Finds for frugal shoppers
Tick tock to shop Today is the last day to shop at the Yes. Please. More Pop Up Store at the Denver Pavilions, as it’s closing its doors. The store carries a variety of goods created exclusively by Colorado designers and artists. It is hosting a last-day sale today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with savings up to 75 percent. You’ll find the store on the north side of the Denver Pavilions, Level 2. 500 16th St.,
Stitched with love Interfaith Quilters of Longmont presents its 25th annual show and sale from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 5. Members work all year for this benefit, where proceeds are donated to the OUR (Outreach United Resource) Center and the Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley. Demonstrations and refreshments included. Admission is $5 Friday (good for March 5) and $1 March 5. First Lutheran Church of Longmont, 803 Third Ave.,
Shoe drive Allen Edmonds has again partnered with Soles4Souls and its annual collection of new and gently worn shoes to be donated to victims of war, natural disasters and economic crises in the U.S. and around the globe. Drop off any pair of men’s, women’s or children’s shoes at any Allen Edmonds retail or outlet store through March 13 and receive a $35 discount on a new pair of business or casual shoes. Financial donations also accepted. 3000 E. First Ave., Suite 239, soles4souls
Better with age There’s plenty of inventory from more than 60 dealers at the Antique Show & Sale, opening Friday and continuing through March 6 in Colorado Springs. Early-bird shoppers are invited 3 to 6 p.m. Friday. Admission is $5. The show continues 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 5 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 with $3 admission (good for the entire weekend). Ages 14 and under get in free. SI tip: A glass grinder, certified jewelry appraiser and antique-clock repairman will be available. Historic City Auditorium, 221 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs
Free days this week: Today: Foothills Art Center, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., foothillsart ; Sunday: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, ; Tuesday: Children’s Museum of Denver, 4-8 p.m., ; Friday: Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield in Littleton, .
Behn family estate sale
The death of the Behn family last summer left a void at Ponderosa High School and its surrounding community.
“It’s been a great loss,” Behn family friend Kevin Knapp says of that head-on collision on U.S. 287 that killed Robert Behn, 45; his wife, Lisa, 48; son Jordan, 18; and daughter Morgan, 15; as they were returning from one of the Jordan’s baseball tournaments. Several memorials in honor of the family are underway at Ponderosa High, where members of the baseball team now wear uniform patches with Jordan’s number on them.
Today Knapp and other friends and neighbors who knew the Behns are pitching in with an estate sale at their home in the Pradera housing development in Parker. The sale team has removed hierlooms and mementos from the house. What’s left is 6,000-square-feet of furniture, clothing, appliances, sporting goods and more.
“Their entire house was left as is for the last six months,” Knapp says. “This week we’ve been going through it, trying to separate (what’s) personal from things that can be sold. . . . It’s a little bit eerie, but it’s also amazing.”
Proceeds from the sale go directly to the Behn family estate, but donations will be accepted at the event for the a memorial baseball field in the family’s honor at Ponderosa High School.
“There’s been some tears,” Cindy Churchill of Churchill Estate Sales says of preparing for this weekend’s sale. But people also are “taken by what happens to the stuff” after such an unforseen tragedy.
Elana Ashanti Jefferson
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