Live in the past
National History Day presentation, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Denver School of the Arts, 1700 Montview Blvd., Denver; 720-424-1713, tickets at performances
Time passages
Don’t know much about National History Day? Find out at one of the schools invariably represented at the annual national competition. Plus: storyteller Max Donaldson’s lively PowerPoint reveals arcane details about celebrated figures, and the nationally ranked video and performance teams present their work.
Your cold, cold art
East End Arts District Winter Art Festival, Friday to Dec. 20, 1556 Florence St., Aurora; 720-203-3575, eastend
Walk on the Wild East End.
The highly anticipated Winter Art Walk is 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, as Aurora’s galleries and studios stay open late. Everything is contained between Iola and Dallas streets, and East 14th and East 16th avenues.
Ribbet
Dendrobates azureus at the Pueblo Zoo, 3455 Nuckolls Ave., Pueblo; 719-561-9664,
Low-down blues.
Visit the Pueblo Zoo to see its popular new residents — a deadly species of blue poison dart frogs native to South America. The brilliant blue skin contains a neurotoxin derived from certain insects the wild frogs eat.
Thanks; giving days
Fill The Mayflower Thanksgiving drive, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Nov. 16, Southlands Shopping Center, E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, Aurora; 303-523-2971, home
Fill ‘er up.
Help needy military families by bringing nonperishable food and cash donations to the Mayflower van staffed by Colorado-based Homefront Heroes. Show up before 10 a.m. on Friday and meet Breakfast Club radio host Rick Crandall.
