Don’t miss these five low-cost (and easy) ideas for Easter Activities for preschoolers that you can fit into your busy schedule and encourage the fun of the season with your little ones.

Saturday. The Children’s Museum of Denver will be hoppin’ for the Bunny Trail EggVenture, the museum’s annual spring festival. The fun starts on the museum plaza with music and games from Radio Disney—ride Vern’s Mini Train and pet cute animals from the Urban Farm at Stapleton, too. A springtime wonderland awaits inside the building: Storytime [...]

Here’s a luscious idea that has fewer calories that chocolate, smells as good as a bouquet of flowers, and always fits the giftee perfectly. How about a day of pampering, a few hours with no cares or concerns, a time when you are the center of the universe? And how about doing all that at the very posh but not outrageously priced Four Seasons Spa in downtown Denver?

The Boppy Company (based in Golden and maker of the award-winning Boppy® Feeding and Infant Support Pillow) has always been known for providing support to moms, and this Mother’s Day, Boppy is supporting moms who need it most.
The Boppy Company has partnered with Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP – a Denver-based organization with two locations in the [...]

If you have not filed your taxes you are now late…good news though is even if you had to pay and didn’t get a refund – there are a lot of things to do for free this weekend.  Especially if Easter Egg hunts or bunny visits are on your list of fun things to do!  [...]

I am not what one would call an environmentalist but this past year, I have a new passion for recycling. When I was a missionary in Switzerland in 1993, I was amazed that every home had multiple recycling bins. Though I joked about needing a PhD in Recycling to live there, I admired how they [...]

For me, as a longtime professional organizer with an interest in helping people simplify their lives, the landfill is the destination of last resort when clearing clutter from homes and offices.
Just about everything can be recycled or reused. It’s a matter of finding the right place for something whether it’s electronics, clothing, tires or anything [...]

Do your kids need an introduction to the arts?
On Sunday, May 1, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Central City Opera Guild will present Young Hands on Opera and Art at the Denver Art Museum. The program is a family event in collaboration with the Denver Art Museum. Children and their families will be captivated [...]

Sometimes numbers are the story, and in the case of the new dining hall addition at Kent Denver School, the numbers are impressive: landfill waste down 90 percent, standard energy costs down 42 percent, leafy vegetable consumption up 500 percent.
But here’s the bigger news: Working with local architects Semple Brown Design, the school has added [...]

*** stars (out of four) | Animated comedy. G. 1 hour 36 minutes. At area theaters.
A lot of passion and personal feeling clearly went into “Rio,” the 3-D animated adventure from director Carlos Saldanha, who devised this story as a love letter to his Brazilian hometown.
It’s strikingly gorgeous, bursting with big images and vibrant colors. [...]