Community Briefs

LOVELAND Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters will play at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Blue Arena, 5290 Arena Circle.

See the Globetrotter stars live as they dribble, spin, slam and dunk their way past their relentless rivals the Washington Generals, showing off their trick shots and expert ball-handling skills while going for big laughs. There will be opportunities for pre-game, post-game and in-game fan engagement.

For details, For details, call 877-544-8499 or visit treventscomplex.com/ blue-arena.

Moms Unhinged

Moms Unhinged will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 15, at the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St.

Comedians Andrea Vahl, Lisa Lane, Stacy Pederson and Zoe Rogers explore everything from motherhood, midlife crisis, marriage, divorce, online dating and other things that irritate them. Tickets are $27.

For details, call 970962-2120 or visit rialtotheatercenter.org.

Zikr Dance Ensemble

Denver’s nationally acclaimed Zikr Dance Ensemble will bring its multimedia program, “Invocation,” to the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St., at 6 p.m. March 17.

Tickets are $25-$35. For details, visit rialtotheatercenter.org.

GPS Egg Hunt

Loveland Parks and Recreation will offer an egg hunt adventure solving clues and using GPS units to find the eggs in three sessions at 10-11:30 a.m., noon-1:30 p.m. and 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at North Lake Park, Taft Avenue and 29th Street.

There may be additional challenges along the way.

Cost is $45. Advanced registration is required as the event usually sells out.

For details, visit bit. ly/47xore0.

New Horizons Band

Northern Colorado New Horizons Band will present its “Swing into Spring” jazz concert at 7 p.m. Friday, March 15, at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 2919 N. Wilson

Ave.

The concert will feature the New Horizons Swing Big Band and the Greyrock Jazz Band.

The show is free, but donations are appreciated.

For details, visit sites. google.com/site/northerncoloradonhb/home.

St. Patrick’s Day

Desk chair workspace, 201 E. Fourth St., will hold a St. Paddy’s Day event at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, March 17.

Dress in your finest green attire for a day of food trucks, green beer, live music from Michael Delalla at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Stout Boys of Redstone at 3-5 p.m., and other entertainment.

Tickets are $20, available at bit.ly/3whlg1y.

Elsewhere, a downtown Loveland St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Pub Crawl is planned at 4-8 p.m. Saturday, March 16. It includes Scripted Kitchen, Loveland Taphouse, Skybear Brewery and Pub, Black and Blues Music and Brews, Pourhouse Bar and Grill and Burk’s Tavern. For details, visit bit.ly/4c4clax.

St. Patrick’s Day Irish Trivia and Shenanigans are planned at 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Big Thompson Brewery, 114 E. 15th St. The event will include am Irish jig contest, green beer and Irish food. Call 970-619-8138 or visit bigtbrewery.com for details.

IPA Fest

Loveland Aleworks will hold its second Spring IPA Fest at 1-5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at 118 W. Fourth St.

Tickets are $25, available at coloradoboxoffice. com.

Wildfire Talk

The Loveland Parks and Open Lands Department will continue its Winter Lecture Series with a talk about wildfire by certified interpretive guide Eldon Grimm at 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Chilson Senior Center, 700 E. Fourth St.

Wildfires are part of the natural sequence of life in both prairie and forest environments, but over the last several years they have become more frequent and more destructive.

Grimm will discuss whether fires today are more severe than in the past and, if so, are there historic and current causes of this phenomenon? Are there lessons from the past that can be used to minimize the chances of similar situations in the future? The program is free. For details, call 970962-2643 or email michele.vanhare@cityofloveland.org.

PEEPS Program

A PEEPS — Preschool Environmental Education — program on “What Do Deer Hear?” will be offered at 11 a.m.-noon Thursday, March 14, at the Chilson Recreation Center, 700 E. Fourth St.

The program is for ages 2-5, and is free.

Register at offero.cityofloveland.org.

BERTHOUD Wine + Comedy Show

A Wine + Comedy Show will be held at 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, at Blue Mountain Vineyards, 4480 Hoot Owl Drive.

The show will feature Mandy Kay, Ian John, Emma Perkins, Sarah Sawchuk and Dan Bublitz Jr.

Tickets are $25, available at bit.ly/3trwxcj.

FORT COLLINS Sharin’ o’ the Green

The annual Sharin’ o’ the Green 5K run/walk and Kids’ Fun Run will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at Washington Park, 301 Maple St.

Registration is $65.33; ages 17 and younger are $45. Proceeds benefit Partners Mentoring Youth.

To register, visit findarace.com/us/events/sharin-o-the-green-5k.

GREELEY ‘The Unexpected Guest’

The Stampede Troupe will perform “The Unexpected Guest” at 7 p.m. Friday-saturday, March 15-16 and March 2223, and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 17 and 24, at the Hensel Phelps Theatre, Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave.

Lost in the fog, a stranger seeks refuge in a nearby house, only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over him with a smoking gun. But the woman’s dazed confession is anything but convincing, and the unexpected guest decides to help. As the ghosts of a past wrong begin to emerge, a tangled web of lies reveals family secrets and chilling motives, where the real murderer turns out to be the greatest mystery of all. Tickets are $5-$23. For details, call 970356-5000 or visit ucstars. com.

‘Blarney on the Block’

The “Blarney on the Block” St. Patrick’s Day celebration will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 16, on downtown Greeley’s Ninth Street Plaza, with the fourblock parade starting at 2:30 p.m.

The Blarney Parade will feature the bagpipes and drums of The Northern Colorado Caledonia Pipe Band.

Mcteggart Irish Dancers will perform from 2 p.m. until the parade starts. Following the parade there will be more live music from The Northern Colorado Caledonia Pipe Band on the plaza at 3 p.m.

The Irish pub band Keep Britain Irish will perform at 4 p.m..

For details, visit greeleydowntown.com.

‘¡Pleibol!’

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s exhibit “¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas” will be at the Greeley History Museum, 714 Eighth St., Saturday, March 16, through Oct. 5.

Learn about the history and culture of Latinos and their impact on American culture and society through the lens of baseball.

The exhibit organized by SITES in collaboration with the National Museum of American History is bilingual, in Spanish and English. Admission is free. For details, visit greeleymuseums.com.

ESTES PARK Frozen Dead Guy Days

Frozen Dead Guy Days takes place Friday-sunday, March 15-17, at the Estes Park Events Complex, 1125 Rooftop Way, and other venues in the town.

The event will include coffin races, a Polar Plunge and more.

For details, visit frozendeadguydays.com.