Springs Theatre: May 16-22: “X-2, X-Men United” (PG-13), 7 and 9:30 p.m. nightly, 1 and 3:30 p.m. weekend matinee; 915 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. Call 945-4000 to verify show times.

Crystal Theatre: May 16-22: “Bend It Like Beckham” (PG-13) 8 p.m. nightly. 427 Main St., Carbondale. Call 963-0633 to verify show times.

Movieland: May 16-22: “Matrix Reloaded” (R) 11:30, 12:45, 2:20, 3:45, 6:10, 6:45, 9 and 9:35 p.m.; “X-2, X-Men United” (PG-13) 12:15, 3:20, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. and 12:50, 4:45 and 7:35 p.m.; “Anger Management” (PG-13) 12:30, 5 and 9:30 p.m.; “Holes” (PG) 1, 3:35, 6:50 and 9:20 p.m.; “Down With Love” (PG-13) 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:05 and 9:15 p.m.; “Daddy Daycare” (PG) 12:35, 3, 5:10, 7:15 and 9:25 p.m.; “Identity” (R) 2:45 and 7:20 p.m. At the stoplight in El Jebel. Call 920-1300 to verify show times.

Mall 3: May 23-29: “Matrix Reloaded” (R) Thursday, May 15: 12:45, 3:50, 7:10 and 10:15 p.m.; “The In-Laws” (PG-13) 1:15 and 3:40 p.m. weekend matinees; 7:05 and 9:40 p.m. nightly; “Daddy Daycare” (PG) 1 and 4 p.m. weekend matinees, 7 and 9:30 p.m. nightly. At the Glenwood Springs Mall. Call 945-1400 to verify show times.

Rifle Creek Theater: May 16-29: “Matrix Reloaded” (R) 7 and 9:25 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday matinee; 7 p.m. only Sunday through Thursday. Call 625-2323 to verify show times.

American Defiance will play at 8 p.m. Friday, May 23, at the new Sip and Surf Cyber Cafe, 1248 and a half Railroad Ave., Rifle.

The Last Minute String Band with Don and April Paine, will play Friday, May 23, at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. 4th St. in Carbondale. $10 donation. Doors open at 8 p.m. Music starts at 8:30. For information call 963-3304.

Friday is open mike night at 8 p.m. at the Short Stop in El Jebel. Country D.J. with JD the Marlboro Man 8 p.m. Saturdays; Thursday ladies’ night with free drinks for ladies from 8:30-10:30 p.m. Karaoke and D.J. dancing from 9 p.m. to close.

Crossroads will play unleashed rock and roll at 9 p.m. Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24, at O’Leary’s Saloon in Rifle. Classy karaoke is Wednesday and Sunday at 9 p.m.

Black Timber plays at 9 p.m. Hawaiian weekend Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24, at the Winchester Night Club in Rifle. Saturday is Hawaiian night.Karaoke starts at 7 p.m. every Thursday. Call 625-0380 for details.

The Colorado Department of Transportation will open Independence Pass on Highway 82 on Thursday, May 22. The 12,095-foot pass is closed each winter from just east of Aspen to west of Twin Lakes. The opening will take place at approximately 4 p.m. weather permitting.

The Redstone Antique Show is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Monday, May 24-26. The “creme de la creme” dealers from around the state. For more information call 618-3483.

Basalt Regional Heritage Society’s annual meeting is at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at the Eagle County Building in El Jebel. For more information call 927-4693.

Roaring Fork Leadership (formerly Leadership Aspen) is accepting applications for its Class of 2004. Application deadline is Friday, May 23. For an application call 922-6035.

The Battlement Mesa Activity Center’s annual yard sale is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24. Pick up a list of participating homes at the center. Lots of sales, lots of shopping, lots of fun.

The Silt Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a open house and Business After Hours hosted by Spruce Meadows at the corner of 1st Street and Harness Lane, Silt from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 23. Food and beverages and free tours of new model homes. For more information, call Connie Hicks at 945-4545.

Rendezvous With Murder, a local murder mystery dinner theater troupe, presents “Chick Cassidy and the Sunbaked Gang,” Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24, at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. For reservations and information call 800-544-3998, ext. 116.

The second rally to support the troops and their families will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 26, Memorial Day, at Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs. For more information call Mildred Alsdorf, 945-2377 or Debra Brainard, 945-9124.

The Battlement Mesa Activity Center’s annual yard sale is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24. Pick up a list of participating homes at the center. Lots of sales, lots of shopping, lots of fun.

The Ladies Sewing and Needlework Club will meet from 6-8 p.m. Thursday nights at the Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Center on Blake Ave. For more information call Joanie Dykema, 945-5272.

Tour the Marble Quarry from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 25, to benefit the Marble Historical Society. For reservations and more information, call 970-963-9815.

The Roaring Fork Audubon Society will take a Great Blue Heron Rookery Field Trip Saturday, May 24. Meet at 9 a.m. at the CMC Lappala Center in Carbondale or at 2 p.m. at the Silt Interstate 70 . For more information, call Chris Lazo at 925 3757 ext. 2440.