Community Calendar

DANCE

MUSIC

SPIRITUAL

7:00pm-9:00pm, Victory Life Church 2066 US-50, Fruita, CO 81521

Join Ballet Magnificat on September 21 as they put a new spin on C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters with their most whimsical ballet to date, more...0 “Stratagem.” Experience the humor, athleticism, and drama as they depict the spiritual battle from the villain’s perspective. Ballet Magnificat is America’s premier Christian ballet company and has toured to 45 out of the 50 states since its founding in 1986. Colorado West Performing Arts is sponsoring and will open this performance with excerpts from 'Classics, Romantics, and Modern Day Works.'

MUSIC

8:00pm-10:00pm, Posting public events

Throughout their career, Blackberry Smoke -- vocalist/lead guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/vocalist Paul Jackson, bassist/vocalist Richard Turner, more...0 drummer Brit Turner, and keyboardist Brandon Still -- has embodied Georgia's rich musical legacy, honoring the people, places and sounds of their home state. As the band celebrates their 20th anniversary this year, their reverence for Georgia has only deepened. On their latest album, You Hear Georgia, the follow-up to 2018's critically acclaimed Find a Light, Blackberry Smoke is further celebrating these roots with 10 new songs that feel like Georgia, accented by the addition of Grammy-winning producer and fellow Georgia-native, Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile). "Dave and I had spoken for the last few years about making a record," Starr says. "Finally, it worked out, our schedule and his schedule, and we said, yes -- let's make a record."

STATION EVENT

5:00pm-6:30pm, 1310 Ute Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501

CLASSES/LECTURES

7:30pm, Love Recital Hall: 1221 N 12th St, Grand Junction, CO 81501

Mary Kathryn Brewer is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Northern Colorado. Past opera roles include Felice in Ermanno more...0 Wolf-Ferrari’s School for Fathers, Greta Fiorentino in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, and Mrs. Ford in Otto Nicolai’s Merry Wives of Windsor.

MUSIC

7:00pm-10:00pm, Posting public events

Tracy Lawrence is one of Country music’s truest traditionalists over the last 32 years in the Country music industry. His impressive catalog of more...0 timeless music has made Lawrence a mainstay in the genre selling more than 13M albums and charting 18 No.1 songs. He has garnered numerous CMA and ACM awards and nominations, as well as a Grammy nomination. After commemorating his three-decade career in 2021, Lawrence released three new albums which included new music along with some of his favorite career hits. About Casey Donahew Over the last 18 years, Casey Donahew has risen from a favorite on the local Texas music scene, racking up 21 #1 singles, to a nationally hot touring act who consistently sells out venues all across the country. Donahew has released eight independent albums to critical and commercial acclaim. His 15th anniversary record titled 15 Years, The Wild Ride, a collection of Donahew’s most popular songs, and the ones that droves of fans sing night after night at his live concerts, was inspired by and became a gift for those fans who remain loyal in Donahew’s standing-room-only audiences. His current album One Light Town, garnered Donahew his latest #1 single, “Let’s Make a Love Song, which was the #1 most played independent song on country radio for 2019.

MUSIC

THEATRE

7:30pm-9:30pm, Avalon Theatre, 645 Main St, Grand Junction, CO 81501

The FABBA Show – Tribute to ABBA comes to the Avalon Theatre on Thursday, September 28 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $35 - $65 and may be purchased more...0 online at www.avalontheatregj.com, by phone at 970-263-5757 or at the theatre box office. The Avalon Theatre is located at 645 Main St, Grand Junction, CO 81501. The show is appropriate for all ages.

FOOD/BEVERAGES

MUSIC

Live Show

5:00pm-7:00pm, Sage Alley, 228 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428

Enjoy an intimate night of acoustic music with Colorado-based, Americana and blues singer/songwriter David Starr. David has honed his decades-long more...0 career touring internationally and sharing the stage with esteemed artists such as John Oates (Hall & Oates) and John McEuen, as well as opening for acts like America, Jim Messina, Karla Bonoff, Survivor, and more. In 2022, he was a showcasing artist at Folk Alliance International, AmericanaFest, and Southwest Regional Folk Alliance. David’s latest project Better Me, features acoustic-driven songs such as the title track and “Closer To You,” the feisty blues-rock “Poison The Water,” as well as “Any Chance Of Going Home,” showcasing Starr’s masterful storytelling. For his 2020 Touchstones project, Starr covered the music that shaped his own, including "I've Got To Use My Imagination" (Gladys Knight) and "These Days" (Jackson Browne). His critically acclaimed album Beauty & Ruin is a collection of songs inspired by Of What Was, Nothing Is Left, a novel written by Starr’s grandfather in 1972. Produced and arranged by John Oates, it is a southern gothic tale beautifully told through Starr’s own musical lens. His prestige extends beyond the stage, having launched Starr’s Guitars in Little Rock, before relocating to Cedaredge, CO in 2001, where it is now a beloved institution. Starr is also a founding member of the board for the Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center in Cedaredge, an intimate event space aimed at attracting musicians and visual artists to Colorado’s Western Slope. For information on new music and upcoming tour dates, please visit www.DavidStarrMusic.com.

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

LITERARY

THEATRE

Poe Project 2023

7:00pm-9:30pm, Love Recital Hall, 1221 N 12th St Grand Junction, Colorado

For the Love of Poe is an event of The Poe Project celebrating the life, works, and inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe. This year, we will be performing more...0 an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Purloined Letter featuring David Kenworthy as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Hardesty as Dr. John Watson, as well as several Poe favorites including a stage adaptation of The Murders in the Rue Morgue. There will be an intermission. 100% of ticket sales and donations go to the CMU Writers Conference, an annual high school invitational with writing workshops and a guest speaker, as well as writing and portfolio competitions with winners eligible for scholarships to CMU. These funds will not go towards these prize packages, but for the development of the conference including transportation and attendee experience. The Poe Project is a month-long festival springing off with Poe Week from October 1st through 7th annually, culminating on the date of Edgar Allan Poe's death. We invest in our community by giving a portion of the proceeds from each and every event to the local non-profit of the sponsor’s choice. The Poe Project is spearheaded and presented by Geek Parties of the Grand Valley. The sponsor of For the Love of Poe is the Colorado Mesa University English Department.

RADIO ROOM

Live in the Radio Room

7:00pm-9:30pm, The Radio Room 1310 Ute Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501

KAFM Community Radio Presents KATIE AND THE PLAYERS Live in The Radio Room Tickets are $20.00 Doors open at 6:30 more...0 pm Show starts at 7:00 pm

THEATRE

8:00pm-10:00pm, Posting public events

Known as the King of Rant, LEWIS BLACK uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that more...0 gets under his skin. His comedic brilliance lies in his ability to make people laugh at the absurdities of life, with topics that include current events, social media, politics and anything else that exposes the hypocrisy and madness he sees in the world. Receiving critical acclaim as a stand-up, actor and author, Black has performed for audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. In 2012, he performed eight sell-out shows at Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway. Since 2014 Lewis Black has done over 400 live streaming shows, called THE RANT IS DUE, at the end of each of his standup performances. Adding his own unique style, Lewis delivers audience-written Rants which have been submitted from the fans at his show and throughout the world. These rants are now available on Lewis Black’s podcast, Rant Cast. Born in Washington D.C. on Aug. 30, 1948, Black was raised in Silver Spring, MD. Colicky as a baby, he was destined to be angry and easily irritated. His mother, a teacher, and his father, a mechanical engineer, instilled the importance of education and the necessity to question authority—lessons that influenced Black throughout his life