMU Athletics games — baseball, softball and men's lacrosse!

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Springfest Fashion Show

11:30am-1:30pm, 735 Rood Avenue

Event is at the Two Rivers Winery on the Redlands at 2087 Broadway. Choose either Saturday or Sunday to enjoy an afternoon wonderful lunch, fashion more...0 show from local stores. Entertainment

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HOME

2:00pm-4:00pm, 645 Main Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501

On April 11, please join us for the West Slope People’s Forum! Those of us who live in western Colorado face tough choices. Everything feels more...0 expensive, and many of us live paycheck to paycheck. Affordability isn’t a buzzword — it’s the difference between paying for groceries or a doctor visit. Adding insult to injury, federal budget cuts have undermined basic services for health care, food assistance, child care, and affordable electricity. Will you join us at the Avalon Theatre in downtown Grand Junction on April 11 between 2 and 4 pm for a People’s Forum to hold our candidates accountable for putting Care over Cuts? By standing together, we can keep our hospitals open, put food on our kids’ plates, help farmers stay in business, maintain affordable electricity, and keep public lands in public hands.