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Gift of Jazz “Blind Tiger” Series Presents: Lou Donaldson Centenary with Wil Swindler and B3 Trio

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Lineup
Wil Swindler – bandleader, alto saxophone
Tom Amend – organ
Brian Claxton – Drums

Celebrate the 100th birthday of jazz legend Lou “Sweet Papa Lou” Donaldson with a soulful, hard-swinging tribute at Muse!

As a pioneer of the soul-jazz movement, Donaldson’s signature blues-steeped alto saxophone sound was famously built on the heavy, grooving foundation of the Hammond B3 organ. This special “Blind Tiger” event recreates that iconic dynamic live in the room. Feel the warmth of a genuine B3 organ and the swirl of a spinning Leslie speaker in an intimate setting designed to elevate classic soul-jazz.

Leading the tribute is acclaimed Front Range composer and alto saxophonist Wil Swindler. As Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Colorado State University and a renowned bandleader in the Front Range, Swindler brings his sharp musical sensibilities to Donaldson’s classic repertoire. He is joined by Denver’s own Tom Amend on the Hammond B3 organ. Amend is a versatile organist, pianist, and arranger who frequently writes for and performs in various organ trio formats. Having honed his B3 chops performing across the Rocky Mountain region, Amend provides the gritty soul-jazz foundation required to honor Lou Donaldson.

BCAA Workshop-Everyone has a Story to Sing

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Everyone has a Story to Sing w/ Nicholas Felder
Join BCAA for a celebratory community gathering with Nicholas Felder! Tell the story of your life through pictures and song. The activities planned for this event are accessible for all levels of experience. Light treats and refreshments will be provided.

Participants will create graphic scores (pictures and symbols describing musical events) using sounds and melodies tied to who they are and where they’re from—what home means to them. Participants will then be invited to share their scores and life stories with the group, and Nicholas Felder, acclaimed violinist and community organizer, will interpret and perform the scores. The activity will serve as an opportunity to listen, share creativity, and call in thoughtful connection.

An active composer and collaborator, Nicholas has had his works performed nationally by ensembles, such as the Hawai’i Youth Symphony, Mivos Quartet, Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra, DC Youth Orchestra Program, and University of Michigan Converge Quartet.

Nicholas is currently earning his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Music Composition at the University of Colorado Boulder. For more on Nicholas, find him at www.nicholasfelder.com

$10 for BCAA Members, $15 for nonmembers.

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

Picture Frame Decorating Drop In

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Be inspired by the Day of the Dead exhibit to decorate and take home a picture frame to begin your own ofrenda at home. Add a picture of a loved one who has passed. Free activity during open hours. While supplies last.

Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Thursday: 10am-5pm
Friday: 10am–7pm
Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: Noon-5pm

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Decoración de Marcos de Fotos
Sábado y domingo, 24 y 25 de oct.
El Collective, 201 N Public Road

Inspirate con la exhibición de Día de los Muertos para decorar y lleva a casa un marco de fotos para comenzar tu propia ofrenda en casa. Añade una foto de un ser querido que ha fallecido. Actividad gratis durante horas de apertura. Hasta que se agoten los materiales.

Lunes: Cerrado
Martes a jueves: 10am-5pm
Viernes: 10am-7pm
Sábado: 10am-5pm
Domingo: 12-5pm

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

Pop-up Day of the Dead Storytime and Activity

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Families – join Lafayette Public Library staff at The Collective Community Arts Center for a special Día de los Muertos cuentacuentos (Day of the Dead Storytime). We will read stories, sing songs, and learn about Day of the Dead.
At 11am, Collective staff will lead a hands-on art activity inspired by the Día de los Muertos exhibit.

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Cuentacuentos del Día de los Muertos en The Collective
Viernes, 23 de oct., 10:30-11:30am
Familias: únanse al personal de la biblioteca en The Collective Community Arts Center para un cuentacuentos especial del Día de los Muertos. Leeremos historias, cantaremos canciones y aprenderemos sobre el Día de los Muertos. A las 11am, el personal del Collective dirigirá una actividad artística.

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

Freshy Friday

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

It’s Great American Beer Week here at Romero’s and we’re rolling into the weekend with a fresh release of super limited beers from all around the country! Join us for an awesome assortment of taps and cans from the likes of Breakside, Lawson’s Finest, Other Half, pFriem Family and plenty more.

Location

Romero’s K9 Club & Tap House

Community Conversation – Shifting Landscapes: The Art of Change, The Practice of Community

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Shifting Landscapes: The Art of Change, The Practice of Community will bring together artists, change leaders, and community members for a discussion that builds on the momentum of last summer’s Weaving Experiences, Expanding Possibilities: A Change Makers Convening.

