Hi there, Cindy! Thanks for getting in touch.
I’m sorry for the trouble with the free plugin support. We check that forum once a week typically on Wednesdays) and do our best to hit as many questions as we can, though we can’t guarantee the same level of timeliness that we provide here in these forums.
I’m afraid we cannot provide support for the free version here, but here’s a direct link to that forum:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-events-calendar
I will say that it looks like you might have a theme conflict on your hands. The calendar will inherit the styling of your theme by default, so any undesired formatting is likely coming from there.
As far as the calendar itself displaying, you are welcome to try the troubleshooting steps outlined in this guide to see if you can pinpoint exactly where the conflict is happening.
I’m going to go ahead and close this thread since, but please feel free to post on the free support forums if you have any follow-up questions and we’d be happy to help you there. 🙂
Cheers!
Geoff