Loveland area events include sculpture and art shows, more

The 38th annual Sculpture in the Park show will be held Aug. 11-13 at Benson Sculpture Garden, 1125 W. 29th St.

The Patron Party will take place at 3-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, with a limited number of paid tickets available to the public for $75 each. Call 970-663-2940 for details or to purchase tickets.

The show opens to the general public at 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, and 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13.

Tickets can be purchased at the gate for $10 (children 14 and under are admitted free).

Some paid parking will be available for $5 in the west lot of Loveland High School, 920 W. 29th St. Free shuttle buses are available for people who want to park at King of Glory Lutheran Church, Wilson Avenue and 29th Street, and at Orchards Shopping Center at U.S. 287 and 29th Street.

For details, visit sculptureinthepark.org/show-information.

Art in the Park will take place at 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13 at North Lake Park, 2800 N. Taft Ave.

The event will include a variety of artisan wares at 175 booths. It is free to attend, and the event offers art and food items for purchase, musicians and a beer garden.

Call 970-663-2407 or visit artintheparkloveland.com for details.

The annual Artists’ Charitable Fund auction will be held, rain or shine, at 6-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Hammond Amphitheater at North Lake Park, Taft Avenue and 29th Street.

Preview art at 6 p.m. The auction starts at 7 p.m.

Sculpture and paintings are donated by artists from around the country, including sculptors George Lundeen, Cammie Lundeen, Daniel Glanz and George Walbye, and painters Lani Vlaaneren, Russ Tanner, David Harms, Rick Stoner, James Biggers and Cathy Goodale, to raise funds to assist artists facing medical crises.

The event will include refreshments.

Sculptor George Lundeen will serve as auctioneer.

For details, call 970-577-0509, or visit artistscharitablefund.org.

Symphony on the Plaza will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at The Foundry Plaza, on Second Street between Cleveland and Lincoln avenues.

The Loveland Orchestra will perform the first concert of its 2023-24 season. The season’s theme is “Beg, Borrow, & Steal,” celebrating the way composers use something old to create something new.

In the concert titled “Tribute,” the orchestra will pay tribute to favorite film and musical composers, including music from “Star Wars,” “Jurassic Park,” “West Side Story” and “Phantom of the Opera,” as well as audience favorites like the “Armed Forces Salute” and pieces by Leroy Anderson.

Admission to the outdoor concert is free.

The monthly Night on the Town activities will be going on throughout downtown Loveland the same night.

For details, visit lovelandorchestra.org.

Annie Sellick and the Hot Club of Nashville will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St.

Sellick and her band perform music from the 1930s and ‘40s such as “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Sweet Georgia Brown.”

Tickets are $25-$30.

Call 970-962-2120 or visit rialtotheatercenter.org.

Bill Tremblay will present a poetry reading at 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at the Loveland Museum, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., followed by a workshop at 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave.

A reception for book sales and signing will start at 5 p.m. Aug. 11, and is open to everyone. A donation of $15-$20 is suggested. Tremblay will be reading that night from his new book, “The Luminous Racetrack,” and will be accompanied by the band, Art Compost and the Word Mechanics.

No registration is needed.

The topic for the workshop is “The Town as Creation Myth,” about how our hometowns, known towns and communities show up in our poetry whether we want them to or not — and what to do about it.

Reservations are suggested and a donation of $15-$20 is suggested for the workshop.

To register for the workshop, visit bit.ly/3OlafgD.

Aims Aviation Day will take place at 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Aims Flight Training Center, 6350 Aviation Circle.

The free, family-friendly event features demonstrations from the Aims Aviation Program, along with games and activities for all ages, plus music and beer at 3-5 p.m.

Attendees can help support scholarship funding for future aviation students by purchasing a thrilling airplane ride for $45 per person.

For details, visit bit.ly/3DJlAC5.

Faith At The Foundry will take place at 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, and at the same time on Sunday, Sept. 10, at Foundry Plaza, at Second Street and Cleveland Avenue.

The evenings will consist of praise and prayer with a goal of gathering Loveland churches and citizens together to praise Jesus, and are being hosted by Redemption Church and Faith Church.

Pastors from various churches will lead prayers.

All ages are welcome. Admission is free.