This event emerges from – and is part of – Wilkins’s ongoing art and social justice-based work The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging, www.helaniusj.com/the-conversation-series.

25-30 people. RSVP soon!

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

Change Makers Panel – Shifting Landscapes: The Art of Change, The Practice of Community

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Panelists include Louise Martorano, Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST), Managing Director of National Programs, Gary Steuer Philanthropy, nonprofit management, and Danielle See Walker, artist, writer, and activist. Rooted in the belief that meaningful responses to change are cultivated through collective practice, courageous conversation, and mind-body connection, this gathering will explore how individuals and organizations can navigate disruption, move through roadblocks, deepen belonging, and strengthen relationships across communities in Colorado and the Front Range. Organized and facilitated by Colorado Change Leader alums Rachel Hanson and Helanius J. Wilkins, and envisioned as a continuation for a broader effort toward an ongoing annual convening, the panel invites participants to reflect, imagine, and connect across sectors while drawing on decades of art and social change practice to consider how community itself can become a thriving and creative, embodied response to shifting times.

This event emerges from – and is part of – Wilkins’s ongoing art and social justice-based work The Conversation Series: Stitching the Geopolitical Quilt to Re-Body Belonging. (https://www.helaniusj.com/the-conversation-series).

Light refreshments – 50 people. RSVP soon!

Location

Arapaho Center Theater

BREW HA HA COMEDY PRESENTS A FREE COMEDY SHOW

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Start your weekend with a free night of stand-up comedy at Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company! Brew Ha Ha Comedy brings a lineup of talented local comedians to Lafayette for an evening of great jokes, craft beer and community fun.

The show is hosted and produced by Denver-area comedian Coley Clarke. Bring your friends, grab a drink and enjoy live comedy right here in Lafayette. Admission is free!

Free Family Art Workshop-Halloween Bags

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Free Family Art Workshop-Halloween Bags!
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2-4:30pm at The Collective Community Arts Center, 201 N. Public Road, Lafayette.
Come and create and decorate your own paper bag with motifs, scary and fun for this Halloween! A perfect creative space to share with family. When finished, you will take home your personalized bag ready to go trick-or-treating!

Free. All materials included. Limited to 15 participants. Please RSVP by Oct. 14 with Anamaria at 321-624-1840.

Grant support is generously provided by Lafayette Cultural Arts Board (LCAB).

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

Broadway Dance Party

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Put on your best Broadway costume and join us for a night of dancing at the Arts Hub’s Broadway Dance Party. Enjoy live music from Tier Two Entertainment, food included with every ticket, a silent auction, wine and chocolate pulls, and a prize for best costume. Every ticket supports the Arts Hub’s productions, classes, and scholarship students.

Location

Nissi’s Entertainment Venue & Event Center

2nd Friday – 6×6 Fall Community Show

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Our annual fall Community show is bigger than ever! Come check it out and vote for your two top favorite pieces from Oct 1-Oct 9 during regular business hours. Come meet the artists during our reception on Oct 9 4:30-6:30, enjoy a glass of wine and tasty nibbles. Awards will be presented at 6pm.

Lafayette Living Room Sessions Concert Series

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us on Friday September 18th for intimate live performances by Foxes Float Trip & Santileo as part of our Lafayette Living Room Sessions concert series.

LAFAYETTE LIVING ROOM SESSIONS
Lafayette Living Room Sessions are a taste of our local music scene. Nestled in an intimate listening room (inside Dog House Music Studios) in Lafayette, CO you’ll experience small-batch performance right from the studio. The Living Room Sessions is a twice-monthly concert series for local live music fans highlighting musicians who are creating and reinventing the local music scene.

FOOD + DRINKS
Enjoy your local live music in Lafayette, Colorado’s most intimate listening room with a cocktail from The End bar (boozy and NA options) and snacks. Feel free to stop by one of Lafayette’s local restaurants for dinner, or get takeout delivered right to the door!

SANTILEO explores the intersection of memory, heritage, and the contemporary human condition. It serves as a narrative bridge, taking the silence of multiculturalism within our collective landscape and transforming it into a resonant, modern dialogue.

The sound is defined by its multicultural and cross-genre textures, blending the raw energy of blues and rock with the smooth energy of Afrolatin rhythms of Salsa, Samba, and Rumba, and the sophistication of funk and jazz. The project creates a “modern echo”—a way of looking backward while moving forward.

