What's Happening in Boulder County!
Bring the kiddos on down to the Municipal Building, on Canyon West of Broadway at 10am on July 4th for a fun filled morning of decorating bikes and then parading and racing. Presented by Parenting Place, Chip, the CU mascot will lead the parade and there will also be a firetruck and food vendors. Come on down tomorrow!
All Aboard! Calling all kiddos, enjoy a free ride on Pearl Street Mall’s one-and-only Tebo Train! Children ages 10 and under (and accompanying adults) will chug along the beautiful Pearl Street Mall on the only set of wheels permitted “on the bricks”!
Board at the Pearl St. Mall at the 1200 block and continues down to the 1400 block. Admission is FREE!
The Tebo Train runs Monday – Thursday from 10:00 – 11:20 am now – August 30th.
July 7 brings the return of Boulder Outdoor Cinema. If you haven’t been, it’s a fun family event!
Arrive around 7, bands are rockin’ by 7:30 and movies start at dusk in the lot behind the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.
| 7/7 | “Pulp Fiction” | |
| 7/14 | “Bee Movie” | |
| 7/21 | “Back to The Future” | |
| 7/28 | “The Royal Tenebaums” | |
| 8/4 | “The Muppets” | |
| 8/11 | “Jurassic Park” | |
| 8/18 | “Princess Bride” | |
| 8/25 |
“The Fifth Element”
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Downtown Boulder’s infamous Bands on the Bricks is back for the 2012 season with an awesome lineup:
July 4 Rebecca Folsom
July 11 BOP SKIZZUM
July 18 Home Slice
July 25 The Tripping Griswolds
August 1 That Eighties Band
August 8 Chris Daniels & The Kings
August 15 The Nacho Men
Monday evenings in Boulder brings the Summer Concert series with the Boulder Concert Band. Concerts start at 7pm but come early with a picnic dinner and hang out with the neighbors at this free event.
Upcoming dates:
July 2 at Harlow Platts Park
July 9 at Salberg Park
July 16 at Scott Carpenter Park
July 23 at North Boulder Park
July 30 at Chautauqua Park
A lot of these are common sense tips but it all bears repeating with the hot weather we’ve had so far this summer:
1. Keep the sun out.
Summer sunshine might be cheery, but it brings an extraordinary amount of heat into the home. Keep the sun—and its heat—out by closing blinds, drapes and windows during the day. Light-colored window treatments can reflect light and heat away from your home as well.
2. Don’t create excess heat.
Appliances and lighting generate heat when in use. To keep your home cooler, turn off unnecessary lighting, and swap out heat-producing incandescent light bulbs for cooler compact fluorescent light bulbs.
3. Fan it.
For an extra cool breeze, place a frozen water bottle in front of the fan. Attic fans can also pull in cooler air from outside.
4. Cross ventilate.
If it’s windy outside, you can create a breeze in your home by strategically opening your windows.
5. Be smart about landscaping.
Strategically placed trees, shrubs and vines can all cool a home.
Read more here!
It looks like fireworks will still go on, for which we’re super excited! Here’s a rundown of what’s happening in the area:
Lafayette:
Wednesday July 4 at Waneka Lake
The fun begins at 4pm with fun for the kids, food concessions and beer/wine garden. There’s even a pie eating contest! Live music from Chris Daniels and the Kings starts at 5pm. Fireworks at dusk.
Donations accepted for this free event.
Louisville:
Wednesday July 4 at the Coal Creek Golf Course (585 W Dillon Rd)
The fun begins at 6pm with live music, fun for the kids and food concessions. Or bring your own picnic! Fireworks at dusk.
Boulder:
Ralphie’s annual Independence Day Blast is scheduled for July 4, 2012 at Folsom Field. Gates open at 8pm with the show starting at 8:30. Fireworks at dusk.
 Bike to Work Day in Boulder Colorado is filled with fabulous events celebrating the bicycle!From 6:30 – 9am on June 27, 2012, more than 40 breakfast stations throughout town will be serving up free breakfast to those on bike and foot. Some breakfast stations will have mechanics on-site offering light tune-ups for breakfast station visitors. Check here for a full list of 2012 Breakfast Stations and find out which stations are offering Service Stations
Be sure to register so they can get an idea of how many folks will be out and about! Work from home? No matter, just trade in a car trip for a bike trip and register anyway. It counts! Walk & Bike Month & Bike to Work Day is not just about biking to work, because some people just can’t do that. It is about choosing the best way to get around each time you leave the house. If you have to go to Erie, maybe you can only drive, but if you live a half a mile from the gym, try biking there next time. Given all the personal, environmental and global impacts of private automobile use, it is now, more important than ever that Boulder maintain and build on its strong commitment to walking and biking! It starts with every person committing to walk or bike at least one day in June and letting our city government know that being able to walk and bike safely and easily in Boulder is part of what makes our town great! |
Moviegoers of all ages can climb aboard the Summer Movie Express to enjoy a great selection of films. During this 9-week festival, the Colony Square Stadium 12 movie theater in Louisville is offering G or PG rated movies for only a dollar on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10am.
Have you seen this? Boulder wants to link mostly existing trails to make a 37 mile loop encircling the city.
The Trail Around Boulder will pass through a wide variety of landscape and wildlife habitat, giving visitors a great tour of the ecological diversity of this beautiful area. Check the link for a map and other details.
Pretty cool, isn’t it? We can’t wait to ride it! It’ll be a great place to capture even more photos of wildflowers like these –> 
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