DAYPLANNER
FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY
FREE DAY! | Denver Botanic Gardens | 1005 York St., Denver | botanicgardens.org or 720-865-3500
MONDAY
Rock talk | “Eighteen Months of Fossil Hunting in Nevada, Idaho and Tennessee.” Free. 7 p.m., Ricketson Auditorium | Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver | 303-663-5868 or wipsppc.com.
TUESDAY
Big-cat chat | “Colorado’s Mountain Lions: What Does the Future Hold?” a panel discussion on “issues inherent in sharing a home with predators,” moderated by Joe Verrengia, senior director of museum programs. $15; $12 museum members. 7 p.m. Phipps IMAX Theater. | Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver | 303-322-7009 or 800-925-2250
WEDNESDAY
2006 Front Range Earth Force/Community Leaderships Project Youth Summit | Visit 32 interactive booths run by students who have completed service-learning projects in the Denver area. Learn about habitat gardens, building bird and bat houses, creating worm- composting boxes and other types of environmental projects. 10 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., at the Denver Zoo | 2300 Steele St., Denver
FRIDAY
FREE DAY | Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield | 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton | botanicgardens.org or 303-973-3705
FRIDAY
Gunnison Gallery Crawl | The first crawl through Gunnison’s specialty shops, including 11 galleries and restaurants and the Gunnison Arts Center. Free, the first Friday of every month through September. | 102 S. Main St., Gunnison | 970-641-1501
FRIDAY
First Friday in SOBO | Shops and galleries in the South Broadway shopping district stay open until 10 p.m., including The Denver Book Mall, where several local authors will be signing their books and several artists will be showing in its Catwalk Gallery. | 32 Broadway, Denver | 303-733-3808
SATURDAY
5 Percent for Children’s | Marczyk’s Fine Foods and Fine Wines celebrates its fourth anniversary by contributing 5 percent of all sales from the store to Children’s Hospital. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. | 770 E. 17th Ave., Denver | 303-894-9499
SATURDAY
Wildflower Hike | Take a three-hour tour to check out the spring flowers at Horsetooth Mountain Park with a naturalist. Free with $6-per-car park entrance. 9 a.m. | Meet at the Original Trailhead, off County Road 38E, west of Fort Collins. | 970-679-4561
SATURDAY
FREE DAY AND TOUR | Dinosaur Ridge opens for free public tours the first Saturday of the month through October. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. This month, the park will feature “Boy Scout Day at Dinosaur Ridge,” which is open to everyone, but will include badge-
earning earth-science activities for scouts. | 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison | Visit dinoridge.org/programs/
dinosaur_discovery_day.htm for information about the program and road closures during the free days.
SATURDAY
Stargazing | The Denver Astronomical Society is hosting an open house from 7-10 p.m. at Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park. For $1, you can use the 20-inch Alvan Clark Refractor. All other activities are free. | 2930 E. Warren Ave., Denver | 303-871-5172 or thedas.org.
Looking for more to do? Check the listings at denverpost.com/ scientificallyspeaking
