“Exploring Transition” Messinger Gallery at The Boulder JCC: 8 a.m. Monday, Messinger Gallery at Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder. Courtney Cotton and Alissa Davies met via CBCA and bonded over the power of art and intuition. Their exhibition “Exploring Transition” explores the power of intention, intuition and nature as healing forces, reflecting on the rawness of transitions and the importance of being present. Both hope viewers connect emotionally with the work. Free, 720-749-2530.

Maker Made Gallery reception: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Head to the Canyon Gallery to celebrate the Maker Made Art Showcase. Light refreshments will be provided. The Maker Movement represents the collective energy and ambition of a community of inventors, designers, engineers, artists, craftspeople and tinkerers. Its ethos is a mixture of DIYer self-reliance informed by open-source learning, traditional craftsmanship, new technology and modern design thinking. The work produced as a result of this movement inspires and demonstrates what people can achieve as a culture of creators. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

“The Color of Everything” book signing: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Cory Richards will speak about and sign his new book “The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within”. boulderbookstore.net.

“Again and Again” book event: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Trident Booksellers & Café, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. “Again and Again” was inspired by Juliet Wittman’s experience with breast cancer — the vivid intensity of daily life when that life is threatened, the profound relationships among patients and the anger, laughter, grief and moments of blazing insight these patients share. Wittman has worked as an investigative reporter, theater critic for Westword, book reviewer for the Washington Post and writing instructor at the University of Colorado. She has published a critically praised novel with food at its heart, “Stocker’s Kitchen,” along with short stories and essays, and has won several journalism awards. Her memoir, “Breast Cancer Journal: A Century of Petals,” won the Colorado Book Award and was named a finalist for the National Book Award. Wittman also received a True West Award as Person of the Year, given for Denver arts coverage. tridentcafe.com.

Faculty Tuesdays: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Grusin Music Hall (C112), Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder. For this special event, the ITER Research Ensemble — a choir coming directly from Cremona, Italy — will join Associate Professor of Guitar Nicolò Spera for a program of Italian music. It doesn’t get more Italian in Boulder than a gathering of Italians singing and playing guitar together. Free, 303-492-8008, cupresents.org.

Pumpkin Painting Competition: 4 p.m. Wednesday, NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder. Get your spooky on this fall season with a pumpkin painting bonanza. Paint a pumpkin, and put it up for display in the library. Everyone takes home their pumpkin after a week of public voting, and the owners of the prettiest pumpkin get a carving kit prize. Pumpkins and painting supplies will be provided. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.