BOXING DAY, FOOD DRIVE
Holidays Around the World
2:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, The Children’s Museum of Denver, 303-433-7444 cmdenver.org
In British Commonwealth countries, Dec. 26 is Boxing Day, an official holiday commemorating the tradition among the gentry of giving gift boxes to servants and employees on the day after Christmas. During Clubhouse Capers time at the Children’s Museum, kids are encouraged to bring nonperishable items for Food Bank of the Rockies and decorate their own box for collecting donations.
SIGHTS OF BURKINA FASO
Fantôme Afrique
12-8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar, 404 South Upham, Lakewood
303-742-1520 belmarlab.org
Go ahead, make fun of the suburbs. But this week is your last local chance to see Fantôme Afrique, British artist Isaac Julien’s three-screen musing on art and culture in Burkina Faso. The film runs in a continuous 17-minute loop on the gallery walls. It received its U.S. premiere at the Lab, which co-commissioned the film with the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Ellipse Foundation in Lisbon.
TRIKS! FOR SHORTS
SkirtSports
Headquartered in Boulder skirtsports.com
SkirtSports, founded by Colorado athlete Nicole DeBoom, wants your shorts. That’s right. Send the company a pair of your old creeping, climbing shorts and they’ll give you 45 percent off a “sassy” running TRIKS! (skirt). Download a form and postmark your old running wear by Dec. 30 to take advantage of the deal. The company also donates money to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. See site for details.
