Michael Martin Murphey will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug.
30, at the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St. Tickets are $35-$55.
For details, call 970-962-2120 or visit rialtotheatercenter.org . The Ranch Horse Championships will take place at 8 a.
m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 30-31, at Blue Arena, 5290 Arena Circle.
Ranch Horse Championships is a show for Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian along with All Breed competitors. There will be Ranch Horse classes along with Division Championship Awards, including Equine Oasis Saddles and A Cut Above Buckles. For details, call 877-544-8499 or visit treventscomplex.
com/blue-arena . BizWest will present the 2024 Women of Distinction awards event at 5:30-7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 29, at FNBO Exhibition Hall at The Ranch, 5280 Arena Circle. The event will recognize 10 women, one emerging leader and one outstanding mentor who live or work in Larimer or Weld counties.
Tickets are $65-$75, available at events.bizwest.com .
The Mornings at McKee senior series will take place at 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug.
29, at McKee Medical Center, 2000 N. Boise Ave. The program, “Paws for Thought: Pets’ Impact on Wellness,” will explore the impact of pet ownership on both physical and mental wellness.
It will look at the physiological and psychological responses tied to the human-animal bond, and whether those responses vary with age. Admission is free. Registration is not required.
For details, visit mckeefoundation.com/morningsatmckee . City Star Brewing will bring Flapjack Day back to Berthoud at 11 a.
m-5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept.
2, at the tasting room of the brewery, 321 Mountain Ave. The event was created by the town of Berthoud in 1948 and held through 1959. The event will include free flapjacks, a vintage car show, live music from The Vern Neeley Vibe and the Flapjack Queen contest.
The craft brewery will also offer a flapjack-themed breakfast beer flight throughout the day. At 1:30 p.m.
women will compete in the annual Flapjack Queen Contest. The first one to finish five flapjacks wins a tiara and prizes from local businesses. Visit the website to register.
Sign up is $5. At 3 p.m.
The Vern Neeley Vibe will play jazz music. The event will benefit the Berthoud Historical Society. For details, visit citystarbrewing.
com/flap-jack-day . To participate in the car show, email Clyde at [email protected] .
Kari Knutson will perform her one woman show, “Ain’t Never Met Stranger,” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
29, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St. Knutson’s one-woman storytelling and comedy show integrates her real life experiences with a twist of whimsy.
The show is all about human connection and the ridiculous, wonderful, touching, complex, funny and beautiful ride of life. Tickets are $15. For details, call 970-221-6730 or visit lctix.
com . An Artisan Street Fair will take place at 10 a.m.
-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
31, at 222 Linden St. in downtown Fort Collins. A second fair is scheduled for 10 a.
m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 26, at the same location. Colorado Markets will showcase handpicked, small-scale makers, bakers, artists and boutiques from across Colorado. Offerings include upcycled leather bags and accessories, hand-poured soy candles and goat milk soaps using Colorado ingredients, upcycled apparel and jewelry crafted from u and more.
ceramics and more from local artists Admission is free. For details, visit coloradomarkets.com .
The annual Windsor Harvest Festival takes place Saturday-Monday, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, with activities at locations including Boardwalk Park, Eastman Park and Main Park.
Activities include morning hot-air balloon launches, a fireworks display, parade, live music, farmers market, pancake breakfast, Cruise-In Car Show and beer garden. The Windsor Cruise-In Car Show will be at 10 a.m.
-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
31, at Eastman Park, 7025 Eastman Park Drive. To register to show a car, call 970-674-3500 or stop by the Windsor Recreation Center, 250 N. 11th St.
The registration fee is $20 and begins at 10 a.m. Car viewing is free.
For details and a full schedule, visit windsorharvestfest.com . The Windsor Harvest Festival all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will take place at 7-10 a.
m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Windsor Recreation Center, 250 11th St.
Cost is $8 for ages 12 and up, and $5 for ages 3-11 with a paying adult. All proceeds will benefit the Windsor Community Playhouse. For details, windsorplayhouse.
org . Dogs can take a swim in the Chimney Park Pool, 421 Chimney Park Drive, at 10-3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 1. All dogs are welcome with verification of full shots.
Cost is $6. Registration is required. Visit windsorgov.
com/calendar.aspx?EID=6489 to register. Rick Springfield will perform at 7:30 p.
m. Friday, Aug. 30, at the Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave.
Springfield is best known for creating some of the finest power-pop hits of the ’80s as a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and musician — selling 25 million albums and scoring 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody” and “Human Touch.
” Tickets are $56-$104. For details, call 970-356-5000 or visit ucstars.com .
The Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club’s annual Labor Day Arts & Crafts Show will take place at 9 a.m.-5 p.
m. Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 31-Sept.
1, and 9 a.m.-3 p.
m. Monday, Sept. 2, at Bond Park at Elkhorn and MacGregor avenues in downtown Estes Park.
The event features nearly 100 artisans and live music. Admission is free. For details, visit estesartscrafts.
com . Storyteller and reenactor Kurtis Kelly will offer a presentation on F.O.
Stanley and his impact on the Estes Park area at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug.
30, at the Historic Fall River Hydroplant at 1754 Fish Hatchery Road. Yankee ingenuity had made the twin Stanley brothers famous by 1903. Their innovations in photography, their steam-powered automobiles, and even a knack for violin-making were legendary.
But that year, tuberculosis sent a dying F.O. Stanley to the West, seeking salvation.
Not only would he recover, he and wife Flora fell in love with the Rockies, reveling in their new summer home, inspired to be part of its future. Six years later, Stanley opened one of the most famous hotels in the West, while befriending Enos Mills in a shared quest for a new national park, and using Stanley Steam Mountain Wagons to reintroduce the near-extinct elk. The New Englander’s visionary spirit would pave the way for future generations to share in the joy of discovery of the Rocky Mountains.
The program is free and open to the public of all ages. Additionally, the Historic Fall River Hydroplant will be open to explore from noon to 3 p.m.
on the day. For details, call 970-586-6256 or visit estespark.colorado.
gov/museum . The 12th Allenspark Run Like the Wind will take place Saturday Aug. 31, in Allenspark.
Sponsored by The Old Gallery, Allenspark’s community center and art gallery, it features a 5K race/dog jog and 2K noncompetitive walk/dog walk. The 5K starts at 9 a.m.
and the noncompetitive 2K walk starts at 9:10 a.m. The scenic, high-altitude, rolling course is run on mostly dirt roads amid the pine forests near Rocky Mountain National Park.
The family-friendly event will also feature a food truck, door prizes, live music featuring The Reckless Ramblers, a post-race dog show and pet photo booth. The cost for the 5K starts at $35 and the 2K at $20. For details, visit theoldgallery.
org/run-like-the-wind ..
