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| Dec 26, 2025 | Ring in 2026 in Boulder County, whenever you feel like It | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
This is the time of year when many of us are, inevitably, heading to the theater to see A Christmas Carol — perhaps the most aggressively adapted holiday story on record — on stage, cracking open t... |
| Nov 3, 2025 | CU Boulder’s Fiske planetarium launches sensory-friendly programming | Kids with autism or sensory processing challenges are now able to experience the Fiske Planetarium in a way that’s tailored specially for them.
The University of Colorado Boulder has launched Sensory-Friendly Sundays, a free monthly event f... |
| Nov 3, 2025 | WOW! Children’s Museum adding new features amid national math literacy program | The WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette has announced that it was selected as one of 20 children’s museums nationwide to participate in a training program focused on math literacy for young children. New math features are already underway a... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Education | Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum to host girls in science event | Originally Published: March 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM MST |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Local News | WOW! Children’s Museum wants donations | The Lafayette WOW! Children’s Museum is partnering with the Colorado Gives Day campaign to raise funds to try to make sure that all residents have access to the museum.
The Colorado Gives Day campaign is a day dedicated to promoting charita... |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Letters to the Editor | WOW! Children’s Museum fundraiser to help benefit Play for All Initiative | Sargent-Knudson described the initiative as the doorway for parents and caregivers to go through to understand the importance of play in their childrens’ lives.
“Regardless of their background, regardless of language barriers, regardless of... |
| May 4, 2024 | Local News | Children’s book festival brings authors, illustrators to Lafayette | Cagan called the book festival a “natural fit” for the museum.
“Year-round, we try to host different arts and cultural experiences for children,” Cagan said. “Partnering with artists of all kinds from around the region is really important. ... |
| Dec 31, 2023 | Colorado News | Kids welcome 2024 early at WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette | The WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette hosted parties to ring in 2024 a little early on Sunday.
Dozens of parents and their young kids went to the museum, 111 N. Harrison Ave., for a “noon year’s eve” party as a way to countdown to 2024, w... |
| Dec 21, 2023 | News | Here’s where to spend your New Years Eve in Boulder County this year | Dec. 31, 2023, is going to be the very last day in the year 2023 … like … ever (cue sound of mind being blown). Sure, you could spend the evening parked on the couch with some takeout and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on the TV, but wouldn’t you r... |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Local News | WOW! on Tap event to support Lafayette museum’s mission to serve underrepresented groups | Enjoy live music, meet puppies and support the local community at the WOW! on Tap fundraiser event.
The WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave. in Lafayette, will host the event from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday. Guests can enjoy live music, ... |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Local News
Local News | Lafayette children’s museum to host Kindergarten Readiness Night | The WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette will hold a Kindergarten Readiness Night.
The event, scheduled for July 28 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., is open to children entering kindergarten in the 2023-2024 school year.
The event is designed for presch... |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Local News
Local News | Sensory-friendly playtimes provided at Lafayette children’s museum | Playtime is vital to a child’s well-being, but it can be hard to play if the kid is only thinking about how uncomfortable or stressed they are the entire time.
WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 North Harrison Ave. in Lafayette, is hosting sensory... |
| Apr 30, 2023 | Local News
Local News | Día del Niño celebrates children in Lafayette | The WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette celebrated Día del Niño Sunday.