For details, contact Mickie Nuffer at 970-290-8750 or [email protected], or visit faithatthefoundry.org.

The Loveland Historical Society will have a program on Colorado Forts: Historic Outposts on the Wild Frontier at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at the Loveland Museum, 503 N. Lincoln Ave.

Jolie Anderson’s collection of Wild West tales focuses on the early frontier history of Colorado’s plains and includes a look at some of the state’s early pioneers who promoted the state, exaggerating tales of gold discovery and even providing inaccurate maps to promote settlement in the plains.

The perils of living and traveling the major gold routes; the town of Julesburg relocated four times in a decade; feuds; Indian fights; outlaws, and even early rodeo history also will be explored.

For details, contact Sharon Danhauer, 970-290-0169.

A National Veterans Creative Arts Festival will take place at 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the NoCo VA Clinic, 4575 Byrd Drive.

A visual arts show and reception will be at 3-5 p.m., a performance arts exhibition at 5 p.m. and an awards ceremony at 6-7 p.m.

The top three finalists in each category will be submitted to the national competition, which will be held in Denver next spring.

For details, visit bit.ly/45hcbxm.

The Poudre RiverFest will take place at noon-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at New Belgium Brewing, 500 Linden St.

The Poudre RiverFest is a free, family-friendly festival that celebrates the Poudre River, promotes restoration and educates people about the river corridor.

The festival features activities for children and adults to explore the role of the river as an important habitat for wildlife, a recreation area and a source for clean drinking water.

The event will include live music, beer and food, local exhibitors and family-friendly activities.

Admission is free.

Learn more at Poudreriverfest.org.

The Comedy Brewers Improv Show will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, at Bas Bleu Theatre, 401 Pine St.

Tickets are $10 online in advance or $15 at the door.

For details, visit basbleu.org/comedy-brewers.

An open house will be held at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at the 1883 Water Works.Tour guides offer insights into the architecture and construction of the historic buildings as well as the engineering of the turbines, pumps and filter system, and discuss the history of water development and use in Fort Collins.

Admission is free.

For details, visit bit.ly/45fQfTu.

The annual Monster Day Greeley will be at noon-6 p.m. p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, in downtown Greeley.

Costumed monsters will roam the Eighth and Ninth street plazas, and there will be professional makeup demonstrations, monster makeup, face painting, music, kids activities,vendor booths, food and beverages and more. Costume, dance and scream contests are planned.

Greeley-based Distortions Unlimited and its owners Ed and Marsha Edmunds, stars of the Travel Channel’s “Making Monsters” show, will bring out some of their biggest and best monsters exclusively for Monster Day to provide epic monster photo ops.

Terror in the Corn, based at Anderson Farms in Erie, will provide a mass of roaming actors to thrill attendees.

The free event is appropriate for all ages.

Monster Day is a fundraiser for Don’t Be a Monster, a nonprofit organization that works alongside haunted attractions to provide free bullying prevention assemblies for fourth through 10th grade students.

For details, visit monsterdaygreeley.com.

The NoCo Brew Fest will be held at 3-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Island Grove Regional Park, 501 N. 14th Ave.

VIP hours start an hour early at 2 p.m.

The event also includes yard games, food trucks and live music.

General admission is $50 and VIP admission is $60.

Ticket sales go toward a scholarship for firefighters and emergency medical technicians through the nonprofit Thunder Mountain Wind & Fire Chapter 81.

For details, visit nocobrewfest.com.

The eighth annual Estes Park Wine Festival will take place at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, at Bond Park, 170 MacGregor Ave.

Tickets include a wine glass, wine tote and unlimited tastings, along with live music, retailers and food vendors.

The event is open to ages 21-plus.

Tickets are $35-$110. Tickets for non-drinkers are $10.

For details, visit estesparkwinefestival.com.

The Senior Pro Charity Rodeo returns to Estes Park with shows at 2-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 11-13, at the Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, 1209 Manford Ave.

Colorado Senior Pro Charity Rodeo Association gives proceeds from the rodeo to charity organizations such as Meals on Wheels, Crossroads Ministry and Susan G. Komen Foundation and to Denver-based Craig Hospital to assist local hardship cases.

For details, call 970-586-6104 or visit bit.ly/3O8syoZ.

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