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Friday, November 1
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Location: 300 Suns Brewing, 335 1st Ave.
Comedy Night every 1st & 3rd Friday at 300 Suns Brewing in Longmont!
Make sure to show up early to grab a beer and some food!
This is FREE! Like SPARTA! Only BETTER!
Nightmare after Halloween 80's Dance Party at La Vita Bella
- Time: 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
- Location: La Vita Bella Cafe, 471 Main St.
Come one, come all!
YOU are invited to a Nightmare after Halloween, THE 1980's Dance Party,on November 1st at La Vita Bella!
1st Place - $50 Bar Tab at LVB
2nd Place -$25 LVB Gift Certificate
3rd Place - Free 16 oz. Specialty Coffee
Wear your GNARLIEST outfit and dance the night away!
- Time: 11 a.m.
- Location: Sunflower Farm, 11150 Prospect Rd.
Beat your cabin fever this weekend and get outside at visit us at FarmFest on Friday and Saturday at our new time 11-3! Reservations Required
Into The Woods at Skyline High Theatre
- Time: Friday @ 7 p.m., Saturday @ 12 and 5 p.m.
- Location: Skyline High School, 600 E. Mountain View Ave.
The Skyline High School Theatre Department Presents the classic musical Into The Woods. We hope you will join us as we take a quick walk Into The Woods. Where stories converge and things are never what they seem.
Tickets
$10 Adults
$8 Students & Seniors
$5 Military
- Time: Friday @ 4 p.m., Saturday @ 3 p.m.
- Location: Longmont Yarn Shoppe, 454 Main St.
Kick off November with a lovely hand dyed in Colorado yarn! Meet Kimberly Perkins of Cat Mountain Fiber Arts and discover your next amazing project. Perfect products for the special yarn lover in your life, or to cast on for the LYS Andrea Mowry KAL coming up in November!
- Time: 10-11 a.m.
- Location: Family Pet Hospital, 815 E. 17th Ave. Unit C-2
Calling all cat lovers! 1 out of 3 cats develop some sort of kidney disease by the end of their life. Join Dr. Cross for a discussion regarding this prominent disease including the signs, symptoms and how to help the felines in your life. Seeing as pets do not enjoy coffee, we ask you please leave them at home for this event. We look forward to seeing you there! #familypetlongmont
HGB Fiber Art Show and Sale • Handweavers Guild of Boulder
- Time: Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Location: Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road
Colorado’s Finest Fiber Art Event
100+ Guild Member Artists
Juried Showcase Exhibit 2019 Theme - Inspired By Music
Appliqué & Quilting | Basketry | Bead Weaving | Dying & Surface Design | Embroidery | Felting | Fiber & Yarn & Tools | Knit & Crochet | Lace & Knotting | Handmade Paper | Hand Spinning | Weaving | Demonstrations And More!
Accessories | Jewelry | Baby & Children’s Items | Clothing | Footwear | Hats | Scarves | Mittens | Home Accessories | Kitchen Textiles | Placemats | Potholders | Wall Hangings | Pet Accessories Yarn, Fiber & Tools | Holiday Items | Cards
Playground Ninjas Speed Course Racing Series
- Time: 5-8 p.m.
- Location: Warrior Playground, 33 S. Pratt Parkway Suite 200
Ninja vs. Ninja, head to head racing on a fast course. Double elimination tournament for ages 10 & up. This is a 3 race series to win a chance to compete in the finals in November.
- 4 Tell and the Aces live at Bootstrap Brewing
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Barley Har Har Comedy Night
300 Suns Brewing, 7:30pm - Date Night in Thailand (Gluten-Free/Pescatarian)
Kitchen Company, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Georgia Boys BBQ Fall Music Series
Georgia Boys BBQ, 7pm-8:30pm - Live Music featuring: Mike Heuer
The Roost, 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Opening: Toys for Tots Drop-Off Location
roster technologies, llc, 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday, November 2
Dia De Los Muertos Celebration
- Time: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
- Location: Cyclhops Bike Cantina, 600 S. Airport Road
Join us on Saturday November 2nd for our annual celebration for Dia De Los Muertos! We will have live music from 5-7:30 featuring Grupo Chegando Lá with Francisco Marques and Face Painting for kids of all ages from 5-7 p.m. Traditional food and drink specials all day! Bring the whole family!
7th Annual Catrina Ball
- Time: 7:30-11 p.m.
- Location: Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St.
Doors: 7:30pm.
Tickets: $15 Advance and at the Door.
All Ages Welcome!
The seventh annual Catrina Ball at the Dickens Opera House will be a party to die for… or at least an event to celebrate the lives of those who have already made the journey into the Great Beyond.
The Ball commemorates Día de los Muertos, a widely observed holiday in Mexico and other Latin countries. It is a time when the living remember and honor departed relatives. But rather than doing so in a gloomy manner, as the name may suggest, The Day of the Dead is a time of festive celebration.
“Sometimes, when people of other cultures hear for the first time about the celebration of the Day of the Dead, they mistakenly think it must be: gruesome, terrifying, scary, ugly and sad,” according to inside-mexico.com. “Nothing could be further from the truth. The Day of the Dead is a beautiful ritual in which Mexicans happily and lovingly remember their loved relatives that have died.