Día del Niño is a Mexican holiday every April 30 that celebrates kids and promotes their wellbeing. To celebrate, WOW! hosted a free day and had a performance from the ... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Things to do
Things to do | Open mic at Vision Quest Brewery and other Boulder events for today | TODAY
Open mic at Vision Quest: Jam out with music-makers at this singer-songwriter open mic hosted by Jim Herlihy (of Boulder band Augustus). Sign up at 5:30 p.m.; live music from 6-8 p.m., with three-song sets; 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Vision... |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Things to do
Things to do | ‘The Severed Thread’ book signing and other Boulder events for today | TODAY
‘The Severed Thread’ book launch at Boulder Book Store: Leslie Vedder will celebrate the launch of her new book, “The Severed Thread,” at the Boulder Book Store; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder; free; bo... |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Things to do
Things to do | Beers and Cameras at Backcountry Pizza and other Boulder events for today | Beers and Cameras: Meet to show photos, talk about photography, network and drink beer. Bring original photos, meet other photographers and leave inspired; 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Backcountry Pizza, 2319 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; $10; 720-982-92... |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Banshee Tree to debut new tunes, light show at New Year’s gigs — plus dozens of other parties ringing in 2023 | The musicians in Banshee Tree — the beloved Colorado-based indie folk group — don’t always do things by the rules. Members of Banshee Tree, from left, Thom LaFond, Michelle Pietrafitta, Nick Carter and Jason Bertone relax in a Colorado fiel... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Things to do
Things to do | Holi-Slay gift wrapping with Out Boulder County and other area events for today | Holi-Slay with Out Boulder County: Come join Out Boulder County’s youth program to wrap up the year by preparing the gifts for its annual Giving Tree. The group is looking for crafty volunteers to help wrap gifts that the community is provi... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Things to do
Things to do | Mountaineer Nims Purja speaks at Boulder Theater and other Boulder events for today | Mountaineer Nims Purja speaks at Boulder Theater: Nimsdai “Nims” Purja is a Nepali multi-world-record breaking mountaineer who climbed all 14 of the world’s “Death Zone” peaks in just six months and six days. While on a quest to climb Mount... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Things to do
Things to do | Sharkive exhibit at CU Boulder and other area events for today | Shark’s Ink exhibit at CU Art Museum: This exhibition celebrates the “Sharkive,” a collection that CU Boulder acquired from Shark’s Ink, a print publisher and lithography studio directed by Bud Shark in Lyons. It includes editioned prints, ... |
| Sep 11, 2022 | Things to do
Things to do | Explore the cosmos with space experts and other Boulder events for today | Spaced Out: The inaugural event will bring in speakers from five local space organizations — including Ball Aerospace, CU’s Fiske Planetarium, Lockheed Martin, SwRI, and PSI — to explore the cosmos. Presentations will consist of fascinating... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | Local News
Local News | WOW! Children’s Museum rings in the Year of the Tiger | On Monday, the sounds of play and laughter that typically fill the WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette were interrupted by the sound of a beating drum.
Through the side entrance emerged three lions, who danced and shook their way through th... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Front Range Valentine’s parties include burlesque, chocolate pairings and tunes for days | From an anti-Valentine’s Day party for teens, Loveland’s Sweetheart Festival, crooners singing love songs and a giant group wedding, here are some events around the Front Range to make Valentine’s Day weekend entertaining.
Loveland Sweethea... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Last-minute Halloween costume ideas and festive Front Range parties | Halloween is almost here and, given that last year’s celebration was pretty much heavily restricted due to the pandemic, this weekend folks have total permission to go all out while still practicing COVID-19 safety protocols and social dist... |
| Sep 21, 2021 | WOW! Children’s Museum to host On Tap fundraiser | While the kids are away, WOW! Children’s Museum is inviting the community’s adults to come out and play like a kid again and enjoy some food and drinks at its upcoming On Tap fundraiser.
From 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 1 at the museum, community m... |
| Mar 1, 2021 | WOW! Children’s Museum to host annual ‘Girls in Science’ event | This month, girls ages 3 and up will have the opportunity to virtually meet real female scientists and explore science activities at home with a hands-on kit during Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum’s third annual Girls in Science celebrat... |
| Oct 28, 2020 | WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette to hold virtual fundraiser | WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette announced the annual WOW! on Tap Fundraiser is going virtual at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13. Community members are invited to join on Zoom to celebrate the museum’s 24th birthday and purchase a party box to partici... |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Virtual and in-person haunts: Front Range guide to 2020 Halloween events | It’s the most wonderful time of the year (arguably, I guess), but it sure doesn’t look like it. Besides the lovely fall colors being whipped off trees and onto asphalt from near gale-force winds, Halloween sure looks different this year.
