TODAY
Turn down
the blues
Blues for the Bayou: Rebuilding the Homeland
Benefit concert, 2-9 p.m. at the Hudson Gardens & Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Info: www.hudsongardens.org or 303-797-8565
If only music could cure all that pains the soul of the bayou. The Delta Sonics, Erica Brown Band, Willie Houston, Acoustic Soul and Bruce Delaplain will give it their best in a day-long show to benefit Habitat for Humanity’s hurricane Katrina relief effort. Organizers are asking $10 at the gate, but we suggest giving till it hurts.
MORE FOR TODAY
ALL DAY It’s too late to get in on the play but people who can observe quietly are welcome to watch the 2005 Rocky Mountain Rumble Scrabble tournament, which pits 55 players from 11 states in a match for $2,500 in prize money. | Free | Marriott Courtyard/Denver International Airport, 6901 Tower Road, Denver
MORE THIS WEEK
MONDAY Tibetan furniture lecture by Chris Buckley, author of the first comprehensive book on Tibetan furnishings and how their designs record the history of cultural and trade exchange, from 5:30-8 p.m. | Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place, Denver. Tickets $10; $5 for AAA members. | Reservations: 720-913-0040.
WEDNESDAY David Atekpatzin Young presents “Traditional Mexihka Beliefs: Life, Death and Worship,” at noon. Young is a tekpahtiani: traditional healer and spiritual leader with the Iglesia de Aztlan. | Free | CU Museum of Natural History’s Changing Gallery on the Boulder campus. Lunch will be provided.
NEXT WEEKEND
Just rattling around
Basement of Bones Haunted House
7-11 p.m. Friday through Oct. 31. Old CF&I office building,
1612 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo
Info: 719-564-9086
Get creeped out in the Bessemer Historical Society’s Basement of Bones, where you’ll wander through the old CF&I office building. Tickets: $8 for adults; $5 for children under 12.
ALSO NEXT WEEK
FRIDAY Day of the Dead | Celebrate the traditional Latin American holiday making crafts, learning dances and viewing el dia de los muertos altars made by community members. The altars go up at 10:30 a.m.; the exhibit is open until 5 p.m. A celebration is 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday. | Fort Collins Public Library, 201 Peterson St., Ben Delatour Room | Info: 970-416-2012
FRIDAY, SATURDAY Trick or Treat Centennial Village | Safe candy collecting, marshmallow toasting around a chuckwagon campfire, and more. Works for the whole family and it’s free. 5-7 p.m. both days. | Centennial Village Museum, 14th Avenue and A Street, Greeley | Info: 970- 350-9220 or greeleymuseums.com
SATURDAY Here comes Mars! | Just like two runners on a circular track, every two years Earth in its orbit catches up to Mars in its orbit. Enjoy an evening of telescope viewing, family activities, snacks and updates on exploration during the Red Planet’s closest approach to Earth in 2005. 8 p.m. midnight. Wear warm clothes. Tickets, $5; free for Denver Museum of Nature & Science members. | Meet near the Phipps IMAX entrance. | Make reservations: 303-322-7009
SATURDAY Fright Night | Activities include live owls and insects, dissecting owl pellets, and information about water pollution, coyotes, spiders and bats, at 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Metro Districts of Highlands Ranch. | Redstone Park Pond, 3280 Redstone Park Circle, Highlands Ranch | $2 per child ages 2 years and up. | Register: 303-791-2710.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY Boo at the Zoo | Trick-or-treaters can scavenge from a sunken ship and enjoy close encounters with vampire bats, reptiles, spiders and the Denver Zoo’s other creatures.
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tickets at the gate, or at King Soopers stores | 2300 Steele St., Denver | Info: 303-376-4800.
