Colfax Creates a Colorful Canvas for Aurora’s Arts District

It’s a way to celebrate visual arts, small businesses, food, music, and one of metro Denver’s most under-appreciated neighborhoods. The Fourth Annual Colfax Canvas Mural Festival will be held on Sept. 16 from 12pm-5pm in the heart of Aurora’s Arts District along Colfax Avenue.
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Arts/Culture

Sounds of Mexico in the Neighborhood

If you want to hear—and learn—mariachi music in Denver, you only have to go so far as the East Central Park neighborhood in Aurora, home to the Colorado Youth Mariachi Program (CYMP).
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Business

Beer Money That Gives Back

In 2010, in the midst of a recession, three friends regularly got together for a few beers despite living at the poverty level as AmeriCorps volunteers. Betsy Lay, Kate Power, and Jen Cuesta looked around at all the other people who were also prioritizing buying a beer despite money being so tight, and brewed up an idea.
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Schools/Education

New Developments Escalate Turmoil at McAuliffe International School

As the new school year began, McAuliffe International School continued to face turmoil about the firing of principal Kurt Dennis, the use of a seclusion room in the school, and a vote by the school board to approve Dennis’ termination. UPDATE: DPS investigation conclusion made public after press time.
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People

Born into the Climate Crisis: Youth Working Toward a More Sustainable Future

As the burden of climate change will increasingly fall on our youth, "Front Porch" features two local students taking different approaches to some of the environmental challenges before us.
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News Updates

…NE News Updates

This month: New Pickleball Courts at MLK Rec Center; Boychik Expanding to Stanley Marketplace; I-70 Express Lane Tolling Now Live; DEN Reserve Reduces DIA Screening Time; Pauline Robinson Library Temporarily Closes; and Funding Supports Additional Hours at Sam Gary Library.
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Indie Prof

Indie Prof: a Climate Change Film Series plus “The Quiet Girl” and “The Splendid and The Vile”

One way to understand and process the world, for me, is through film. Therefore, in the spirit of education and action, I hope you join us at Earth Reel Resilience, a Climate Change Film Series this fall plus a powerful gem from Ireland that I highly recommend and a fascinating historical nonfiction book from venerable author Erik Larson.
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Events

Local Events: September thru Early October

View and add local events FREE at FrontPorchNE.com/events. Submissions by the 17th will be considered for printing in the upcoming month’s issue.
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Bird Sightings

Bird Sightings: Keystone Species

Many birds are raising their young at this time of year in the tree hole nests of aspen trees.
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Health & Wellness

COVID-19 VACCINE CALL LINE

On Jan. 25, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment launched a new call center for the public to ask questions specifically about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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