Saturday The lively, wacky Kinetics Race has been around in some form or another for more than three decades, most notably at Boulder Reservoir and now at Longmont’s Union Reservoir. It has a slightly different name these days — the Sols-tish Kinetics Sculpture Race — but the idea’s the same: build a seaworthy contraption (the crazier the better) and compete with other teams across water and land. Themes, colorful costumes and no small amount of blind confidence all come into play. Amused spectators, meanwhile, can enjoy food, a beer garden, live music, a kid’s version of the main event (the Recycled Raft Race), a bonfire and, of course, the event-ending controlled sculpture burn. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. June 20 at 461 County Road 26 in Longmont. 720-837-1577 or . $2 per person or $10 per carload. John Wenzel
