MUSEUMS: Budding scientists, researchers and engineers are the target of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Feb. 7 program “Girls and Science,” which aims to get girls involved in a field in which they’ve long been underrepresented (women are 50 percent of the workforce, but only 24 percent of scientists). Working female scientists from a variety of fields will be on hand in “science clubhouses” to inspire girls in science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities aimed at all age levels. The event is open to all museum visitors, but children and youths age 3-18 will receive a discounted admission of $4. The event, which is co-sponsored by CBS4, takes place 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at 2001 Colorado Blvd. Adult admission is $14.95. 303-370-6000 or dmns.org.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King speaks at an event in 1964. (Photo By George Crouter/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
PHOTOGRAPHY: One of Denver’s most popular tourist destinations is getting a shot of history as “Me and the Dream” continues through Feb. 15 at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center to commemorate Black History Month.Ũı free exhibit and programming, which takes over the Grand Court at Cherry Creek, features rare photographs and memorabilia documenting the work and family life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his visits to Denver. The exhibit will celebrate its fifth year as well as its new theme, “Inventing My Dream,” starting at 11 a.m. on Feb. 7 with panels that explore the contributions of black inventors. 3000 E. First Ave. Free. 303-292-6446 or
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EXHIBITS:Ũı History Colorado Center unveiled its new building on Lincoln Street back in 2012, but we’re only now seeing what a bigger, better museum makes possible. The center’s recent “Race” was a hit, and its follow-up, “The 1968 Exhibit,” appears promising. The traveling show recounts America’s politically charged year, month by month, with looks at the Vietnam War, peace demonstrations, the space program and more. Displays feature a Huey helicopter and mementos from “Star Trek.” There are even hippie lounges to take breaks in. Accompanying is a series of events with broad appeal. If “Jimi, Janis, the Family Dog and More” isn’t your speed, then maybe “ Nixon Now” is. $12. Feb. 7-May 10. 1200 Broadway. 303-447-8679 or historycolorado.org.
Ray Mark Rinaldi
CULTURAL EXHIBIT: Despite its national influence, the Colorado Chicano Movement of the 1960s and ’70s is often overlooked in social histories of those decades. A new, 1,100-square-foot exhibit at History Colorado is hoping to reverse that with the art, images and voices of the activists who fought to end discrimination, secure rights and empower workers. Created with the help of advisers from across the state, “El Movimiento” looks at labor rights, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales’ Crusade for Justice, student activism during the Vietnam War and more. The event, which is presented in conjunction with Museo de las Americas’ Feb. 12 “Chicano” exhibit, begins at 10 a.m. on Feb. 7 at 1200 Broadway. $8 for kids 6-12; $12 for adults (children 5 and under free). 303-447-8679 or historycolorado.org.
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Henri Matisse’s “Open Window, Collioure,” from 1905, is an icon of the Fauvist movement. The paintings in “Matisse and Friends” are all on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington. D.C. (Provided by the Denver Art Museum)
ART: If you haven’t seen the Denver Art Museum’s“Matisse & Friends,” you have just a little time left. Thatap not such a problem, actually. The exhibit has just 14 paintings and you can wander through it in a short in a matter of minutes. DAM, of course, hopes you’ll linger and it has made the show of Fauvist painters welcoming for an extended visit. , some lovely Debussey playing in the background and plenty of reading materials. Itap all in support for the marvels on the walls: colorful p[aintings, on loan from the National Gallery of Art, by André Derain, Albert Marquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Raoul Dufy, Georges Braque, Kees van Dongen and, the man himself, Henri Matisse. Through Feb. 8, Denver Art Museum, 13th Avenue, between Broadway and Bannock Street, $10. 720-865-5000 or denverartmuseum.org.
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ART: Art has the power to be both beautiful and troubling, and often at the same time. Francisco Goya’s etching collection titled “Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War),” is among the most historically important examples. Some mystery surrounds how and when the artist created them, though it was certainly over four or five years, beginning around 1810. The etchings, on display at the Colorado State University Art Museum, are simple yet graphic, recounting scenes of brutality and violence inflicted during the six-year Spanish war against Napoleon, which lasted though 1813. The 80 works were not published until 1863, a full 30 years after Goya’s death. Through April 4. University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington St., Fort Collins. Free. 970- 491-1989 or artmuseum.colostate.edu.
Ray Mark Rinaldi
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