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Ditch Project Calendar of Events |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 |
The Ditch Project
May 9 to July 8: The Ditch Project at the Library, and Ditch Sculpture in Central Park.
May 15 to June 19: The Ditch Project at the Dairy Three concurrent venues each show different artwork, photo essays and educational material about ditches.
May 10, 2PM: Story telling at the Boulder Public Library Auditorium. Renée Fajardo and the Chimaltonalli Troupe will tell the tale of La Llorona, to warn small children away from irrigation ditches. Explore the myths and story behind La Llorona as she is brought to life in by one of Denver’s foremost professional storytelling, music and dance troupes.
May 15, 5-8PM: Opening Receptions at the Dairy Center for the Arts and Boulder Public Library. Join us for the grand opening of the show at both venues.
May 16, 10AM-5PM: Ditch Symposium at Boulder Public Library Auditorium. Hundreds of miles of irrigation ditch have watered the land and fed the people of Boulder County for 150 years. This piece of local history is caught between the desire for agriculture and the urbanization of our land. Ditches have constructed much of what we now call our “natural” Front Range landscape. Join us to learn about the people who work the ditches, the issues they face, and solutions for the future of these rapidly urbanizing waterways.
May 19, 3:30-6PM: A Walking History Tour of Our Riches of Ditches: Boulder’s irrigation ditches date back to the founding of our town, and are steeped in history and surprising stories! Join the city’s Water Resources Administrator Bob Crifasi for a walking/car-pooling tour of downtown Boulder ditches. This 2-3 hour tour will include headgates, measuring devices, and the grave of an early ditch developer. Learn where Boulder’s first ditches go and how they work. Meet in the parking lot above Eben Fine Park, in the parking spaces along Arapahoe Avenue.
May 21, 7PM: Avant-garde cinema of Water at the Boulder Public Library Auditorium. Join us for a night of films about water, by Stan Brakhage, Peter Greenaway, Rob Steiner, James Davis and J. J Murphy.
May 27, 2-5:30PM: A Bike Tour of Our Riches of Ditches: Celebrate Boulder’s Sesquicentennial on a bike! Join the city’s Water Resources Administrator Bob Crifasi for a fascinating bike tour of South Boulder Creek irrigation ditches. Boulder’s irrigation ditches date back to the founding of Boulder, and are steeped in history and surprising stories! For over a century, these ditches have shaped our town, changed our creeks, and helped feed generations of people. Meet at the City Limits trailhead, on the southeast corner of Highway 93 and Marshall Rd. The bike tour will end at Arapahoe and South Boulder Creek near the Subaru dealership.
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