Gabriel Santiago León is a Puerto Rican guitarist and singer-songwriter and a graduate of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. Gabriel has developed a rich, genre-blending sound that fuses his classical training with the rhythms of Latin music, the groove of funk, and the raw expressions of soul, blues and rock. His music bridges tradition and innovation, delivering heartfelt performances that resonate deeply with diverse audiences.

FOXES FLOAT TRIP, lead by Carly Fox, is a jammy folkpunk acoustic trio blending improvisation with honest storytelling and rich instrumentation. Alongside Carly’s GenX-Joni-Mitchelly, Art-Garfunkely vocals and rhythm guitar you’ll find Dead-inspired percussionist and spouse Steve Fox, and funky-sweet cellist Rex Westen bringing songs to life with rhythm and resonance. Expect tunes about family, grief, ghosts, dreams, and other beautifully complicated middle-aged things—all delivered with warmth, wit, and emotion.

VOLUNTEER AT THE SHOW
Wanna attend the show for FREE?! Sign up to volunteer at the show! As a volunteer you’ll help the audio engineer and studio staff set up and reset the studio – turning it from a recording space into a live music venue and back into a recording space! You’ll set up audio gear, set up the bar, set up seating, help with ticketing, sell drinks and snacks, and generally help the show run smoothly.

Dog House Music Studios is a rehearsal studio, recording studio, and community space in Lafayette, Colorado for bands, musicians, and music fans in Boulder, CO and Denver, CO. Dog House Music Studios offers hourly music rehearsals, private monthly music rehearsal studios, rehearsal studio memberships, professional recording services, artist marketing services, video creation space, and a monthly concert series featuring Colorado bands and performers.

Rock For The People is all about Colorado’s homegrown music scene and here to support YOU (the folks who listen and create it). You want a music scene that represents you, so our mission is to make opportunities for y’all (musicians, audio engineers, music fans) from historically underrepresented groups so you’re heard, seen, and cheered for.

Art Exhibit – Dia de los Muertos: Arcos y Portales

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Día de los Muertos Exhibit: Arches and Portals
On exhibit Sept. 24- Nov. 8
Join the City of Lafayette Arts and Cultural Resources Department at The Collective Community Arts Center for the Annual Día de los Muertos Exhibit. Look forward to art by Arlette Lucero, Jamie Chihuan, Jesus Salas, Michelle Sepulveda, Lida Penkova, and Centaurus and Justice High School Students representing and celebrating this Mexican tradition of honoring and welcoming our ancestors back to the living world. Add to the community ofrenda, or altar, with small pictures, or a message.

Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Thursday: 10am-5pm
Friday: 10am–7pm
Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: Noon-5pm

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

2nd Friday – Paper Catrina Workshop

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join local crafter Martha Ramírez to make a paper Día de los Muertos elegant woman called a Catrina. Cut, fold, and glue simple materials to create a standing Catrina to take with you and help welcome your ancestors home for Día de los Muertos. Martha will instruct step by step.

Register through engage.lafayetteco.gov/Arts. This workshop will be predominantly presented in Spanish. Request language interpretation by email at arts@lafayetteco.gov.

Free and open to the public. View the art exhibit on display; Día de los Muertos: Arches and Portals.

Location

The Collective Community Arts Center

Lafayette Living Room Sessions Concert Series

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us on Friday Sep. 25th for the Lafayette Living Room Sessions featuring performances by Comet Talk & Pameluv!

LAFAYETTE LIVING ROOM SESSIONS
Lafayette Living Room Sessions are a taste of our local music scene. Nestled in an intimate listening room (inside Dog House Music Studios) in Lafayette, CO you’ll experience small-batch performance right from the studio. The Living Room Sessions is a twice-monthly concert series for local live music fans highlighting musicians who are creating and reinventing the local music scene.

FOOD + DRINKS
Enjoy your local live music in Lafayette, Colorado’s most intimate listening room with a cocktail from The End bar (boozy and NA options) and snacks. Feel free to stop by one of Lafayette’s local restaurants for dinner, or get takeout delivered right to the door!

COMET TALK blends psybient atmospheres with psychedelic dance music. The set runs as one continuous arc — tempos and textures shifting throughout, moving the room somewhere different from where it started. Bowed strings, drone, hand percussion, and electronic production all share the stage. Violin carries the melody; didgeridoo anchors the low end; live percussion drives the rhythm; electronics tie it all together. Visuals are part of the performance — our VJ plays alongside the band, running audio-reactive visuals in real time. Comet Talk will be releasing our new music video “Rainbow Rocket Ride” during the show!

PAMELUV is an electronic music artist exploring the intersection of movement, remembrance, and self-discovery. Through cinematic soundscapes, uplifting rhythms, and intentional storytelling, she creates experiences that feel both deeply personal and universally human. Every set is an invitation to come home to yourself.

