This week brings events featuring books, music, art as well as rocks and wrestling, with something for everyone in Northern Colorado to enjoy.
Here are 20 ways to have fun.
Loveland Loves to Read
The Friends of the Loveland Public Library will present an author meet and greet with Anthony Doerr at 4:30-6 p.m. p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at the Sweet Heart Winery, 5500 U.S. 34, Loveland, and an author talk and book signing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at Roberta Price Auditorium at Thompson Valley High School, 1669 Eagle Drive, Loveland.
Doerr will discuss his book, “All the Light We Cannot See,” the Loveland Loves to Read novel for 2018.
Tickets are $50 for the meet and greet and $22-$38 for the author talk and can be purchased at coloradoboxoffice.com.
Louden Wainwright III
Louden Wainwright III will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland.
Wainwright was the 2010 Grammy winner for best traditional folk album.
Tickets are $36-$51.
For details, call 962-2120 or visit rialtotheatercenter.org.
Stone Age Fair
The Loveland Archaeological Society will present the Loveland Stone Age Fair 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at the McKee 4-H Building at The Ranch, 5260 Arena Circle, Loveland.
There will be displays of world-class artifacts, demonstrations of flint knapping and other skills and an artifact identification table.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, Jason LaBelle, associate professor of Anthropology and director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology at Colorado State University, and Todd Surovell, professor and head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Wyoming, will present in the Distinguished Lecture Series.
For details, visit stoneagefair.com or call Rich Savino at 303-656-1440.
WWE Live
WWE Live will bring some of the top World Wrestling Entertainment superstars to the Budweiser Events Center, 5290 Arena Circle, Loveland, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23.
Fans will have the chance to see Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins take on Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntryre, Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens and RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss live.
Ticket prices start at $15.
For details or tickets, call 877-544-8499 or visit budweisereventscenter.com.
Museum Day
The Loveland Museum, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland, will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticketholders from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 14th annual Museum Day, a national celebration in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based museums.
Museum Day tickets are available for download at Smithsonian.com/MuseumDay.
Visitors who present a Museum Day ticket (paper or on their phones) will gain free entrance for two at participating venues that day. One ticket is permitted per email address.
A list of participating museums can be found at Smithsonian.com/MuseumDay/Search.
Poetry Reading
“Good Work,” a poetry reading, will take place at 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at the Loveland Museum, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland.
The Regional Poets invite the public to celebrate the Colorado fall season in poetry, song and storytelling. It will be a post-Labor Day celebration of all the ways we work and the many meanings of work — how we build our lives, spend our days, and fulfill our dreams. Poets will reflect on the shortening days, the autumnal equinox and heading back to school.
A 30-minute open-microphone segment will open the program. Readers from the public are invited to share a two-minute poem or song. A 90-minute program will follow.
The event is free, open to everyone, and appropriate for all ages.
For details, call 962-2410 or email verolee@earthlink.net.
Billy Currington
Country music singer and songwriter Billy Currington will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Thunder Mountain Amphitheater, 4270 Byrd Drive, Loveland.
He will be joined by Noah Schnacky and John Gurney.
Tickets are $48 in advance, $58 at the door.
For details, visit tmaconcerts.com.
Farmhouse Open House
The Loveland Historical Society’s 1873 Milner-Schwarz Farmhouse Museum and Historic Garden Railroad, 710 S. Railroad Ave., Loveland, will have its last open house of the season at 10 a.m-1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23.
The group will offer hands-on activities for families: homemade ice cream, butter-making, corn husk dolls, games and a demonstration of an old corn sheller.
Refreshments will be served.
If Railroad Avenue is still closed, parking will be available in the Fairgrounds Pavilion parking lot. Signs will be posted. The sidewalk is open to the house.
Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for ages 12 and under, and free to Historical Society members. Donations are appreciated.
Following the Sept. 23 session, the museum will be closed until next spring.
Our Community Values
Our Community Values will present a forum on the ballot issue to fund mental health care in Larimer County at 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., Loveland, in the Gertrude Scott Room.
The presenter will be Laurie Stollen, who will discuss the plan to address Larimer County’s growing mental health challenge with the sales tax question that would fund changes in the way the community addresses the collective mental health.
For details, call 667-9502 or visit facebook.com/ourcommunityvalues.
Studio Tour Weekend
The Fort Collins Artist Studio Tour and Sale will be Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30.
Take a self-guided tour of private art studios in Fort Collins, Bellvue and Laporte.
Hours are 4-9 p.m. Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 29 and noon-5 p.m. Sept. 30.
Artists will offer demonstrations and examples of how their art is created, and offer art for sale.
A preview exhibit is taking place daily through Sept. 30 at the Carnegie Center for Creativity, 200 Mathews St., Fort Collins. A reception will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. Brochures are available at the center, as well as at Poudre River libraries, the Lincoln Center and Visit Fort Collins.
