Fall festival at Growing Gardens and other Boulder events for today

Christy Fantz, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
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Oct. 12—Community Harvest Festival: Growing Gardens is throwing a party, complete with face painting, lawn games, goats, live bluegrass tunes from Steepland String Band, food trucks, a beer garden and more. There will be pumpkins, fall perennials, and Long's Gardens Iris bulbs for sale; 4-7 p.m. Wednesday; 1630 Hawthorn Ave., Boulder; free, with donations accepted; growinggardens.org.

Pumpkin Decorating for Fall Festival: Those who want to decorate a pumpkin for the Lafayette Recreation's Fall Fest (on Oct. 22), can pick up a pumpkin Wednesday and Thursday, take it home and make it a masterpiece, then drop it off on Oct. 21 to enter the competition; Wednesday and Thursday, Bob Burger Rec Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette; free; cityoflafayette.com.

ShakesFear Haunts Mary Rippon: Something wicked this way comes, and lands at the outdoor theater on the CU campus with "ShakesFear: An Autumn's Tale," an immersive theater experience featuring the Bard's bloodiest and ghostly characters; the 30-minute experience will have timed entry every 10 minutes from 7-9 p.m. nightly through Saturday; $16; cupresents.org.

'This is (Not) Who We Are' Screening at CU: The documentary film, created by Boulder filmmaker Katrina Miller, explores the gap between Boulder's self-image and the more complex lived experiences — both historical and contemporary — of its Black citizens. Head to this free screening from the International Film Series that will feature a Miller in person; 7 p.m. Wednesday; Muenzinger Auditorium, 1905 Colorado Ave., Boulder; internationalfilmseries.com.

Pumpkins and Paint Brushes: Play is a great way to relieve stress, especially in adulthood, as it is crucial to creativity, health and happiness. Join this Wellness Wednesdays group to paint pumpkins, color ghosts and listen to Halloween tunes; 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, East Campus, CU Boulder; calendar.colorado.edu/event/pumpkins_paint_brushes.

Lyons Songwriter Showcase: Lyons singer-songwriter Dechen Hawk is hosting a night of music with Denver acoustic folk-pop artist Christopher Morse and Boulder folk-jazz artist Pamela Machala. Hawk, who will also perform, curates this series that showcases a mix of the area's most talented, up-and-coming musicians and will take place every Wednesday; 5 p.m. Wednesday, A-Lodge Lyons, 338 W. Main St., Lyons; bit.ly/3dd4FhC.

Indigenous Youth and Human Rights Event: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day by learning how to support Native human rights at this activism event that will also have meals prepared from Native-sourced recipes and ingredients; 6 p.m. Wednesday, University of Colorado, Room 206, Wolf Law Building, 2450 Kittredge Loop Drive, Boulder; Free; un-declaration.narf.org/ipd-event-2022/.

Keith Martin-Smith Book Signing: Boulder author, writing coach and Zen priest Keith Martin-Smith will speak about and sign his new book, "When the Buddha Needs Therapy," at Boulder Book Store; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

Dom Dolla at Boulder Theater: Australian DJ and producer Dom Dolla, who blew up globally following a succession of releases "Take It," "San Frandisco" and "Pump The Brakes," will perform his unique blend of house music; 8 p.m. Wednesday, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder; z2ent.com.

Vincent Neil Emerson at the Fox: Texas singer-songwriter, who draws inspiration from Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Steve Earle, brings his country and western musical stylings to town; 8 p.m. Wednesday, The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder; $15-$18; z2ent.com.

Wylie Jones at Velvet Elk: Check out this one-man reggae band and loop artist; 9 p.m. Wednesday, Velvet Elk Lounge, 2037 13th St., Boulder; Free; velvetelklounge.com.