Today
Meadow Music: 5:30 p.m., Chautauqua Meadow, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Enjoy original nature-themed kids’ music, silly skits and audience participation set against the Flatirons with Jeff and Paige. Plus a toddler-friendly pre-concert nature hike. Bring blankets and picnics. Free, givebutter.com.
DIY instruments craft: 11 a.m., Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. After a special musical story time about instruments, bring scrap material and make an instrument. Artists will help children and their caregivers make and decorate drums and windchimes to take home. Materials will be provided, but bringing heirloom remnants is encouraged. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
Upcoming
Diversity Book Club: 2 p.m. Tuesday, George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Read books by diverse authors and discuss them over tea and coffee. Diversity Book Club meets the second Tuesday of the month. July’s selection is “Audition,” by Katie Kitamura. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
Canadian Brass concert: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Colorado Music Festival presents one of the most popular brass ensembles in the world, the Juno Award-winning quintet Canadian Brass. $36-$93, 303-440-7666, coloradomusicfestival.org.
Boulder Writer’s Alliance: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. This is for anyone working on a creative piece — whether it be fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screen plays, etc. Participants will read through the pieces ahead of time, come up with helpful critiques and discuss them at the meet up. Authors will need a copy of the critiques, whether through email or hard copy, so be prepared. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
Ceramic Pinch Pots craft: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, NoBo Library, 4500 13th St., Boulder. Make a small clay vessel or object. Groundworks Art Lab will walk participants through hand-building techniques in this one-off ceramic class. After the class, Groundworks Labs will fire creations in kilns. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
Bands On The Bricks: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Downtown Boulder, 1300 Pearl St., Boulder. Costa Rican rock band The Saint Cecilia will play Bands on the Bricks. Free, 303-449-3774, boulderdowntown.com.
“Imogen in Waiting” book signing: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Lindsay Bartels will speak about and sign her new book “Imogen in Waiting: A Memoir of Modern Reproduction”. She will be in conversation with Alle Mudrick for this event. $5, boulderbookstore.net.
Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Boulder Environmental/Nature/Outdoors Film Festival celebrates the natural world — the ocean, land, nature and the air. The selection of feature and short films will be drawn from around the world to bring a local and global perspective of the challenges and solutions ahead for the environment. $15-$250, 774-392-2972, boulderenoff.org.
Anne Frank lecture: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Boulder JCC, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder. Gillian Perry was the co-founder and, for 26 years, the executive director of the Anne Frank Trust United Kingdom. Through her work with the Trust, she had the opportunity to meet people who knew Anne. Perry will share the story of Anne’s life, including her family’s background in Frankfurt and their flight to Amsterdam after the Nazis took power. This lecture also covers the remarkable story of how Anne’s magical thread has woven itself around the world. From the hard-fought publication of Anne’s diary in 1947 (and how it so nearly didn’t happen), to the creation by Otto Frank of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Free, boulderjcc.org.
Yuja Wang and “West Side Story” performance: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Chautauqua Auditorium, 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder. In her Colorado Music Festival debut, Yuja Wang plays Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto, a spectacular rainbow of sound. Music Director Peter Oundjian leads Bernstein’s vibrant Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story,” as well as short works from Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns. $31-$113, 303-440-7666, chautauqua.com.
Literary BronTEA: 2 p.m. Friday, NoBo Library, 4500 13th St., Boulder. Come celebrate literary sisters the Brontës with light refreshments, trivia, crafts and more. Period dress and/or fantastic hats encouraged but optional. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
Pearl Street Arts Fest: 3 p.m. Friday, Pearl Street Mall, 1303 Pearl St., Boulder. From whimsical and modern sculptures to traditional watercolors, oils and more, Pearl Street Arts Fest is a juried, beautiful outdoor gallery nestled in the heart of downtown Boulder on the renowned Pearl Street Mall. Free, 303-449-3774, boulderdowntown.com.
All Your Friends concert: 8 p.m. Friday, The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits and a blurry night soundtracked by bloghouse and post-punk revival. All Your Friends bring the sweat, synths and nostalgia of the early 2010s house party. $23.16, 303-447-0095, eventvesta.com.
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