What's Happening in Boulder County!
For something different this weekend, check out the Firefly Handmade Gypsy Market September 8 and 9, 2012 at the old Sutherland Lumber site at 3390 Valmont Road, Boulder, Colorado. Over 80 artisans will be there with their wares! There will be crafts for the little ones and food trucks for those in need of a snack.
Caffeine Crawlers descend on Boulder on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012 for the first Caffeine-focused event in town, beginning at 10:30am. You’ll get a tour guide and a behind-the-scenes experience with a free sample beverage or chocolate at each stop.
Tickets can be purchased here. I hear there’s swag too!
Here’s a list of participating shops.
Boxcar Coffee Roasters
The Cup : Espresso Cafe
The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse
Ozo Coffee
Piece, Love and Chocolate
Fashion’s Night Out 2012 is this Thursday, September 6, at 6 pm on the 1300 block of the Pearl Street Mall.
Join over 20 downtown businesses who will participate in this spectacular evening of extended store hours, exclusive promotions, music, food & drink, entertainment, and more! All events are FREE TO THE PUBLIC. The evening kicks off with a fashion show on the one-and-only Pearl Street Mall with Elm & Oak DJs spinning music starting at 5:30 p.m.
This weekend brings the Boulder Creek Hometown Festival, with fun events like Big Wheel races and The Great Zucchini Race! Join the fun Saturday-Monday, September 1-3, 2012.
Live music, food galore, games for the kids and more!
To celebrate the second full moon this month (called a blue moon), join naturalist Dave Sutherland for a moonlit walk to explore the world of nocturnal animals. Find out why the dark is not as scary as it seems. Investigate your senses in the darkness: listen like a bat, smell like a moth, feel with your whiskers and learn to see by moonlight.
Friday, August 31, 2012. 7:30pm – meet at Sawhill Ponds on the west side of 75th Street, 0.6 mile north of Valmont Road.. Geared towards kids 6 and up.
Boulder Housing Partners, which offers over 2000 affordable housing options, hopes to be the nation’s first net-zero energy and zero-waste housing authority. They are on their way to that goal with 11 solar arrays and implementing SmartRegs features such as low flow faucets and CFL bulbs. Read more here!
This Friday is the first Stampede of this year’s CU football season! Come on out and show your support for CU and your team pride in this community tradition. Fans will cheer the Tebo vintage fire truck and watch the Golden Buffalo marching band as it performs for fans on the Pearl St Mall.
2012 Stampede Dates:
Friday. Aug. 31 vs. Colorado State
Friday. Sept 7 vs. Sacramento State
Friday. Sept 28 vs. UCLA
Wednesday. Oct 10 vs. Arizona State
Friday. Nov. 2 vs. Stanford
Friday. Nov. 16 vs. Washington
If you enjoy swimming outdoors you’d best get out for the last days the outdoor pools are open in the area.
Spruce Pool is open through September 3, 2012.
Scott Carpenter Pool is open through September 16, 2012.
Harlequin Gardens has organized their 2nd annual Taste of Tomato today, Saturday August 25, 2012 at Gateway Fun Park.
Get advice from a Master Gardener, taste them, buy them, the tomatobilities are endless!
With the USA Pro Challenge on Saturday, the folks at the Farmer’s Market have kindly moved this weekend’s market to Sunday, same time, same place as usual. We hope there will still be fresh peaches!
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