I was able to change to the default events template and everything is working fine regarding the width. I am still having 2 issues though.
1.) background color of the start and date times is white instead of the default color of the page
2.) In the single event post, part of the template [possible the container-not hip with the lingo, yet : ) ] is overflowing into the header, covering part of the logo and menu. I have provided a link to a photo to better describe what I am referring to