TO-DO LIST
Good morning!
TODAY
Old Man Winter Rally: 10 a.m. Sunday, Bohn Park, 199 Second Ave., Lyons. Bundle up and get ready to run and/or ride Colorado’s best mixed terrain at the the 2024 Old Man Winter Rally. Riders can choose 50K or 100K of gravel, snow, climbs and thrills. Runners can crush the 10K and 5K course that provides the best of Lyons single track trails, red rock canyon and gravel paths. $40-$100, 971678-6291, oldmanwinterrally.com. Clay mask making workshop with Ana Balzan: 2p.m. Sunday, Firehouse Art Center, 667Fourth Ave., Longmont. Join Ana Balzan in this fun mask making workshop. Balzan will help students with he skull basics, using additive processes to create realistic features, gradual detailing, fussing and checking symmetry, learning to refine and reshape features and more. 303-6512787, firehouseart.org.
UPCOMING
Girl Scout Cookie Flights: noon Monday, Left Hand Brewing, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont. Classic Girl Scout cookies will meet their perfect craft beer soulmates. It’s a match made in cookie and beer heaven. Girl Scout Cookie Flights will be available while supplies last. $15, lefthandbrewing.com. Short film screening: 6 p.m. Monday, Erie Community Library, 400 Powers St., Erie. Enjoy a screening of three award-winning short movies, an animation, a live action and a documentary.
These are mostly small independent movies and are not rated. Free, 888-861-7323, mylibrary. evanced.info.
Fashion Rebelution denim redesign class: 9:30a.m. Wednesday, Firehouse Art Center, 667Fourth Ave., Longmont. Unleash denim’s hidden magic with three patching techniques — top stitching, windowpane style and sashiko-inspired stitching. From appliques to patch pockets, these skills go beyond mere patching. $50-$150, eventbrite.com. Sketch Club: 4p.m. Wednesday, Carbon Valley Regional Library, 7 Park Ave., Firestone. Bring a pencil
and some creativity to Sketch Club to draw, paint, doodle or collage. The group meets the first Wednesday of each month for an hour of open studio time filled with new art challenges, contests, learning and practicing new techniques and lots of fun. For grades 6-12. 888-861-7323, mylibrary. evanced.info.
Valentine’s Craft: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Carbon Valley Regional Library, 7Park Ave., Firestone. Make a Valentine’s puzzle frame. For ages 7 to 10. 888-861-7323, mylibrary.evanced.info.
Author talk with Rachel Feder: 6p.m. Wednesday, Library, 409
Fourth Ave., Longmont. Literary scholar and professor Rachel Feder will discuss her new book “The Darcy Myth.” Feder offers a funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how contemporary love stories are actually terrifying. Covering cultural touchstones ranging from “Normal People” to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to “The Bachelor,” The Darcy Myth is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture, whether it’s Jane Austen or not. 303-6518472, longmontcolorado.gov.
James Speiser at Rosalee’s Pizzeria: 6p.m. Wednesday, Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461Main St., Longmont. James Speiser is the frontman of Roots & Rhythm. He also hosts a local blues, jazz, funk and soul radio show — Blue Roots Denver on 104.7FM. Speiser’s hollow-body guitar is hot, and he has cultivated one of Denver’s most surprisingly gritty and soulful voices. Free, rosaleespizzeria.com.
First Wednesday Jazz at Dry Land Distillers: 7p.m. Wednesday, Dry Land Distillers, 519Main St., Longmont. Guitarist Vic Dillahay and saxophonist Doug Carmichael play a modern take on jazz standards, funk and R&B. Free, 720-600-4945, drylanddistillers.com.
Drinking Spelling Bee: 7 p.m. Wednesday, 300Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Unit C, Longmont. Sign up and compete for glory (and a $50 gift card). Spellers compete in several rounds. Entrants must be 18+. $15, 300sunsbrewing.com.