Fort Collins, Arts & Culture
Things to do Friday in Northern Colorado: pumpkin carving, costume skating and an opera
Fort Collins has a look at Japanese textile techniques, Grover has a craft gathering, and Loveland has a Colorado Eagles game against the Bakersfield Condors.
Treatsylvania offers trick-or-treating and a hayride Friday in Fort Collins, while the 18th Annual Animation Show of Shows screens Friday in Greeley. In Estes Park, Haunted Mountainside Lodge offers a family-friendly haunted experience Friday.
Friday, Oct. 23
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday Kids Club at the YMCA: Pumpkin Carving Craft — Kids can scoop and carve pumpkins with supplies provided by the library. Advance registration is requested. Offsite Event, Estes Park; Free; For kids.
1:30-2:30 p.m. Make & Mingle — Adults can make a craft while visiting with friends and neighbors; materials are provided. Grover Library; Free; For adults.
2-4:30 p.m. 18th Annual Animation Show of Shows — The screening features 17 animated films, including “Piper,” “Pearl” and “About a Mother.” Ed Beaty Hall, Greeley.
5-7 p.m. Treatsylvania — Children can collect candy along Trick-or-Treat Street, and families can take a hayride. Fort Collins.
5:30-6:30 p.m. Japanese Textile Techniques with Laura Wong — Participants will learn about Japanese weaving and dyeing techniques through vintage and antique fabric examples, and how those fabrics are used in kimono. Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, Fort Collins; Free; For families.
6-8 p.m. Haunted Mountainside Lodge — Guests can enter a haunted lodge themed around mountain secrets and the American frontier. YMCA of the Rockies - Estes Park Center; Free for guests and members. $10 for the public; For kids and families.
6-10 p.m. NoCo Swing Dance Spooky Swing Spectacular. — Zizania Swing will play, with swing dance lessons and a costume contest with prizes. Club Tico, Fort Collins; $15/$10 Students under 13 free with adult..
6:30-8 p.m. Haus of Horrors / Cosmic Costume Skate — Visitors can explore haunted spaces, skate under cosmic lighting to scary-themed music and enter a costume contest. Greeley Ice Haus.
7:05-9:05 p.m. Colorado Eagles Vs. Bakersfield Condors — The Colorado Eagles face the Bakersfield Condors. Blue Arena, The Ranch, Loveland.
7:30-10 p.m. The Turn of the Screw — Benjamin Britten’s opera, based on Henry James’ novella, follows a governess caring for two children at an isolated estate, with the UNC Symphony Orchestra. Campus Commons Performance Hall, Greeley; $5 – $24.
Times and prices are the organizers'. Check with them before you go.