Living in Boulder
Boulder offers a lot of exciting recreational and entertainment opportunities, including live concerts, recreational activities, film festivals, and celebrations. Here are some highlights:
- The Bolder Boulder 10k foot race, held each Memorial Day, is an enormously popular event with local citizens and world-class athletes alike. www.bolderboulder.com
- The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse is a gift from Boulder's sister city, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and is the only one of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Handcrafted by over 40 Tajik artisans, the teahouse is a feast for the eyes with its vibrant colors, patterns, and furnishings. It features an eclectic international menu and teas from all over the world. www.boulderteahouse.com
- The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) has ever-changing exhibits and performances. www.bmoca.org
- Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, with more than 43,000 acres of preserved land near the city of Boulder, offers more than 130 miles of trails for hiking, runing, biking, rollerblading, and other recreational activities. www.ci.boulder.co.us/openspace
- The Boulder Public Library offers a year-round variety of lectures, concerts, and films, many of them free. www.boulder.lib.co.us/calendar
- The Boulder Theater and Fox Theatre host regular live music performances, many of which are all-ages shows. Boulder bands like The Samples and Big Head Todd and the Monsters have landed national record contracts. Look for your favorite local bands at clubs.
- The Chautauqua Park Auditorium presents both concerts and films in the summer. www.chautauqua.com
- The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has performed every summer on the CU-Boulder campus for 50 years. If you haven't yet experienced Shakespeare at night in the historic Mary Rippon Theatre, this is a must. www.coloradoshakes.org
- The publicly funded Community Access Television (CATV) offers low-cost access to camcorders, studios, and editing facilities for noncommercial programs to be shown on channel 54 and is available to any resident of Boulder. www.commtv.org
- The Dairy Center for the Arts features music, dance, and theatre performances. It also offers a multitude of classes for both children and adults. www.thedairy.org
- The Kinetic Sculpture Challenge (Kinetics) is held each spring at the Boulder Reservoir, where contestants build and race their own human-powered movable sculptures over land and water. Don't miss the parade prior to the event, which takes place on the Pearl Street Mall.
- The Pearl Street Mall is a great place to shop and enjoy many cafés and restaurants. Street vendors offer quick snacks, and a variety of street entertainers—such as contortionists, magicians, or the Zip Code Guy—will delight you.
For more information on events and activities in Boulder, contact the Boulder Convention and Visitor’s Bureau at 303-442-2911 or www.bouldercoloradousa.com.