People and Happenings

Protect Winter

Join Protect Our Winters for an evening built around the places, people, and seasons we all care about. Free entry, bring your friends.

Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Majestic Theatre Crested Butte

Doors at 6:45 p.m., program and films at 7:15 p.m. Watch powerful short films, connect with the community, grab some last-minute voter resources and serious stoke. Free raffle with giveaways. POW is leading the outdoor movement for climate action. Let’s stoke The Vote.

Celebrate Halloween at GVH’s 11th annual Pumpkin Patch

The GVH North Lawn is turning into a pumpkin patch this Halloween. Join us Saturday, Oct. 31, from 9 to 11 a.m. for a fun fall morning with cookies, cider, crafts and pumpkins to take home.

Bring the family, wear your costume if you’d like, and celebrate Halloween with GVH.

Take a Turkey to Work Day for Thanksgiving

Donate a turkey, ham, chicken, sides or dessert by bringing one to work to assist the food pantry's needs. Help with this Thanksgiving effort and email chamberdirector@gunnisonchamber.com by Nov. 2 to get on the pickup route.

Gunnison High Drama in Story Theater

The Gunnison High School Drama Club will present "Story Theater" by Paul Sills, from stories in the Grimm Brothers' collection and "Aesop's Fables." The shows are Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6, at 6 p.m., and on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. at the Gunnison High School Auditorium. Ticket donations at the door. "Story Theater" is presented in arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French Inc.

Pre-order handmade rum cakes for Sugarplum Festival

A Top O’ the World Garden Club fundraiser that helps us buy flowers for the community gardens that we plant and maintain in Gunnison: please visit our booth at the Sugarplum Festival (Nov. 13-14, Gunnison Fairgrounds Multipurpose Bldg.) to choose a cake and handcrafted holiday items. Cakes can be pre-ordered at https://sites.google.com/view/totwgc-cake-orders/home. Order yours before they sell out.

Mountaineer Cinema at Western Colorado University

Thursday, Nov. 12, 5 p.m.

Two short documentaries presented by the Clark School of Environmental Science: “River as Teacher,” about the Navajo relationship to the Colorado River, and “Rooted,” about co-management of Trust lands and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, presented in conjunction with the Montezuma Land Conservancy.

Move the Butte 2027 Call for Dancers

The next edition of Move the Butte will be Feb. 18-20, 2027. Are you interested in being a performer? The Call for Dancers can be viewed at movethebutte.com/dancers. Registration for all MTB rehearsal classes and community rehearsals opens Friday, Oct. 23, at noon. Dances fill up, so reserve your spot now. Scholarships are available for MTB classes, and applications are due by Nov. 1. Visit dancecrestedbutte.org/scholarships for complete details.

Adult Winter Dance Classes

The Crested Butte School of Dance will bring an exciting lineup of classes for the adult winter session, scheduled for Nov. 15 to Feb. 20. In addition to 13 Move the Butte rehearsal classes, the session will include classes in ballet, lyrical, contemporary, tap, dance conditioning and Empowered Pole. The non-show classes are open for full registration or drop-ins. Registration and scholarship applications will open Oct. 23. Scholarship applications are due by Nov. 1. Visit dancecrestedbutte.org to view schedules, create accounts, register for classes, purchase punch cards and apply for scholarships. Contact programs@dancecrestedbutte.org for more information.

Adult fall show tickets on sale now

Tickets for the adult fall show, "What the Water Brings," are on sale now at dancecrestedbutte.org. Performances are Friday, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts. General admission tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for attendees under 18 or over 65. Join us to dance for snow.

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