“B... |
| Oct 7, 2020 | WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette announces new education series | WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette announced the museum will have a new series of education programs beginning the week of Oct. 19 for children in grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5.
According to a press release, the five-week series will have activi... |
| Jul 31, 2020 | WOW! Children’s Museum announces phased reopening | Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum announced on Friday it would reopen but in a phased approach starting Aug. 8 after being closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
During the first phase of reopening, the museum will operate at r... |
| Dec 30, 2019 | New Year’s Eve parties and other Boulder-area events Dec. 31, 2019 | WOW! New Year’s Eve Party — Ring in the New Year at WOW! before bedtime. Join us for noisemaker crafts, face painting, balloon animals, Bunny and Birdie Comedy Magic Show, and refreshments — all leading up to a grand countdown celebration t... |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Diversity in Tech conversation and other Boulder-area events Dec. 11, 2019 | Boulder Conversations: Creating Space for Diversity in Tech — Join us for a conversation with Bhavna Chhabra, Google Boulder’s engineering site director and longtime Boulder resident. Born in India, Bhavna moved to Boulder to study computer... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Avalanche Awareness Clinic and other Boulder-area events Dec. 10, 2019 | Avalanche Awareness Clinic — Every year, avalanches are one of the leading causes of death among backcountry enthusiasts. Colorado consistently leads the nation in avalanche fatalities. In this one hour, free avalanche-awareness clinic, our... |
| Oct 24, 2019 | WOW! Children’s Museum receives $10,000 grant from Blue Credit Union for mural | WOW! Children’s Museum recently received a $10,000 grant from Blue Federal Credit Union for its new community mural.
On Oct. 1, the museum held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the new mural, which was made possible by the assistance of 300 ne... |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum to close for renovations | In a couple of weeks, Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum will have some new and updated looks.
The WOW! Children’s Museum will be renovating its south wing Sept. 2-17 and will be closed during the construction. Sawyer More paints dinosaur b... |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Craft Beer Festival and other Boulder-area events Aug. 24, 2019 | Boulder Craft Beer Festival — Bringing the best craft breweries from Boulder County and beyond together for a tasting festival, offering attendees samples of Boulder’s best beer. The festival includes live music, lawn games and food for pur... |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Dusty Slay comedy gig and other Boulder-area events Aug. 23, 2019 | Dusty Slay Comedy at the Dairy — Fresh off a dynamic appearance at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, comedian Dusty Slay most recently sold a sitcom pitch to ABC. The pilot is inspired by Slay’s childhood growing up the youngest of ... |
| Jul 20, 2019 | Children’s Discovery Garden takes root Saturday at Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum | Saturday morning, Lisa Atallah , an executive director at Garden to Table, helped children make indents in the dirt of a brand new garden bed at Lafayette’s WOW! Children’s Museum.
Children followed her lead in careful folding carrot, beet,... |
| Jul 19, 2019 | WOW! Children Museum receives $30,000 grant to help grow Play for All Initative | A local children’s museum will be able to provide more memberships to families in need after receiving a $30,000 grant.
The WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette received a grant from the Buell Foundation, a philanthropic organization that su... |
| Jul 14, 2019 | WOW! Children’s Museum holding grand opening for outdoor garden play space | WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette is inviting the community to celebrate its new outdoor garden play space on Saturday.
The space includes learning zones focused on sensory experiences, horticulture exploration and wellness, a demonstrati... |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Halloween guide: Adult-only, family-friendly, scary, fun | Fire up the fishnet and cinch up those corsets.
The Exotica Erotica Ball is back at the Boulder Theater for the first time in more than a decade.
It’s one of a handful of adult-only Halloween parties, shows and gatherings in Boulder County ... |
