Today
YAY Foundation Open Mic Night: 5-8 p.m., The Love Shack – Craft Mocktrails, 120 E. Fourth St. Loveland. Standup comedy, poetry and music for all ages welcome. Free. loveshackmocktails.com/events.
Colorado Eagles vs. San Diego Gulls: 7:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Blue Arena, 5290 Arena Circle, Loveland. $37 and up, 970-686-7468, coloradoeagles.com.
St. Paddy’s Day Celebration: noon, Backyard Tap, 323 N. Railroad Ave., Loveland. Family-friendly with live entertainment, Georgia Boys BBQ will serve Irish food specials such as corned beef and shepherd’s pie, and there will be Guinness and other Irish beers available. Free admission, facebook.com/backyardtap.
St. Paddy’s Day Party: 4 p.m., Loveland Aleworks, 118 W. Fourth St., Loveland. With beer, live music, Irish dancing and more. lovelandaleworks.com.
Lunch Lab Food Truck for Kids: 11-11:45 a.m. Tuesday-Friday at the Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., Loveland, and 12:15-1 p.m. at the Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St., Fort Collins. The Lunch Lab provides no-cost meals for all youths 18 and under. There is no ID or registration required to receive a lunch. foodbanklarimer.org/the-lunch-lab.
Hans Gruber and the Die Hards & Crazy & The Brains & The Swashbuckling Doctors: 7 p.m., Blast N Scrap, 697 N. Denver Ave., Loveland. $17, facebook.com/blastnscrap/events.
Open Mic Jazz Jam: 6:30-9 p.m., 120 Bar and Grill, 120 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland. Free, the120barandgrill.com.
Trivia Tuesday: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Verboten Brewing, 137 E. Fifth St., Loveland. verbotenbrewing.com.
Brewery Bingo: 6:30-9 p.m., Big Thompson Brewery, 114 E. 15th St., Loveland. Free, 970-619-8138 or visit bigtbrewery.com.
Texas Hold’em: 6:30-8:15 p.m., Crooked Beech Taproom, 3121 N. Garfield Ave., Loveland. Free, 970-305-0397.
Baby and Toddler Storytime: 10:15-10:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., Loveland. For up to age 3 and their caregivers. Free, lovelandpubliclibrary.org/events.
Stitch Break: noon-1 p.m., Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., Loveland. Bring your own knitting, crochet, or handcraft to work on along with your lunch or snack and socialize with other crafters. Free, lovelandpubliclibrary.org/events.
St. Matthew’s Medical Clinic: 6-9 p.m., House of Neighborly Service Life Center at 1511 E. 11th St., Loveland. A nonprofit, faith-based organization established to provide free medical services to children and adults in the community with acute and chronic diseases. Appointments can be made by calling 970-624-3425 and leaving a message. Website: stmatthewsmedicalclinic.org.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance: 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, The Life Center, 1511 E. 11th St., Loveland. Walk-in hours; no appointments will be taken. Park and enter on the west end of the facility only. For tax year 2025 only, for those age 59 or under with gross income up to $69,000, or age 60 or older with a routine tax return. vitaloveland.org.
Walk-In Book Donations Accepted: 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays, The Sorting Place, 1010 W. 10th St., Loveland. The Friends of the Library is accepting books, puzzles, games, DVDs and CDs for its next Used Book Sale on May 1-3. friendsofthelovelandlibrary.org.
“GuitART – Lessons from Lutherie”: 7 p.m., Berthoud Recreation Center at Waggener Farm Park, 1000 Berthoud Parkway, Berthoud. Guitarist and guitar repairman David Michael Boyd will give a Berthoud Historical Society Speaker Series lecture and concert that brings together the art of guitar restoration with the stories behind the instruments themselves. Free, donations accepted, berthoudhistoricalsociety.org/speaker-series.
Upcoming
Online Talk about Efforts to Help the Unhoused: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. The South Larimer Discussion Group of the League of Women Voters of Larimer County will focus on current efforts to address the challenges of the unhoused with Doug Ashbaugh, Guiding Connections manager at House of Neighborly Service, and city of Loveland Community Partnership Administrator Alison Hade. Open to the public. Register on the calendar page of lwv-larimercounty.org.
Winter Lecture Program — “Watering the Great American Desert”: 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, City Council Chambers in the Municipal Building, 500 E. Third St., Loveland. A certified interpretive guide will explore where our water comes from and the history behind the efforts to water the “Great American Desert.” Free, offero.cityofloveland.org.
Open Mic Night: 6:30-9 p.m. Wednesdays, 120 Bar and Grill, 120 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland. Free, the120barandgrill.com.
Garage Games: noon-9 p.m. Wednesday, Verboten Brewing, 127 E. Fifth St., Loveland. Compete in cornhole, ping pong and more each Wednesday. verbotenbrewing.com.
Hump Day Bingo: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Loveland Aleworks, 118 W. Fourth St., Loveland. Free, lovelandaleworks.com.
Lunchtime Meditation in Loveland – Inspiring Solutions for Difficult Times: noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays, Parker Hall at Namaqua Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 745 E. Fifth St., Loveland. Ordained Buddhist Nun Kelsang Evam will lead the sessions, offering explanations of how to transform our day-to-day lives. $10 donation requested, meditateinfortcollins.org/loveland.
Memory Café: 1-2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Chilson Senior Center, Cherry Room, 700 E. Fourth St., Loveland. Dementia Together, a nonprofit organization, presents the interactive themed social gathering for people with mild to moderate cognitive impairment and their care partners and friends, with reminiscing, games and music. Registration required, dementiatogether.org.
Preschool Storytime: 11-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., Loveland. For ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Free, lovelandpubliclibrary.org/events.
