Big bowl
Today. The highly anticipated Lafayette Skate Park marks its grand opening at noon. This is a 19,000-square- foot park conceived by Team Pain of Florida, an award-winning skate park design firm. It includes a Mini Bowl with corners, a mogul, extensions and inlaid curbs; The Snake Run Ditch, which features a big mogul, a little spine roll over and bank walls; and the Street Course, which has stairs, rails and ledges capped with granite; along with a Pro Bowl and an Intermediate Bowl. The $825,000 project was funded in part by Great Outdoors Colorado. The skate park is located at 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette. For information call 303-665-0469 or visit .
Abundant noel
Today and Sunday. Among the opportunities this weekend to tune up your holiday spirit: “Holiday in the Highlands,” an old-fashioned Christmas festival is 1-3 p.m. today in Highlands Square, West 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. The event includes street carolers, Santa, complimentary hot cider and cocoa, and discounts and promotions for participating merchants. Details at . And Sunday at 1 p.m., an array of tuba players will perform holiday music selections during the annual TubaChristmas event, this year in Denver’s Skyline Park at Arapahoe and 16th streets. Details at .
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