Hello jstack,
Thanks for reaching out to us!
You’re right, it looks like that issue was resolved with the ‘3.8.1’ release of the Community Events plugin. You can try updating Community Events without updating the Pro plugin. However, we can’t guarantee that they will be 100% compatible.
If they do happen to be compatible right now, this definitely shouldn’t be a long-term solution. The best option would be to take advantage of our built-in hooks along with the suggestions within our Themer’s Guide to move these customizations to your theme.
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to give you a direct response however I hope this was able to point you in the right direction.
Thanks!