TODAY
Stand up for what you believe
Standing Women
1-1:05 p.m., wherever you are, or at Fickel Park on Mountain Avenue in Berthoud or Benson Park Sculpture Garden on 29th Street in Loveland, and other locations across Colorado.
In case you forgot – or never knew – Mother’s Day was originally dreamed up as a day when women might gather and think about ways to bring about peace. This year like no other in a long time might be a good one to take up the charge again. Women and girls and the men and boys in their lives are asked to stand, wherever they are, for 5 minutes beginning at 1 p.m. local time. During that period, participants are asked to envision a healthier, more peaceful world and how they might work to achieve it. You can stand alone, or visit standingwomen.org and click on “Where others are standing” to find out where you can join a group. (As of Friday, there were 2,806 events listed in 72 nations.)
MORE FOR TODAY
10 A.M.-4:30 P.M. Southern Colorado Heritage Days | Ride the train at the Pueblo Railway Museum and pay tribute to this southern Colorado city’s heritage. $3 to ride the caboose; $10 for a trip in the cab. | Pueblo Railway Museum, adjacent to Historic Pueblo Union Depot, south of the Riverwalk | pueblorailway.org
7 P.M. Boulder Adventure Film Festival | Twenty-two new films screened at the Historic Boulder Theater. $13.50. | 2032 14th St., Boulder | boulderadventurefilm.com
MORE FOR THE WEEK
WEDNESDAY WILD@Heart | CityWILD kicks off the 2007 river rafting season with a celebration, including a free ride through the Confluence Park rapids. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. | Where Cherry Creek hits the Platte River, near the 15th Street bridge, Denver | citywild.org or 303-227-6862
WEDNESDAY The North Face Never Stop Exploring Speaker Series | World-champion freeskiier Kit DesLauriers, the first person to ski the summits of the highest peaks on all seven continents, speaks. DesLauriers’ talk is at 7 p.m., followed by a meet and greet at 8:15 p.m. $10.50 | Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder | bouldertheater.com.
THURSDAY Lincoln Logs R LoDo | PlatteForum artist in residence Michael Ensminger and teens from Colfax Community network and ArtLab unveil “Tower of Babel,” their sprawling installation built from thousands of Lincoln Logs. Opening reception 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Exhibition open noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday through June 2. | 1610 Little Raven St., Suite 125, Denver | platteforum.org or 303-893-0791.
FRIDAY Domesticated: art by women, about women | Opening reception for an invitational show of 12 female artists whose work explores some aspect of “herstory.” 5-7:30 p.m. Free. | East End Applied Arts, 1556 Florence St., Aurora | eastendarts.com or 720-203-3575
SATURDAY-MAY 20 Estes Park Jazz Fest | The Brubeck Brothers Band, a quartet fronted by Dave Brubeck’s sons, Dan and Chris, and featuring top-flight jazz guitarist Mike De Micco, headlines this two-day show at the Performance Park amphitheater. Shows run noon to 5 p.m. both days, concurrent with the Estes Park Art Walk. Free. | 417 W. Elkhorn Ave. | estesnet.com/events/jazzfestartwalk.htm
