Let’s face it: most of us don’t need an excuse to indulge in a Dairy Queen Blizzard® but this is a great one.
On Thursday, Aug. 5, Dairy Queen will host the fourth annual North American Miracle Treat Day, with $1 or more from every Blizzard® sold being donated to Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit organization [...]

Saturday-Sunday. Celebrate Colorado’s Asian Pacific American community at the 10th annual Colorado Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat races run on both days of the festival, but they’re not the only attraction. Three stages of entertainment and cultural performances will be going all day long, featuring everything from hip-hop MCs to Bollywood dancing. The Dragonland area [...]

Country music superstar Tim McGraw is supporting nonprofits across the United States during his 2010 Southern Voice tour. And one of those nonprofits is Denver’s very own Tennyson Center for Children! (Tennyson Center is one of the Rocky Mountain region’s leading treatment and education centers for abused, neglected and at-risk youth.)
Through a sponsorship with Frito-Lay, [...]

In two weeks, I get to have an adventure like none other. I get to go to NYC alone. …well, alone with 2,400 of my fellow bloggers.
Yes, it’s time for the BlogHer Conference!
This will be my first BlogHer Conference, and I can’t wait!
Years ago, before I had a child, I was part of [...]

Elitch Gardens is inviting families to get on board with Playhouse Disney’s Choo Choo Soul, which is performing live at the Elitch Arena on Saturday, July 24th at 5 p.m.
Winner of a Parents’ Choice Award for children’s television, Choo-Choo Soul offers hip, soulful renditions of the ABCs and 1-2-3s for the preschool set. This in-concert [...]

On Thursday, Mile High Mamas teamed up with McDonald’s for an event to launch their new McCafé menu in the Denver market. Moms and passersby cooled down at Creekfront Plaza with free samples of McCafé Real Fruit Smoothies and Frappé Blended Ice Drinks.
Because in case you didn’t notice, it’s been a wee bit hot [...]

Friday and Sunday. Two local institutions are participating in Target’s nationwide “Arts and Wonder” event this weekend: The Children’s Museum of Denver and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Friday, the Children’s Museum grants guests free admission from 4 to 8 p.m. Anyone can stop by and play — be sure to check out the museum’s “Bubbles” [...]