This Week in Niwot: Aug 3, 2023

This Week in Niwot - 🌻 Niwot Flower Fest, 🎨 First Friday Art Walk, 🎶 Live Music, & much more
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Niwot Community News | Aug 3, 2023

This Week in Niwot

Rock & Rails

Thursday 8/3,  5-9pm

Niwot’s FREE summer concert series runs every Thursday night, June through August, in Whistle Stop Park.

5:00 – 6:00 : Happy Hour in the park, with drink specials and Opening Music by The Beloved Invaders

6:30 – 9:00 : Headliner - Guerilla Fanfare
(brass band)

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Live Music at The Wheel House

Thursday 8/3, 9-11pm
Jackson Maloney is a gifted local singer songwriter and folk musician.  He currently records original work at Dharma Farm, his barn-turned-music-venue at his home in Hygiene CO.

Friday 8/4, 7-9pm
Swing Aggregate is a jazz band hailing from Boulder led by guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Dan Buller. Swing Aggregate is an amalgamation of Jazz, Bebop, Gypsy Jazz and New Orleans styles, creating a unique sound that takes influence from several different Jazz idioms.

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First Friday Art Walk

Friday 8/4, 5-9pm | 2nd Ave & Cottonwood Square

Come celebrate local artists who will show work throughout Old Town and Cottonwood Square. Niwot businesses stay open late and most offer refreshments; there’s often music in the streets and in front some businesses. Before and after the art walk, plan happy hour or dinner at one of Niwot’s wonderful locally owned restaurants.
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Bondi Art Show

8/4, 5-9pm and 8/5, 11-8pm
Left Hand Grange

Michael Bondi's annual art show returns. Be enthralled by Bondi's evocative, beautifully composed scenes inspired by the artist’s trips to Italy, France, & Greece. Bondi’s richly colored, delicate paintings feature windowsill flowers lit up by the sun, cobblestone streets, and harbor life in the Mediterranean. Original watercolors and prints will be available in a variety of sizes.

First Friday Art Walk at Inkberry Books

Friday 8/4, 6-8pm | 7960 Niwot Rd

Please join us for a reception for the opening of "Mediterranean Land and Seascapes : Photos by Gene Hayworth and Keith Waters." Light refreshments will be served.

Dancing Under the Stars: Swing

Friday 8/4,  7pm | Cottonwood Square

Located outdoors amongst Niwot’s great independent stores, restaurants, pubs and coffee shops, come and have a beautiful Summer evening in Niwot! Parking is plentiful and free either in Cottonwood Square or the surrounding area.

7:00 – 7:45 pm  FREE Lessons

7:45 – 9:30 pm  FREE Social Dancing with DJ

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Niwot Flower Fest

Saturday 8/5,  10am-3pm
2nd Ave & Cottonwood Square

Flower Farmers * Makers * Music * Flower Fairy * Flower Crowns

Stop by Fly Away Home in Cottonwood Square anytime 10am or later. If you’re among the first 75 visitors, you’ll receive a punch card you can use at ten participating businesses–each will give you a different bloom–and a basket to hold your flowers. 

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Storytime at the Park with Carmela LaVigna Coyle

Saturday 8/5, 11am | Niwot Children's Park

Join TWJ and Carmela under the reading tree at Niwot's Children's Park for a special reading of her newest picture book, Something Spectacular, A Rock’s Journey, followed by a fun craft—building your very own mini rock cairn with something spectacular.

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Tween Writer's Workshop with Malia Maunakea

Saturday 8/5, 5-6pm | The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop

Malia Maunakea, author of the middle-grade novel Lei and the Fire Goddess, will talk about remixing myths and legends to create imaginative new stories. Attendees will work through identifying which myth from their own childhood excites them, digging deeper into how to develop a unique spin on an existing world.

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Weekday Storytime

Tuesday-Friday 11am |The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop

Join the TWJ team inside the Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop for a fun-filled storytime with reading, singing, and movement! Chosen books and songs are geared toward ages 2 to 6 but may be swapped out for more appropriate materials and activities depending on the audience's age range.

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Why Not Niwot? Juried Art Show People’s Choice Voting!

through 8/31 | Downtown Niwot and Cottonwood Square

Celebrate the uniqueness of Niwot at the 2023 Why Not Niwot? Juried Art Show! From July through August, cast your People's Choice Vote, with a chance to win a print of the grand prize piece. Pick up a ballot at any participating business.
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Plan Ahead:
8/10: Rock & Rails: Megan Burtt opening with headliner One On One (motown), 5-9pm
8/11: Dancing Under the Stars: Cuban Salsa, 7pm
8/12: Storytime in the Park with Ali, Niwot Children's Park, 11am
8/12: Farow Monthly Cocktail Class: August Pre-Dinner Cocktails and Aperitifs, 3pm
8/19: Storytime in the Park with Kaz Windness, Niwot Children's Park, 11am
8/19: House Blend Band 2nd Ave Concert, 6-9pm
8/26: Yoga Storytime in the Park with Peggy Richard, Niwot Children's Park, 11am
8/26: Bluegrass for Bert presented by Cottonwood Concerts, 2-9pm
8/26: Afternoon Storytime in the Park with Josh Funk, Niwot Children's Park, 3pm

Community News & Announcements

Saturday 8/5 is Niwot's first-ever FlowerFest! Stop by Fly Away Home for a passport -- free to the first 75 visitors, and good for a free flower stem or gift from up to 13 participating businesses. Then bring your floral bounty to Belle Terre, where you'll receive a vase and tips for arranging your bouquet. Hope to see you Saturday!
Do you have old coins?  What is their history and value?  Come hear stories about some 150+ year old coins and learn how coins came to Colorado after the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush.
Wednesday, August 23rd.
This Sat., Aug. 5th 10 to 3pm. Your flower journey starts at Fly Away Home, Cottonwood Square
FREE SUPPORT FOR HEALING!
Monthly meetings with Raechel Koob, CHHC, of The Healing Collective
Hosted by UnaVida Niwot.
Hope to see you there!
Only a few seats left for Farow's August Cocktail Class!  Join our pre-dinner cocktails, aperitifs, and vermouths class. Discover the history and diversity of aperitifs & vermouths, & learn techniques to create pre-dinner cocktails. Join our bar pros at 3 PM August 12th to learn and taste your way through the perfect way to whet your appetite.
Rocky Mountain Christian Church is excited to host Shine Prom, an unforgettable evening of dancing, food, fun and connection for our beloved special needs community! This event is fueled by amazing volunteers and generous sponsors. To volunteer, be a guest, or sponsor the event, visit rocky.church/shine.
Thanks for supporting our small businesses in Niwot!
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