Through Nov. 3, City Span, Durango Government TV will air the Arvada Chamber of Commerce Gubernatorial Forum, featuring all six candidates.

The forum will air at these times on City Span:

12:05 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

7:05 p.m. Mondays.

12:05 and 7:35 p.m. Tuesdays.

Durango City Span airs on Charter digital cable channel 191 as well as over the air on Southwest Colorado Television Translator Association channel 10.1 to residents of Montezuma and Dolores counties. For a program schedule, visit http://durangogov.org/cityspan10.

Alzheimer’s film will be screened Thursday

A free screening of “The Bridge: Alzheimer’s Is Not The End” will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.

The film is a professionally produced BBC Documentary covering many aspects and answers many questions for all stages of this disease. A question-and-answer time with three Alzheimer’s professionals will follow.

Botanical society to offer workshop

The Durango Botanical Society will present “Crafting Herbal Christmas Gifts” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.

This is a “Make and Take” holiday workshop with Camilla Potter. All materials will be provided and light refreshments will be served. The cost is $30 for society members and $35 for nonmembers.

To register, visit http://durangobotanicalsociety.com, call 749-5642 or (603) 499-3225.

High Noon Rotary Club to meet

The High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.

The Rotary District 5470 Governor Clyde Church will visit with the club. The cost for lunch is $15.

Senior communities host trick-or-treating

Residents will host Halloween trick-or-treating from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at the Sunshine Gardens Senior Community, 25 Sunshine Court (located off 32nd Street), or at Country Home, 2518 Colorado Highway 172.

Both facilities will have safe, indoor trick-or-treating for younger children who are accompanied by their parents.

For more information, call 385-4090.

Downtown merchants host trick-or-treating

Durango downtown businesses will host “Children’s Halloween” trick-or-treating from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday.

More than 90 downtown merchants will offer Halloween treats to children 10-years-old and younger dressed in costumes and accompanied by an adult. Participating merchants in downtown will display bright orange pumpkins in their windows on Halloween to signal their involvement.

For a list of participating merchants, visit www.downtowndurango.org. For more information, call 375-5067.

Snowdown event forms needed

Snowdown coordinators remind interested Snowdown event coordinators that they must submit their Steampunk Snowdown Event Forms by Friday.

Event forms are available at www.snowdown.org; or at The Durango Welcome Center, located at Eighth Street and Main Avenue. Completed forms may be mailed to Snowdown Durango, P.O. Box 1, Durango, CO 81302 or emailed to [email protected] or [email protected].

Event forms received late will not be guaranteed inclusion in the official printed Steampunk Snowdown Schedule of Events, or on the Snowdown webpage schedule.

For more information, call Linda Brockway at 375-9059 or email [email protected].

LPEA to host Halloween event

La Plata Electric Association will host its second annual Open House for Children from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Friday at both of the cooperative’s offices, 45 Stewart St., and in Pagosa Springs at 603 S. Eight St.

The event, this year themed “Pirate’s Treasure,” is designed to offer a safe environment for youngsters (infants to 12-years-old) to enjoy Halloween festivities. In Durango, the LPEA employees, who will all be in costume, also will decorate the front conference room as a “haunted pirate ship” for children to explore, including games and refreshments. The event is free to all young children accompanied by an adult LPEA member-customer.

For more information, call 382-3508 or email [email protected].

Fundraiser to benefit Be FRANK Foundation

The Be FRANK Foundation will host its second annual FRANK N’ Stein Fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Bottom Shelf Brewery, 118 E. Mill St., in Bayfield.

This family-friendly block party will feature games, music, costume contests, a silent auction, face-painting, and more. People who purchase a commemorative stein will receive two free special event microbrews. Money raised will support the music programs provided by The Be FRANK Foundation.

For more information, visit Be FRANK Foundation on Facebook.

Herald Staff