For details, call 221-6730 or visit fcgov.com/creativecenter/studiotour.
CSU Ag Day
Colorado State University will host Ag Day at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, just north of Canvas Stadium, 751 W. Pitkin St., Fort Collins.
The event includes a barbecue at 10 a.m.-noon, featuring Colorado agricultural commodities such as beef, lamb, port, potatoes, beans and dairy, followed by the CSU v. Illinois State football game.
Proceeds benefit scholarships for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Tickets for the barbecue are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Tickets for the football game are $20.
For tickets, call 491-6274 or visit http://agday.agsci.colostate.edu.
‘Shimmies & Shakes’
High Performance Dance Theatre will present “Shimmies & Shakes Jr.” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins.
Performers ages 6 and up will dance and sing to hits from the ’50s.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 seniors and students.
For details, call 221-6730 or visit lctix.com.
World Bank Talk
The United Nations Association of Northern Colorado will present Fort Collins resident and former World Bank Country Director, Robert Drysdale, on at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Plymouth Congregational Church, 916 W. Prospect Road, Fort Collins.
His talk is titled “Global International Order: Present at the Creation, Witness to the Destruction.”
In his early years at the bank, Drysdale worked on economic studies of China and projects in various countries in Latin America, Francophone West Africa and South Asia. In his last years with the bank he was Country Director for India and adviser to South Asia. Originally from Canada, Drysdale studied at Harvard.
His talk will refer mostly to the international agreements and institutions put in place after WWII and beyond and how these arrangements were agreed to and how we have all benefited for decades from a reasonably stable world order, notwithstanding tension, disagreements and crises.
The event is free and is open to all.
For details, contact Eleanor Dwight, 377-0863 or Eleanor@dwightcentral.com.
Heroes in Health
Heroes in Health, a residents’ ride to destigmatize mental health will take place at 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 22, at City Park, West Oak Street and South Bryan Avenue, Fort Collins.
The event will feature a arts and crafts with Healthier Colorado at 9-10 a.m. to make signs, take photos and decorate bikes for the bike parade to be held at 10-10:45 a.m., followed by a free lunch and community mental wellness fair.
The wellness fair will include fun, family-friendly activities (including face-painting and a bouncy obstacle course) and information about local and statewide mental health and wellness resources.
For details, visit bit.ly/heroesinhealthfc.
Wiggly Worms Workshop
Larimer County Garbage Garage Education Center, 5887 S. Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins, will hold a Wiggly Worms Workshop at 11-11:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
The free program for ages 3-6 includes a puppet show about the environment and recycling, a short story and viewing of live, red wiggler worms.
To register, call 498-5772 or email gcohen@larimer.org.
Pink Floyd Laser Show
“Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular,” a show designed to carry listeners away on a mind-expanding journey, will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave., Greeley.
Paramount’s “Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular” give audiences a never-before-seen look into the music of Pink Floyd with laser display, high definition video and lighting coming together to celebrate 50 years of Pink Floyd.
Tickets are $16-$24.
For details, call 356-5000 or visit ucstars.com.
Car Show
Colorado Model Railroad Museum, 680 10th St., Greeley, will hold a Car Show at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22.
The event will include food trucks, face paint and awards.
Car registration is $25. Admission to the museum is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for ages 4-12 and free to 3 and under.
For details, call 301-8777 or visit cmrm.org.
Civil War Weekend
Civil War Weekend takes place at 10 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at Centennial Village Museum, 1475 A St., Greeley.
Costumed re-enactors will set tents up on the southeastern corner of the 8-acre outdoor living history museum and live as they would have during the Civil War, many using historic wares true to the time period.
Both days will include a battle re-enactment at 1 p.m., complete with guns and cannon. Visitors can also watch marching drills and check out the tent area and cooking station during the museum’s public hours.
The event also features home tours, blacksmithing and print shop demonstrations.
Admission to the museum during its Civil War Weekend is $18 for a family of five or $8 per adult, $6 per senior, and $5 per child.
For details, call 350-9220 or visit greeleymuseums.com.
Autumn Gold Festival
The annual Autumn Gold Festival will be 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept 23, at Bond Park in downtown Estes Park.
The event will include music, cold beer, soft drinks, hot cider, bratwurst and hot dogs.
Bands will play a variety of music each day. Performers include Brad Fitch and the TropiCowboy Band, Woo and the Woo Crew and Rock Country Revival Band on Sept. 22, and Last Men on Earth, and The Long Run (Eagles tribute band) on Sept. 23.
Admission is free.
For details, call 577-9900 or 800-443-7837 or visit estesparkautumngold.com.
Graham Nash
Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame awardee and Grammy winner Graham Nash will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, at the Stanley Hotel, 333 E. Wonderview Ave., Estes Park.
The legendary classic rocker will showcase music from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to today.
Tickets are $85 and up, available at stanleylive.com.
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