Veteran’s Day is Friday, Nov. 11. There are numerous events across Colorado.
Today through Nov. 12
Denver clothing/hygiene item drive The Fairmount Heritage Foundation is collecting clothing and hygiene items for men and women to be donated to the Denver Veteran’s Hospital. Donations of the following items are being accepted: hats, gloves, and scarves, all sizes, for [...]

Saturday. Get in on the birthday fun when WOW! Children’s Museum celebrates its 15th anniversary. The highlight of the party is a family friendly concert by the Boulder Bach Festival Trio: “Bach For Kids” introduces youngsters to the composer’s works via violin, flute and cello. Learn about harmonic chords and how they influence melody and [...]

Through Saturday. Youngsters follow Alice down the rabbit hole in “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr.” at the Parker Mainstreet Center. Presented by Inspire Creative Kids, the show is based on Disney’s 1951 animated feature, but with a 2011 twist: The production uses “4-D” sensory techniques, like engaging the audience’s sense of smell, to tell Lewis [...]

A year ago, Denver School of Arts junior Sage Reidhead didn’t work out and had no interest in traditional sports.
But after attending a Denver roller derby game on a Friday night, Reidhead and a friend found themselves that Sunday at their first practice for a new local junior derby. It didn’t matter that it had [...]

So your little one can now get off the chairlift without panicking, make a big, curvy path down a gentle slope and stretch out the time between cocoa breaks.
Or maybe your fifth-grader is ready to try out racing and is looking for a team experience.
Or perhaps your teenage snowboarder has been begging to get into [...]

Saturday-Monday. The Children’s Museum of Denver turns into spook central for the three-day “Trick or Treat Street” festival. Activities will be happening all over the museum, inside and out—storytellers, magic shows, a “Mad Monster Lab” and lots of arts-and-crafts activities. Kids are encouraged to wear their costumes, naturally, and go on a trick-or-treat run at [...]

Saturday and Sunday. The “T-rex Encounter” exhibit adds a little extra fun this weekend at the “Cretaceous Dinosaur Carnival” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Special activities will be set up throughout the exhibit, including a dino-art station, a puppet show and a miniature “dig” for dinosaur bones. Kids can make their own [...]

f you’ve always wanted to dress as Lady Macbeth or the donkey in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for Halloween, now’s your chance.
The Denver Center Theatre Company has cleaned out its costume closet and for the first time since 1991 is putting more than 1,000 items on sale from Thursday through Saturday.
Prices will range from $1 [...]

Through Oct. 22. The Molly Brown House Museum really turns into a historic haunt during the “Victorian Horrors.” Guests creep into the darkened museum, lit by candlelight, and encounter the “spirits” of famous authors. Writers like Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells will tell their spooky tales to the small groups of adventurers. [...]

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How much wood . . .
The Colorado Carvers’ Club hosts its 37th annual Show, Competition & Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2; free for kids 12 and under. Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Ave., Golden, 303-232-7510GO
Birds of a feather
Scarecrows of all shapes and [...]