What's Happening in Boulder County!
Like a good puzzle? Join the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art with a scavenger hunt to learn more about the current exhibits and win prizes to local businesses like Smooch Frozen Yogurt and Dish Gourmet.
Download the app SCVNGR and get started! They have print versions and kid versions available at the museum. Sounds fun for a lazy summer day! 
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is once again offering week-long workshops for kids all summer long. Their Young Artists at Work
2012 series begin June 4 and continue through August 3.
Options are available for half-day and full-day workshops: 9am–12pm and/or 1–4pm
Workshops are designed for either 5–8-year-olds or 9–12-year-olds.
Enjoy the first outdoor pool day of the season for FREE! Take a ride down the water slide, swim laps or come play Friday, May 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Scott Carpenter Pool, 1505 30th Street Boulder, CO 80303.
If you haven’t watched a Bolder Boulder, you’re missing out on giant bananas, runaway brides, grass skirts and all sorts of other fashion statements sprinting by. The race is Monday, Memorial Day, May 28, 2012.
The first wave is at 7am with the fun runners/walkers mid-morning. The super elite runners start at 11am. They are something to behold – it’s amazing how fast they go by.
The route map is in the link above, so find your spot, bring a coffee, a muffin and a lawn chair and enjoy the show!
Now that sounds interesting: a walk with locavore Brigitte Mars as she points out all sorts of greens you can find around you to create your own edible lawn.
This Saturday, May 26, 10am-12pm. $25.
The Boulder Creek Festival®, is the best spring event in Boulder, going on it’s 25th year. The festival includes three days of the usual events, activities, food and entertainment, including the traditional rubber ducky race.
There is something for everyone and it’s FREE! Join us over Memorial Day weekend 2012.
Been thinking about biking to work this summer? Here’s your chance for a breakfast break to go along with it at Bike to Work Day 2012 on June 27. From pancakes to burritos to smoothies, the choices are vast! Come on out and participate with your fellow bikers.
Xcel Energy has partnered with a variety of retailers to offer Energy Star ® rated CFLs and LEDs at a discounted rate, making them more affordable than ever before. Through the Lighting program, you can now get energy efficient CFLs for as little as $1 each and LEDs for $10 off the original price.
Click here to find discounted CFLs!
Both types of bulbs last longer and use far less energy than incandescent bulbs, saving you energy and money. Did you know:
Saturday May 19, 2012 is National Kids to Parks Day, a day that encourages children and their families to get outdoors and explore local parks in their communities.
When: Noon – 4 p.m. Saturday, May 19
Where: East Boulder Community Park, 5660 Sioux Dr., Boulder
Cost: FREE
Water will be provided, but please bring your own water bottle to help reduce waste.
Events:
Who doesn’t want to be greeted by multiple 12-foot-long Stegosaurus or meet a 45-foot-long sea monster, Tylosaurus?
Join the Colorado Railroad Museum and take a journey along the Colorado railroads that helped unearth many fossils as railroad tracks were laid. Construction crews often exposed these unusual and fascinating bones as they were digging and laying railroad ties.
Search of fossils and prizes, pan for gold, paint dinosaur tracks and enjoy other dino-related activities like dinosaur story time.
Dinosaur Express Train is in collaboration with the Morrison Natural History Museum, Dinosaur Ridge and Triebold Paleontology.
Colorado Railroad Museum is located at: 17155 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO 80403
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