Mar 05 2019
Walker Ranch Homestead Cultural History Volunteers learn fun and easy living history demonstrations to share at special events and weekday school field trips at the Walker Ranch Homestead, an 1880s-era ranch in the mountains. Volunteers dress in period costume, cook on a wood stove, give tours, chop wood, make shingles, churn butter, and do laundry …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/310131/boulder-county-latest-news/volunteer-opportunities-boulder-county-parks-open-space
Mar 05 2019
The Flatirons Rotary Club of Boulder recently celebrated its Charter Night Dinner commemorating the Chapter’s charter to operate as part of Rotary International. Twenty-one years ago, Boulder Rotary, led by Norris Hermsmeyer, helped found Flatirons Rotary. It is now one of the 35,000 Rotary clubs worldwide with 1.2 million Rotarians whose motto is “Service Above …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/311436/boulder-county-latest-news/flatirons-rotary-club-honors-brenda-lyle
Feb 26 2019
By Eileen MacNalich, AMAC At nearly 35 million strong, family caregivers are the nation’s largest unpaid work force. Caregivers for aging parents in particular, are unsung heroes– tasked with providing meaningful relief and doing their best to give these “patients” the fullest lives possible, they often sacrifice huge parts of their own lives in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/308602/boulder-county-latest-news/recognizing-preventing-family-caregiver-burnout
Feb 19 2019
Interfaith Quilters of Longmont celebrate the 33rd Annual Quilt Show and Sale on March 1st and 2nd of 2019. It is held at the First Lutheran Church, 803 Third Avenue in Longmont. This event is on the first weekend in March every year. The preview is open Friday evening, March 1st from 5pm to 8pm. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/308592/boulder-county-latest-news/interfaith-quilters-longmont-show-sale
Feb 12 2019
The Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of Colorado Boulder has announced a two-week run of “Into the Woods” set to kick off Feb. 22. In Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical “Into the Woods,” a childless baker and his wife venture into a forest to reverse an evil witch’s spell that prevents them …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/308599/boulder-county-latest-news/cu-theatre-dance-presents-2-week-run-into-woods
Feb 05 2019
Exhibition focuses on the early works of the photographic giant The Longmont Museum is hosting a giant in the field of landscape photography. In the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Ansel Adams: Early Works, viewers explore Ansel Adams’ masterful small prints from the 1920s into the 1950s “While Adams was prolific for more than five decades, the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/307771/boulder-county-latest-news/ansel-adams-exhibit-open-longmont-museum
Jan 22 2019
By Sarah Kuta If you’ve taken the plunge, you’ve likely heard some variation of the popular marriage expression: “Happy spouse, peaceful house.” But new research from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that the phrase doesn’t go far enough and that the quality of your marriage may be linked to how long you live. A …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/307171/boulder-county-latest-news/til-death-part
Jan 15 2019
A grandmother watched her newborn grandson as her daughter made the transition back to work. One day, the daughter found that her mom had put him to sleep on his belly (not on his back, which is the standard safety practice now for babies and has led to a reduction in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/307167/boulder-county-latest-news/grandparents-provide-child-care
Jan 08 2019
A birthday celebration was held at Rock Creek Kaiser Permanente for Mary Thomas who turned 104 on August 27th. Friends and family (she has three daughters and one son) were there for the big event! Mary takes part in Kaiser’s Silver Sneakers Stability class every Tuesday from 10:00-11:00. Her instructor, Mary Ann Brunson, thoroughly enjoys …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/307073/boulder-county-latest-news/mary-thomas-104-years-young
Jan 01 2019
Don McKinney, director of bands and associate professor of conducting, was announced Friday as a 2019 Grammy nominee in the category Best Classical Compendium. McKinney was nominated as a producer—alongside University of Texas at Austin conductor Jerry Junkin—on the Dallas Winds recording “John Williams at the Movies.” The album was released this past summer. The …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/307068/boulder-county-latest-news/college-music-professor-nominated-2019-grammy-award
Dec 11 2018
Scammers and criminals don’t take a break during the holidays, in fact they might ramp up their efforts. This holiday season be on the lookout for different ways scammers might try to take advantage of you. Here are a few steps you can take to ensure this holiday season is joyous and scam-free: • When …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/306350/boulder-county-latest-news/scam-watch
Dec 07 2018
Last month, my dear friend, Anne Feist, chapter leader of Boulder Valley Spellbinders ® (www.Spellbinders.org) contacted me and “asked” if my wife and I could attend a session of Generation Exchange on a Saturday morning, where CU Boulder students help older folks, through one-on-one coaching, solve problems they might be having with these weird new …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/306347/boulder-county-latest-news/volunteering-with-generation-exchange-cu-boulder-students
