Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes. For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/2687/Picnic-on-the-Plaza
Josh Halpern and Yannick Rafalimanana return to The Collective to share a preview of their May 12 MainStage concert. To complement the Collective’s Red Shadows exhibit, this program will center on works by underrepresented female composers. They will explore challenges systemic in the worlds of art and music, including erasure and inclusion. Don’t miss this stimulating performance and discussion! Register for this FREE event!
The City of Lafayette Arts & Cultural Resources Department, ARTS!Lafayette, and Firsthand Markets are pleased to announce the 2024 Art Night Out summer festival series. This always-free public event is held on the second Friday of the month, May through Sept. 2024, from 5-9 pm on Public Road between Emma and Cannon Streets in Lafayette, Colorado.
May 10 – Sweet Lillies
June 14 – Los Mocochetes
July 12 – Hazel Miller and The Collective
Aug. 9 – Kaitlyn Williams and Bunny Blake
Sept. 13 – Paa Kow
Festivities begin at 5pm, with two full city blocks, closed to traffic, with up to 50 art vendors and eight food trucks. Enjoy live performances by the Center for Musical Art and the ArtsHUB, plus a caricature artist, face painter, balloon artist, magician, and street performers. 6pm features pop up performances that celebrate Colorado’s cultural diversity. The monthly headliner starts at 6:30pm, with dancing in Festival Plaza until 9pm. There are always plenty of great free activities for families and friends to enjoy! For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/565/Art-Night-Out
It’s our first market of the year and we are so excited to highlight 8 local makers in our community! Show your support by shopping candles, jewelry, fine art, and more!
Whether you’re taking a post-brunch stroll in Old Town or looking for a last minute gift for mom, head over to Vintrey for our local makers market!
In the event of weather complications the day of an event, it will be rescheduled for the following Saturday, May 18.
Are you tired of working out of coffee shops and libraries? Need to switch it up from your home office to a more professional setting? Spouse/kids/animals driving you up a wall when you’re trying to work? This is the perfect opportunity to give coworking a try at Confluence during our free-drop in days.
This Earth Day, join us for a full day of productive work, free beverages, special treats, and a recycling workshop; all for free!
The City of Lafayette invites residents to enjoy the outdoors and learn about the several ways you can protect the Earth, fight climate change, and create a more sustainable Lafayette.
This family-friendly event will have a variety of opportunities for all ages to enjoy.
Shop at a Sustainable Makers Market
Tour our Outdoor Classroom with a new interactive app
Jeff and Paige Science and Nature-Themed Kids Concert: 10 -11am
Storytime with Lafayette Library 11:30am-12pm
Live Wild Animal Programs: 12-1pm
Take a ride on an energy bike and make yourself a slushie
Learn from electric vehicle owners Earth Day Every Day Post showing the main event attractions
Raffles and prizes
Scavenger hunts
Food trucks
Over 40 eco-exhibitors
and more!
Join Gerry Morrell – retired fire chief, local business owner, and long-time Lafayette resident – for a photographic exploration of how Lafayette has changed throughout history. Using historic photos of Old Town Lafayette paired with recent photos, Gerry will discuss how the main streets of the city have changed over time and the industries that shaped Lafayette.
A dazzling electronic and new media arts display of creativity, community and music, the 2024 LEAF (Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival) will have a big presence in Old Town Lafayette starting April 17. “Fruiting Bodies” is the underlying force behind this year’s event, which revolves around the acknowledgement and cultivation of the many communities in the region involved in electronic and new media arts.
Read our blog post here.
Fee: Free for most events.
Location: A variety of Old Town Lafayette locations
Red Shadows: The Crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives curated by Danielle SeeWalker.
Come on by and explore our exhibit curated by Danielle SeeWalker.
Film Showing: Who She Is
Thursday, April 4, 6-8pm at The Collective Community Arts Center
Who She Is tells the story of four individual women caught in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) epidemic. Join us for this film showing followed by a discussion.
Panelists include: Jordan Dresser, Co-Director/Co-Producer and Lela C ‘Hair, White Bird Lady.
Lafayetteco.gov/Activities
Friday, March 22, 6-8pm at The Collective Community Arts Center
Come join us for our Opening Reception of Red Shadows: The Crisis of Missing & Murdered Relatives. Featuring light refreshments with a tasting from Tocabe American Indian Eatery
Due to the impending storm, the 3/14 free coworking day has been postponed to Thursday 3/28. We hope to see you later this month!
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Help us celebrate 10 years of business with 10 free drop-in days throughout 2024!
Are you tired of working out of coffee shops and libraries? Need to switch it up from your home office to a more professional setting? Spouse/kids/animals driving you up a wall when you’re trying to work? This is the perfect opportunity to give coworking a try at Confluence during our free-drop in days.
Join us for a full day of productive work, free beverages, and special treats on designated days throughout the year; all for free!
Aimed at connecting our diverse community through our shared appreciation of music, the Center for Musical Arts’ 2023-24 concert series celebrates musical excellence and an expansive mix of musical genres—all in our welcoming and intimate performance space.
Drawing from the music of Django Reinhardt and the “hot club” style of early 20th century jazz, LaPompe performs a fresh collection of classics and original compositions. Presenting complex and virtuosic arrangements with rustic and acoustic instrumentation including acoustic guitars, upright bass, violin, they have described themselves as “mountain swing” — the kind of music that fits as well in a log cabin as it does in a speakeasy or on the big stage.