VOLUNTEER AT THE SHOW
Wanna attend the show for FREE?! Sign up to volunteer at the show! As a volunteer you’ll help the audio engineer and studio staff set up and reset the studio – turning it from a recording space into a live music venue and back into a recording space! You’ll set up audio gear, set up the bar, set up seating, help with ticketing, sell drinks and snacks, and generally help the show run smoothly.

Dog House Music Studios is a rehearsal studio, recording studio, and community space in Lafayette, Colorado for bands, musicians, and music fans in Boulder, CO and Denver, CO. Dog House Music Studios offers hourly music rehearsals, private monthly music rehearsal studios, rehearsal studio memberships, professional recording services, artist marketing services, video creation space, and a monthly concert series featuring Colorado bands and performers.

Rock For The People is all about Colorado’s homegrown music scene and here to support YOU (the folks who listen and create it). You want a music scene that represents you, so our mission is to make opportunities for y’all (musicians, audio engineers, music fans) from historically underrepresented groups so you’re heard, seen, and cheered for.

History Happy Hour: The Role of Independent Journalism

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join the Lafayette History Museum for a series celebrating what makes the area special, from history to today!

Hosted at Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, the programs will feature engaging presentations from local experts. Every ticket includes a free drink! All proceeds from the event support the museum’s mission to preserve and share Lafayette’s history.

Don’t miss our next event, The Role of Independent Journalism with Stacy Feldman from Boulder Reporting Lab.

Get tickets here: https://lafayettehistoricalsociety.org/history-happy-hour

Location

Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company

Remedy Series: Herbs for Stress & Anxiety with Liz Faermark, Certified Clinical Herbalist and Nutritionist

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

This class will offer you a detailed look at a few specific herbs that can help soothe your mind and steady your body during periods of acute stress or anxiety. You’ll get to taste teas and tinctures of different herbs while Liz teaches you about the specific uses for each! You will learn when it’s appropriate to use certain herbs, and how to effectively prepare and use them for stress and anxiety relief. Folks tend to leave this class feeling completely blissed out!

Location

The Little Herbal Apothecary

Spa Party with the Little Herbal Team

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Treat yourself to a beautiful evening of fun, friends and pampering! We will go through a full facial routine using our handcrafted, organic skincare products. Cleanse and clarify, steam with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, apply a gorgeous clay facial mask with active botanicals, give your skin deep nourishment & hydration with one of our nourishing facial serums. Lock in moisture with our decadent face creams. You will leave glowing and refreshed! Wine (21+), Tea & Chocolate are included.

Remedy Series: Herbs for Pain with Liz Faermark, Certified Clinical Herbalist and Nutritionist

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Address pain like an herbalist! Join certified clinical herbalist Liz Faermark for a practical class on herbs for pain management. Come learn about the benefits and uses of specific herbs and herbal preparations for addressing different types of pain. We’ll talk about herbs for musculoskeletal pain, inflammation, headaches, and more. This is a great class for beginner herbalists or new herbal enthusiasts who want to deepen their knowledge of pain-relieving herbs.

Medicinal Mushrooms with Faith Rodgers, Owner of The Little Herbal Apothecary and Certified Clinical Herbalist

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Discover the power of medicinal mushrooms and how to use them to support immunity, boost brain function, balance hormones, improve sleep, and more. In this in-depth class, you’ll explore several key mushrooms and learn how to prepare them in teas, honeys, broths, and even hot chocolate. Through hands-on activities, you’ll create custom blends to take home, giving you practical tools to incorporate these powerful fungi into your daily routine for greater health and wellness.

Lafayette Music Fest

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Lafayette Music Fest is one big party and YOU are invited! Held annually on the 1st Saturday in October in Lafayette, Colorado. Our local music scene shines with over 200 of the finest Colorado bands and musicians gathered in one little town. Festival day is a very special day in Lafayette because y’all bring the party. We can’t wait to see you in October!

​Lafayette Music Fest is lovingly hosted by local music nonprofit Rock for the People. Rock For The People is all about Colorado’s homegrown music scene and we’re here to support YOU (the folks who listen and create it). You want a music scene that represents you, so our mission is to make opportunities for y’all (musicians, audio engineers, music fans) from historically underrepresented groups so you’re heard, seen, and cheered for.

Make & Take Night Lip Gloss

October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Get your shine on—naturally! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll create your own nourishing lip gloss using plant-based oils and butters. Choose your favorite tints, scents, and shimmer for a glossy finish that feels as good as it looks. Walk away with a custom gloss you’ll love to wear all day long!
Wine (21+) and Tea will be served.