Hi Troy,
We have made a number of fixes for the upcoming 1.1.1 maintenance release that should fix the event calendar issues described above.
The only issue I could not duplicate was the console errors in your second screenshot.
If you want to test ahead of time, you can overwrite the /wp-content/themes/openlab-theme/ folder with the following:
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/openlab-theme/archive/1.1.1-beta.zip
If you want to view the specific changes, you can view them here:
https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/openlab-theme/compare/23bf093…4ffe211
Once you’ve updated openlab-theme, for the event location to work, you’ll need a Google Maps API key as described on the “Settings > Event Organiser” page in the WP admin area. If you don’t have a Maps API key, you can sign up for one at the link below:
https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/?apis=places
Specifically, you’ll need the Places API and not the Maps one. It should be automatically checked when you click on the link above.
Please let us know if you run into any other issues with the event calendar.