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A Brahms Symphony Marathon

A look at the 2016 Colorado Music Festival Season shows that music by Johannes Brahms is featured, with a two night Brahms Symphony Marathon. On Thursday, July 7, 7:30 pm, at Chautauqua Auditorium, Director Jean Marie Zeitouni and the CMF Orchestra perform Boulder Brahms, Part I with the grand and dignified Symphony No.1 in C …

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Resources for Learning about Caregiving

It’s 2 weeks before the Caregiving Symposium as I write this. We’re expecting a large crowd, and we hope that each person finds helpful information and feels more empowered as a caregiver by the end of the day. But we know there are many working caregivers who won’t be able to attend, some who won’t …

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Colorado Shakespeare Festival Flips The Script

The Comedy of Errors casts women in lead roles, achieves gender parity William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is so timeless it needs no rewrite to get wall-to-wall laughs in the 21st century. But a few trailblazers at the Festival thought recently about the classic slapstick routines of Lucille Ball and wondered what would happen …

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Travel Training

Spring is a great time for you to try Via’s Travel Training Program. Spring has arrived…with warmer weather, more sunshine, and flowering plants adding color once again to our community. It’s the perfect time to become more familiar with the great public transit system available in Boulder. Boulder has the best public transit system outside …

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Viva Theater’s ‘Almost, Maine’

Almost, Maine is a heartwarming play is set in a beautiful frozen tundra of northern Maine, complete with snowmobiles, ice skating on frozen lakes, franks and beans at the Moose Paddy, and a tiny town where everybody knows everybody. It is a story of tragedy and redemption, and is about the chances at happiness that …

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CU Presents Announces The 2016-17 Season

There’s something for everyone in CU Presents’ star-studded 2016-17 season lineup. As the Artist Series celebrates 80 years bringing world class performers to Macky Auditorium, local favorites return and incredible new acts arrive. Season ticket sales begin Monday, March 28 at 10 a.m., and single tickets are available beginning Monday, August 15. Tickets are available …

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Via’s Volunteer Driver Program Meets Transportation Needs

Via’s new Volunteer Driver Program launched last fall to address the growing need for transportation and mobility options for Boulder County’s aging population is already delivering cost-effective transportation solutions in the communities we serve. Via’s team of five volunteer drivers is serving communities in East Boulder County (two drivers serving Lafayette, Louisville and Erie, two …

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Quantum Dots Successfully Combat Dangerous Bacteria

Bob Larson writes Technology is Hip coluumn via 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasingly big problem for human health. They kill over 23,000 people in the US every year. This bacteria has an immunity to antibiotic treatments making them extremely difficult to eradicate. New research being conducted at the University of Colorado in Boulder has found that tiny light activated particles known as quantum …

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BBB Reviews Advertising in Automotive Industry Sweep

The BBB serving Denver/Boulder has completed challenge one of three in their review of advertising used in the automotive industry. BBB annually conducts these reviews in an effort to identify and address patterns of advertising concerns on an industry level and to specifically ensure all are compliant with the BBB Code of Advertising and FTC …

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Summertime Activities and Programs

Experience the many recreational and cultural opportunities that will increase your awareness and appreciation of our natural and cultural resources in Boulder County region. Enjoy hikes, indoor programs, special events, seniors hikes and family friendly programs.  The county prioritizes the conservation of open space lands for the protection of critical wildlife habitats, protecting farms and ranches and …

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