The name, Catrina Ball, refers to the Calavera Catrina – a 1910–1913 zinc etching by the Mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada. She is offered as a satirical portrait of those Mexican natives who, Posada felt, were aspiring to adopt European aristocratic traditions in the pre-revolution era. La Catrina has become an icon of the Mexican Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
Attendees are encouraged come dressed as Catrinas – with fancy clothes and faces painted like skulls. Dickens will be decorated with candles, marigolds and papel-picado, and will feature an exhibition including a community “ofrenda” (altar), a community sugar skull wall, and a Catrina wall with drawings by local artists.
Price of admission includes deadly drinks, festive food, live music and a crazy awesome art auction.
Get ready to dance, dance, dance!
Proceeds benefit the Firehouse Art Center and the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center.
https://firehouseart.org/
http://www.longmontmuseum.org
Full details of the day-long event:
https://firehouseart.org/special-events/#catrina
NOTE
Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Seats are limited - be sure to come early, when the doors open, if you would like a table. We highly recommend dinner reservations in the Tavern before the show for those guests wishing to enjoy dinner with us!
Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists (12 Week Course)
- Time: 10 a.m.
- Location: Firehouse Art Center, 667 4th Ave.
The Firehouse Art Center and Longmont Economic Development Partnership is pleased to present a 12 week course for emerging artists in our community! Every Saturday starting October 05, 2019 from 10am-12pm.
Developed by Springboard for the Arts, Work of Art: Business Skills for Artists is based on a series of professional development and entrepreneurship workshops that have been taught to more than 5,000 artists at arts organizations, colleges, and libraries in over 80 communities in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa since 2010.
Work of Art is a 12-part workbook and video series that guides artists of all disciplines through every facet of building a successful and sustainable career – from career planning, time management, marketing, and social media to pricing, recordkeeping, funding, and developing a business plan.
The Work of Art: Business Skills for Artist ($40 for 12 weeks) will include the following:
-Work of Art Workbook. ($20 Value)
-Facilitated group work every Saturday.
-Working Artist Facebook group.
A preview of the sessions:
Week 1: Career Planning
Week 2: Time Management
Week 3: Portfolio Kit
Week 4: Marketing
Week 5: Promotions
Week 6: Social Media Basics
Week 7: Pricing
Week 8: Record-keeping
Week 9: Legal Considerations
Week 10: Funding
Week 11: Grant-writing
Week 12: Business Plan Essentials
Guided Food Tour- Robin Chocolates and More!
- Time: 9:30 a.m.
- Location: Cheese Importers, 103 Main St.
Guided food tour on the Wonder Bus. Saturday morning brunch/lunch tour featuring Danny's Tacos, Robin Chocolates, Jonny's Hot Dogs and Cheese Importers. All food included on this tour, come hungry! Meet in the overflow lot of Cheese Importers. Advance tickets required.
- 5th Year Anniversary Kick Off Party at Roselee's Pizzeria!!
Rosalee's Pizzeria, 3:00-5:00 - A Saint Maker; Catherine Robles Shaw
The ART Spot, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. - Cash Flow Game Play
The Experience Building, 10:00AM-12:00PM - Catrina Ball 2019
The Dickens Tavern & Opera House, 7:30PM-11PM - Date Night
Crackpots Pottery Studio, 6:00pm-10:00pm - Downtown Day of the Dead Celebration
- Family Fiesta!
4th and Kimbark in Downtown Longmont, 2PM-6PM - Gigantes Procession
Start at 4th & Kimbark at Family Fiesta, 6:15PM - 7PM - Live Music featuring: Teresa Storch
The Roost, 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Rogue 2 Live at Bootstrap Brewing
Bootstrap Brewing, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Saturday Art Experience
Firehouse Art Center, 12PM-2PM - Shamanic Flow & Journey
Elevated Yoga Studio, 2:00pm - 4:00pm - TGFU Invitational Art Show
The Great Frame Up, 10AM-5PM
Sunday, November 3
- Time: 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
- Location: Grossen Bart, 1025 Deleware Ave Unit A
Come on down and watch the games, drink some beer and have some brunch!
Sunday Night Karaoke Hosted by Michael D's Done Right Karaoke
- Time: 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
- Location: LOCO Gastropub, 380 Main St.
Guess what everybody?? We have a brand new Karaoke night on Sunday nights hosted by Michael D! He's funny...energetic, and knows how to get the crowd moving. Not to mention his following of singers are really talented. You definitely want to hang out here on Sunday nights!
We have free pool all day, and food and drink specials to support the event. $1 off Microbrews, $1 well Drinks, $3 el Jimador tequila shots, and $2 PBR's.
- Bootstrap LOCO Ukulele Jam
Bootstrap Brewing, 2pm - 4pm - CiderYoga
St. Vrain Cidery, 10:00 am - 11:00 am - Football Sundays
Mike O'Shays Restaurant & Ale House, 10AM-9Pm - Service industry Sunday nights
Jefes Tacos and Tequila, 7:00pm to 9:00pm