I figured it out! I thought for sure this must of been an issue addressed on your forums already, I just couldn’t find it. But I kept digging and found this article https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/add-event-content-to-an-event-widget/ on how to add the excerpt to the list view and that takes care of all my needs!
Hi Geoff – we’ve already tried swapping themes (and I just tried the Twenty Thirteen theme now as well for good measure), and have tried disabling all other plugins without any success.