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May 8, 2012
Girl Scout Troop Helps Kids In Need

To earn their Girl Scout Bronze Award, Junior Girl Scouts must complete a book called a Girl Scout Junior Journey as one of the seven steps. At the end of "Agent of Change," one of the three books available, they are required to do a service project in their community. Junior Troop #3378 is at this step of the book.

Girl Scout Troop #3378 is decorating flip-flops to give to Children's Home of Denver, where preteens and teens ages 10-18 live because they can't live at home for various reasons.

May 3, 2012
The Amazing LEGO KidsFest

Attention all LEGO fans!!! If you missed the LEGO KidsFest on April 27th, 28th, and 29th, you’d better mark your calendar for next time it comes because this year’s LEGO fest at the Denver Convention Center covering three acres was incredible! 

Attention all LEGO fans!!!

May 1, 2012
“Pirates!” Director Is Animated About His Profession

Recently, Peter Lord, director and producer of the new stop-motion film, “Pirates! Band of Misfits”, visited Denver. Lord is well-known for his work on many other movies, including “Chicken Run” and the “Wallace and Gromit” franchise.

Lights! Camera! Action! Films are a pastime for people from all around the world.

April 22, 2012
To the Arctic: A Story of Hope, Loyalty, and Love

“To the Arctic,” is narrated by Meryl Streep. The main actors: a faithful mother and her two polar bear cubs.

“To the Arctic,” narrated by Meryl Streep, and starring a faithful mother and her two cubs will take you on a journey through the North Pole.

March 29, 2012
Dinosaurs, rocket ships.... and elves???

Painted elves and other mysterious creatures are hidden throughout the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

March 23, 2012
38th Annual Denver March Pow Wow...

The 38th Annual Denver March Pow Wow danced its way into Colorado this weekend. You might ask yourself what is a Pow Wow?

February 13, 2012
An Exciting Exhibit Slithers All the Way to Colorado

See lizards that walk on water and giant pythons at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science!

 

February 3, 2012
Treasure Hunt at the Denver Art Museum

There is a room at the Denver Art Museum that has old furniture from the 1540s in it. When you walk in, it feels like you are a royal from the Tudor time and you are just about to have the duke over for tea.

There is a big emerald green chaise longue with a small neck roll on it. There is a big display case with silver cutlery in it.

February 3, 2012
Treasure Hunt at the Denver Art Museum

There is a room at the Denver Art Museum that has old furniture from the 1540s in it. When you walk in, it feels like you are a royal from the Tudor time and you are just about to have the duke over for tea.

There is a big emerald green chaise longue with a small neck roll on it. There is a big display case with silver cutlery in it.

January 29, 2012
106th National Western Stock Show..

The National Western Stock Show has been around for 106 years and counting. This year was the best in entertainment and hand on activities.

January 29, 2012
Attention Storm Enthusiasts!

If you like the television series, “Storm Chasers,” this is the movie for you. 

“Tornado Alley,” the new IMAX movie at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is the movie I’ve been waiting for.

January 12, 2012
Storymakers celebrates young authors

The results are in: Winners have been celebrated. The marvelous Storymakers middle school writing contest was a tremendous success.

December 28, 2011
A Modern take on the Flash Mob

The Bear Creek High School Marching Band performs at over one hundred venues each school year. Yet, one performance tops them all. The Marching Band performs at stadiums, festivals, and of course, on the football field. But on Saturday, October 29, Bear Creek took on a much larger stage: a square mile of downtown Denver.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a flash mob is, “a group of people summoned (as by e-mail or text message) to a designated location at a specified time to perform an indicated ac

December 13, 2011
150 Play, 1000 Hear Brassfest Event

Over 150 people polished up their mouthpieces, greased their slides, emptied their water keys, and oiled their valves.

Over 150 people polished up their mouthpieces, greased their slides, emptied their water keys, and oiled their valves.

December 13, 2011
150 Play, 1000 Hear Brassfest Event

Over 150 people polished up their mouthpieces, greased their slides, emptied their water keys, and oiled their valves.

Over 150 people polished up their mouthpieces, greased their slides, emptied their water keys, and oiled their valves.

November 27, 2011
3....2....1.... Blast off to Mars!

The launch of a new Mars rover.

On Nov. 26, NASA launched a rover to Mars with hopes to find evidence of former life on the red planet.
 

November 17, 2011
Brown Palace Champagne Cascade

Ferris Fynboh writes, The tradition began during the Napoleonic Wars...

The tradition began during the Napoleonic Wars, when the French soldiers would use their swords to open champagne bottles, as they lacked anything else with which to do it.

November 1, 2011
Doug Friednash: Denver City Attorney Interview

Lauren Huttner writes, Lawyers or "attorneys" are interesting and important jobs even though they don't seem like it.

Lauren Huttner writes, Lawyers or "attorneys" are interesting and important jobs even though they don't seem like it.

October 29, 2011
More than Dinosaurs at the Museum

Natalie Bollig writes, There are more than dinosaurs at the Museum of Nature and Science.

There are more than dinosaurs at the Museum of Nature and Science. Did you know that orphan elephants and orangutans have fairy godmothers?

October 20, 2011
Colorado Kids get tour of Colorado History Museum

Dannika Harris writes, They're several museums in Colorado...

Dannika Harris writes, They're several museums in Colorado...

October 20, 2011
Touring History Colorado

Caitlynn Hansen writes, Touring History Colorado CenterHistory Colorado Center is an all new museum that is coming in Spring 2012.

Caitlynn Hansen writes, Touring History Colorado CenterHistory Colorado Center is an all new museum that is coming in Spring 2012.

October 18, 2011
Have an Fantastic Weekend!

Two days isn't quite long enough for a vacation, so what are you supposed to DO on the weekends?

Many kids go on vacations with their families over fall break, but they don't always have something quite as exciting to do on the weekends.

October 13, 2011
Can the Deaf Really Hear?

Kristen Courtney writes, Imagine living in a world were there there was no sound, only light.

Imagine living in a world were there there was no sound, only light. Where you can see your dog barking, but can hear no barking. Where everything is completely silent.

October 12, 2011
Protesters cover the grass in Downtown Denver

Lauren Huttner writes, In downtown Denver, between the State Capital and Denver Civic Center Park, is a small tent city growing.

Lauren Huttner writes, In downtown Denver, between the State Capital and Denver Civic Center Park, is a small tent city growing.In downtown Denver, between the State Capit

October 12, 2011
Protesters cover the grass in Downtown Denver

Lauren Huttner writes, In downtown Denver, between the State Capital and Denver Civic Center Park, is a small tent city growing.

Lauren Huttner writes, In downtown Denver, between the State Capital and Denver Civic Center Park, is a small tent city growing.In downtown Denver, between the State Capit