Tonight. Is your Spanish getting a little rusty? Rolling the “r”s in burrito doesn’t count as practice, muchacho. Brush up on your skills at Spanish Happy Hour at the Museo de las Americas. Spanish speakers of all levels are invited to stop by and chat – en Español, of course – to celebrate the museum’s latest exhibit, Muniz Remastered: Photographs From the West Collection. Food and drink will loosen the tongue, and a cook will demonstrate how to make Puebla-style mole. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz specializes in reinterpretation: Using everyday materials (sugar, peanut butter, bits of trash), he re-creates well-known works of art, then snaps a photo. 5-8 p.m. tonight. Museo de las Americas, 861 Santa Fe Drive; 303-571-4401. $3 for museum members, $5 general admission.
Saturday: Horses are great friends to humans, but even equines can be scary when Halloween rolls around. At the Colorado Horse Farm in Parker, Halloween With Horses unites fall traditions and late-October spookiness. Visitors can mix pony rides and a pumpkin-patch visit with trick-or-treating, a horse-costume contest and the “Stable of Terror.” 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. Colorado Horse Farm, 7522 S. Pinery Drive, Parker; 303-841-5550. Admission is $9, and children under 1 are admitted free. Bring a canned item for $1 off the ticket price.
Sunday. In the age of video games, does anyone still play “Duck, Duck, Goose”? Or is a Playstation 2 version available? With Let’s Play: Pastimes from the Past, the Boulder History Museum explores Americans’ typical amusements in the decades before Mario – meaning sports, board games and other hobbies. Sunday is Game Day, and patrons can play new and vintage board games around the museum, plus learn from local game collector Jeff Binning. Wrench the Nintendo DS out of the kids’ hands and show the whippersnappers a thing or two about real “gaming.” Noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Boulder History Museum, 1206 Euclid Ave.; 303-449-3464. Museum admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $2 for students and children. Admission is free for museum members and children under 5.
Monday. Need a fix of intergalactic adventure? Probably, since the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has been closed for weeks. Yearn no longer – the planetarium reopens Monday with a streamlined, energy-efficient new projection system. The images will be sharper than ever, too, for programs such as “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” and “Cosmic Collisions.” Shows start at 10 a.m. Monday. Check for a full daily schedule. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., 800-925-2250. General admission is $10 for seniors, students and children ages 3 to 18, and $15 for adults. Admission for museum members is $4 for seniors and children, and $5 for adults.
Wednesday-Thursday. When the lights go down in a theater, restless-leg syndrome becomes epidemic among audience members under the age of 10. Even a short children’s play can induce squirming and flailing. That’s why Boulder’s Dinner Theatre developed its Kids Kabaret program: The content is, of course, kid-oriented, plus the audience interacts with the players and can even come onstage to play a part. The Kabaret’s current production is “Jack and the Beanstalk”, the classic fairy tale of a boy, his magic beans and a hungry giant. 10 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Weekend matinees begin in November. Visit for a full schedule of performances. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave.; 303-449-6000. Tickets are $7; group discounts are available.
