Today
Cinco de Mayo inspired cooking for kids with Food Lab Boulder: 3 p.m. Sunday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Create a yummy pico de gallo and horchata to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Boulder Food Lab. All ingredients and supplies will be provided. No previous experience necessary. For youth ages 5-11 years old. Registration required. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
“The Company of Wolves” film screening: 2 p.m. Sunday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Join for Neil Jordan’s “The Company of Wolves” in the Canyon Theater. Rosaleen is a teenager living in a country house in England with her family having a nightmare with wolves and werewolves in the Middle Ages. In her dream, her boring sister is dead, she lives with her father and her mother, but she spends lots of time with her grandmother. Granny tells her many stories of werewolves and gives her the following advice: “Never stray from the path in the woods, never eat a windfall apple and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet.” calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
Freyja Wild at BOCO Cider: 4 p.m. Sunday, BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder. Freyja Wild & The Gathering Storm is a five piece acoustic ensemble that plays Celtic inspired originals. Wild’s songs invoke a world of ancient Celtic magic and wonder with haunting melodies, lush vocal harmonies, Celtic harp, flute and primal drums woven with sounds from nature’s wild. Her music lifts the spirit, nourishes the soul and reminds listeners that the world is beautiful. Free, 720-938-7285, bococider.com.
Upcoming
“Take A Closer Look” exhibit: 9 a.m. Monday, Museum of Natural History (Henderson), McKenna Gallery, 1035 Broadway, Boulder. “Take A Closer Look” features an intimate and elegant collection of curated items that explores specimens and objects from the CU Museum. Each item is actively and currently used by researchers to learn more about the natural world and the humans who share this planet. The exhibition features specimens that represent the ancient world to present day and includes some never-before-seen items from the museum’s collections. 303-492-1411, calendar.colorado.edu.
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial public reading of names: 10 a.m. Monday, Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court, outside UMC, Boulder. Join the Program in Jewish Studies along with the Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) for a public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their allies during the Holocaust. During Yom HaShoah ceremonies are held in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere. 303-492-1411, calendar.colorado.edu.
Monday musical story time: 10:15 a.m. Monday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Get ready to dance and sing during this live story time full of songs, musical stories and more. All ages are welcome. calendar.boulderlibrary.org.
“The Arapaho Covered Wagon Redux” documentary screening: 6 p.m. Monday, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. “The Arapaho Covered Wagon Redux” is a documentary by Alan O’Hashi that retells “The Covered Wagon,” an epic 1923 silent film. What makes the Redux new is a new soundtrack recorded by the Northern Arapaho Eagle Society led by Michael Ridgebear and the Boulder Symphony & Music Academy led by music director Devin Hughes. The soundtrack was recorded live before an audience during Indigenous People’s Month in October 2023. The will be an intermissions and Q&A with the filmmakers. Free, 307-316-2113, bouldercomedia.com.
