What's Happening in Boulder County!
The Pearl Street Mall is the heart of Boulder, Colorado. We spend lazy summers at the water fountain, eating lunch on the grass, watching street performers, browsing the Boulder Book Store, drinking a cold beverage at a choice roof top, listening to live music, or just making necessary purchases. Do you know the history of how the Pearl Street Mall?
Check your knowledge of Boulder history here thanks to Downtown Boulder Inc.
NoBo artists open their studios from 6 to 9pm on First Fridays. Look for our Bright Pink Flags in the NoBo Art District 
[along No. Broadway from Lee Hill Rd to Pine Street]. Get up close and personal with painters, photographers, potters, fashion designers, artisans and musicians. Create a work of art at PaintAbout locations.
For more information: NoBoArtDistrict.org
If you want some new art of just to be inspired, take a stroll along Downtown Louisville’s cute streets this Friday, May 2, 2014 for Louisville’s First Friday Art Walk. From 6 to 9pm head to Louisville and follow the yellow balloons to find participating artists and galleries. While you are in Downtown Louisville stop in to get some delicious ice cream, eat dinner or grab a drink. Louisville is so lovely! More info here.
Join History Colorado’s and Boulder’s Dan Corson for a presentation on the homes and residents of Boulder’s early African-American residents. Learn why a mostly integrated community became increasingly segregated in the 1920s, especially in ‘The Little Rectangle,’ a part of the Goss-Grove neighborhood. Corson will also explain why this unique history of Boulder is at risk of being forgotten. Friday, May 2, 2014 from 12:00 to 1:15pm.
$5 General Admission; FREE for Boulder History Museum and Historic Boulder Members
Craig Childs writes about the relationship between humans, animals, landscape, and time. His stories come from visceral, personal experience, whether in the company of illicit artifact dealers or in deep wilderness. He has published more than a dozen critically acclaimed books and is a commentator for National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” His work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Journal, Outside and Orion.
Tonight, Childs will take the audience on a journey to some of the world’s most extreme environmental landscapes: the driest deserts of Chile, the genetic wastelands of central Iowa and the vast Greenland Ice Sheet. Through science and adventure, he will reveal the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and how we can change our place within the cycles and episodes that rule it.
Date: Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00 PM
Location: Chautauqua Community House
Cost: $10.00 ($7.00 Member)
Purchase tickets: Buy Tickets Online
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a Boulder classic! Each summer the outdoor stage at CU comes alive with Shakespeare and delights us with an incredible variety of plays. This year is not exception! Check out their line up:
Purchase tickets ahead of time to get a great seat – though they are all good! For more information about the plays, times and tickets click here.
Insects are everywhere! A million different kinds have been discovered and more are waiting to be found. Learn about the many different habitats of insects and what makes them so successful! Join Open Space and Mountain Parks Early Childhood Educator/Volunteer Naturalist, Debora Martin, for an easy hike. Ages 6 and up. No dogs please.
Date: May 4, 2014
Time: 1 to 3pm
Location: Meet at the Lehigh Street entrance to Shanahan Ridge (map search 1903 Lehigh and Lafayette Streets intersect) Follow this link for a map to the meeting place.
Spring is in the air and it brings many things to Boulder – this includes the much awaited Tulip Fairy and Elf Festival along the Pearl Street Mall. This is an annual family favorite! Join many pint-sized fairies and elves on April 27, 2014 as they usher in spring along the Pearl Street Mall. This event has performances, activities and a parade from 1:00 to 5:00pm. Visit their website for more detailed information here.
More options for the foodie in all of us: 2014 Dream Kitchens Are Cooking Tour. Visit Boulder’s finest kitchens for inspiring kitchen themes, fantastic food and kitchen designs, and new ideas to excite everyone. The self-guided tour takes place at homes throughout Boulder and Louisville. Purchase tickets [$20] ahead of time. Ticket locations and more details here. This event benefits I Have A Dream Foundation of Boulder County. Click here for a complete map and brochure of this year’s participating homes.
Saturday, April 26: 10am – 4pm
Sunday, April 27: 12pm – 4pm
Project Angel Heart is hosting their annual Dining Out for Life event on April 24, 2014. Eat out on April 24 and 25% of your food bill will benefit Project Angel Heart. This means they can continue to deliver meals to Coloradans coping with a variety of life-threatening illnesses. Find a list of all the participating restaurants here.
Boulder restaurants include:
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