WILDFLOWERFEST
ALL WEEK
Petal power
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
Monday-July 16, 970-349-2571
crestedbuttewild
flowerfestival.com
How many ways are there to appreciate the color-splashed landscape around Crested Butte this week? At least 73, and that takes into account only the guided rare-plant and wildflower hikes and walks leaving from trailheads around town all week. If trekking isn’t your style, you can tour the blooms in a four-wheel- drive vehicle, from a mountain bike, on horseback or in a horse-drawn wagon, and then round out your day with a garden concert, or a fancy meal that includes edible flowers. Fill in any blank spaces during the week with gardening seminars or learning about botanical illustration and other blossom-related arts. Tours range from $10 for a hike to $61 for a wagon ride. Special dining events run from $11 for a evening ice cream party – sample chocolate-rosemary and lavender sweets – to $70 for a swanky seat at the Blossom Buffet in a private home.
TODAY
9 A.M.-8 P.M. – Asian Culture Celebration | Catch tai chi, bonsai and ikebana demonstrations, learn to make an orchid lei and let your kids do a haiku scavenger hunt through the Japanese garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Free. | 1005 York St., Denver | botanic gardens.org or 720-865-3554
3 P.M. – Salida Aspen Concert Series | Pianist Wu Han and her cellist husband, David Finckel, play 20th-century sonatas by Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. $10. | John Held Auditorium, 10th and D Street, Salida | salidaaspenconcerts.org
3 P.M. – Open wide and say “HA!” | Healthy humorist Dr. Brad delivers his prescription for a healthful, happy life: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Free. | Denver Public Library, Central Branch | denverlibrary.org/fresh or 720-865-1206
6:30 P.M. Edgewater Concert in the Park | Holly Hoverson fills the Memorial Park gazebo with cool jazz. Free. | West 25th Avenue at Chase Street, Edgewater | 303-238-7803
MORE FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY – Nina Storey | Blues-rock singer performs for free. 6:30 p.m. | Crested Butte Center for the Arts, 606 Sixth St., Crested Butte | crestedbuttearts.org or 970-349-7487
TUESDAY – Hot Summer Nights | Vail’s free summer music series features Soulive , 6:30 p.m. | Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail | vvf.org
TUESDAY – Austin Powers International Man of Mystery | Free flick starts at 9 p.m. On the grass in front of Iguana’s. | Aspen Highlands
TUESDAY-JULY 16 – Rooftop Rodeo | Estes Park’s 80th annual Rooftop Rodeo kicks off with a parade down Elkhorn Avenue at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Rodeo performances begin at 7:30 p.m. | Stanley Park Fairgrounds, Estes Park | rooftoprodeo.com or 970-586-6104
THURSDAY – Zebulon Pike’s sword delivered | The explorer’s sword will be feted at a public reception 6-7 p.m. $4 adults; $3 seniors and students. | El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N. Union, Pueblo | 719-583-0453
THURSDAY – Birdhaus Bash | The bids fly on more than 150 birdhouses demonstrating the latest in nesting chic, including creations by Robert Redford and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, at the Denver Botanic Gardens. $30 members; $40 non members; $5 kids. 5:30-9 p.m. | 1001 York St., Denver | botanicgardens.org or 720-865-3533
SATURDAY – Telluride Cajun Festival | Papa Grows Funk headline. Doors open at noon; music starts at 1 p.m. $30. | At the base of Chair Four, near lower Misty Maiden Trail, Telluride Mountain Village | telluridecajunfestival.com or 970-728-5959
SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Inside St. Elmo | Tour the ghost town of St. Elmo with guides dressed in period costume. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Adults $20; kids 6-12 $15. Reservations required. | St. Elmo | 719-395-8458 or buenavistaheritage.org
SATURDAY & SUNDAY – Downtown Boulder ArtFair | Nearly 160 local and national artistans display work. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday. | Pearl Street mall between Ninth and 15th streets, Boulder | boulderdowntown.com or 303-449-3774
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