TODAY
Pep it up
Chile Harvest Festival
Denver Botanic Gardens,
1005 York St.,
Denver
11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Adults $7, children $5;
a family of two adults and up to three children is $20. botanicgardens.org
With any luck, El Paseante, a 26-foot- tall inflatable sculpture by Colombian artist Nadín Ospina delayed in Miami customs last week, will have at last made its way to the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council’s Chile Harvest Festival at the Denver Botanic Gardens’ kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month. But even if the enormous Pop Art interpretation of a pre- Columbian icon is missing, there are plenty of other ways to celebrate Spanish- speaking cultures that embrace the chile: Flamenco guitarist Nesa plays at 11 a.m., mariachi players come on at 2 p.m., and world-renowned weaver and storyteller Eppie Archuleta spins tales all day.
MORE FOR TODAY
NOON-4 P.M. Historic Denver House Tour | Free driving tour in the Baker Historic District of five historic churches. Begin at the Gothic Revival First Avenue Presbyterian Church, 120 W. First Ave. (Save your ticket stub and get a discount on the West Washington Park Tour: Spanning a Century in Style, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 17.
11 A.M. Ranch rodeo | Watch team doctoring, double mugging, trailer loading, team sorting and calf branding. A steak dinner follows. | $7 each | Elbert County Fairgrounds, Kiowa.
DO IT THIS WEEK
THURSDAY Missed the El Paseante on Sunday? It moves to the plaza at the Wellington Webb Municipal Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave, for Fiesta Olé, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The Passerby returns to the Denver Botanic Gardens afterward and will be there through Oct. 31.
FRIDAY Cowboy poet Pat Meade kicks off the Colorado Homestead Art Show, 2 p.m., at Ellis Ranch in Loveland. The show and entertainment run until 6 p.m., then again from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, start with cowboy church services led by Charley Hendren at 10 a.m., and
the show runs until 5 p.m. |
homesteadartshow.com.
FRIDAY Irish stone quilts by artist Denise Labadie are on display at the Tims Art Quilt Studio and Gallery in La Veta, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Sept. 27.
FRIDAY Tour the Tenderfoot
archaeological dig site and learn about the site’s cultural relics and their historical significance. 11 a.m. | $10, reservations required | Student Union building, Western State College in Gunnison. | 877-351-8724.
NEXT WEEKEND
A historical salute
“Mart” Duggan re-enactment
Tabor Opera House,
308 Harrison Ave., Leadville
Sept. 17, 6:30 p.m.
$13 for the show; $20 for a bus ride to Leadville from Denver.
Tickets and info: 303-455-5521
or 800-727-4752
Marshal Martin “Mart” Duggan’s life was short and violent, but more than 100 years after the fact, historical re-enactors and historians will pay tribute to the legendary lawman murdered in the streets of Leadville and laid to rest in an unmarked grave at Riverside Cemetery in Denver. Historians Tom Noel and Dennis Gallagher and actors from the Colorado Historical Society will join with Jon Chandler & the Wichitones in this high- country fundraiser to pay for a stone to mark Duggan’s grave.
SATURDAY Southern Colorado Rocketeers’ model rocket flying day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Lake Pueblo State Park | Info: Jeff Unwin, 719-671-2407.
SATURDAY Pi’ilani Hawaiian Civic Club’s ‘Ohana Retreat includes presentations on native health and healing methods and Hawaiian navigation. Concludes with a Kani Ka Pila performance | 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | The Pines at Genessee, 633 Park Point Drive, Golden | Free; registration required | Info: Lynn at 303-986-6717.
ALL WEEKEND The Rocky Mountain Wood Turning Symposium offers presentations by some of the finest wood turners in the world | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday | Free | The Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds in Loveland | Info: rmwoodturning symposium.com.
ALL WEEKEND Fifth Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair. Map show in conjunction with the International Map Collector’s Society Symposium | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday | $5 | Denver Public Library Central Branch, Vida Ellison Gallery
ALL WEEKEND Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show, 9 a.m. Saturday along Fairview and Henrietta streets in Woodland Park followed by a poker run to Victor and Cripple Creek at 3 p.m. Cars will spend the night in Cripple Creek and then be on display again on Sunday | Info: cripple-creek.co.us.