April 12, 20247:30 pm, doors open at 7 pmTickets: $20 adult, $7 youth/student
East Simpson Coffee Company is pleased to be hosting the works of artist, Camilla Pratt. On display March 23-April 26, 2024.
You are cordially invited to meet the artist Sunday, March 29 from 5-8pm. Light refreshments will be served. Espresso, wine and beer will be available for purchase
East Simpson Coffee Company is currently hosting the works of Lafayette artist, Grace. Grace’s show, Becoming Silk, is on display through March 22,2024.
Explore the Vitalist approach to detox, focusing on nourishment, empowerment, and better living through phytochemistry. Learn how to support your body’s endogenous detox system with nutrient-rich foods and herbs while enjoying a fun, interactive experience. We’ll make detox juice from medicinal foods and sample tasty tea.
This seminar can be attended in person at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism or via zoom.
Fee: $60 – $75
Whenever this team of buttoned-up librarians hears about a fantastic new book, they go wild. In each episode, buttons go flying as the MAD LIBrarians craft a new book title based on your suggestions and then—right before your very eyes—they act, sing, and shout that book out full-blast.
Come visit the library that can’t ever keep quiet…no matter how hard its terribly serious and wonderfully silly librarians may try.
Fee: $7.00
This year, the Cultural Caravan partners with The Arts HUB for a series of four intimate masterclasses with our season’s resident artists.
Thursday, April 4: Art Lande & Friends
A jazz legend with over six decades of experience performing with and writing for jazz greats, Art Lande has published books on the subjects of musical communication and improvisation. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of our most respected elder statesmen in jazz.
FREE Event
This year, the Cultural Caravan partners with The Arts HUB for a series of four intimate masterclasses with our season’s resident artists.
Friday, February 23: Leonard Jacome & Friends
Leonard Jacome is a globally celebrated harpist who brings together musical influences from all over the Spanish-speaking world. An experienced teacher and the inventor of his very own harp, he will discuss how all aspects of culture are communicated through music.
FREE Event
This iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning show re-defined what a musical could be and became the anthem of a generation. Yet it is still as poignant, timely, and life-affirming as it was when it was first produced.
At the height of the AIDS crisis, a group of modern-day bohemians struggles to survive on the Lower East Side of New York City. The terrifying disease is everywhere, touching the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, Angel, Mark, Maureen, Joanne, and Benny in different ways. In the face of uncertainty, fear, and death, these friends find ways to love each other, and to love life.
This production is performed by our adult community theatre troupe, the Arts Hub Players. Is is approximately 2.5 hours long, including intermission. This production is rated PG-13.
Fee: $15 – $28
Attend this terrifying tale of murder, mayhem and meat pies, brought to you in a special collaboration between The Arts Hub and Tracy Warren, of Boulder Dinner Theatre fame.
Sweeney Todd has returned to London, after serving a sentence for a crime he did not commit, only to find his family destroyed by the man who framed him. Determined to take his revenge on a society that abandoned and betrayed him, Todd returns to his old barber shop, which happens to be above the failing pie shop of his old landlady, Mrs. Lovett. The two of them quickly discover that they can help each other – Mr. Todd can provide Mrs. Lovett with a certain crucial ingredient for her meat pies, and Mrs. Lovett can ensure that Mr. Todd’s murderous rampage will never be discovered. London will never be the same.
This production is performed by our adult community theatre troupe, the Arts Hub Players. Is is approximately 2.5 hours long, including intermission. This production is rated R, and no children’s tickets are available for purchase.
Fee: $18 for seniors and students, $28 for adults
Too often, Valentine’s Day traditions don’t reflect the love we experience in our lives. In The Origin of Love – a delightful and diverse curation of Broadway-style love songs – each form of love is triumphantly given the spotlight – romantic love, family love, self-love, love between friends – because each form of love deserves to be celebrated!
Tickets are $28 each. All proceeds of this event will benefit the Arts Hub’s educational theatre programming.
Do you have an object you’ve inherited or thrifted, but aren’t sure how to take care of it or if you should even hang onto it? Bring it to our Know Your Antiques event to ask our experts! We’ll have evaluators present to review jewelry and watches, books, quilts, stringed instruments, Asian art, and more.
Fees
Museum members: $5 per item or $12 for three items
Non-members: $8 per item or $20 for three items
Inquire about special pricing for “group” items.
Buy your tickets at the door, or get them ahead of time here. Select “Know Your Antiques ticket” from the dropdown menu. If the name of the ticket holder is different from the name on the card/account used to pay, please include that in the notes option.
The day will also include free presentations from many of the experts.
The Lafayette History Museum is excited to present a series of short talks about a variety of topics, from stamp collecting to estate appraisal to vintage clothing! There will also be talks about skills such as identifying fake art reproductions and caring for historic objects on a budget. Best of all, they’re all free! No ticket needed, just show up for whichever talks you’re interested in.
SCHEDULE:
10:30-11 – Start ‘Em Young: The Benefits of Stamp Collecting for Children by Mike Pascoe
11:10-11:40 – So You Want to Hire an Appraiser: What they do and how to find the right one by Pat Graham
11:50-12:20 – Is This Work of Art Too Good to be True? by Sydelle Dienstfrey
12:30-1 – Quilts Through the Ages by Scotti McCarthy
1:10-1:40 – Thinking About What To Do With and How To Organize Your Stuff by Pat Graham
1:50-2:20 – Caring for Historic Objects on a Budget by Chelsea Pennington Hahn
2:30-2:50 – Getting to Know Your Vintage Clothing by Katherine Alexander