2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Día de los Muertos Celebration)

On 2nd Saturday, visit CSU Spur for free, family-friendly fun presented by Canvas Credit Union. The theme this 2nd Saturday is Día de los Muertos. Join us to work on a “CANstruction” project with We Don’t Waste, make paper flowers and suncatchers for the ofrenda in Hydro, grab a free concha, check out a mobile art museum and the Sci on the Fly trailer, enjoy dance performances, and more!

October 2nd Saturday activities include:

Timed events:

• 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Drums (Hydro)
• 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Solo practice (Hydro)
• 10:30-11 a.m.: TGEC demonstration: How horses see the world (Vida)
• 11 a.m.-12 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: What is banda? Presentation on Mexican regional music (Hydro)
• 11:15-11:45 a.m.: TGEC demonstration: Meet the minis (Vida)
• 12-1 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Voice (Hydro)
• 12-1 p.m.: Spur Music Lab performance: Kalpulli Color Aztlan Quetzalcoatl Dance Group (Hydro)
• 12:15-12:45 p.m.: TGEC demonstration: How horses are used in equine-assisted services (Vida)
• 1-1:30 p.m.: TGEC demonstration: Horse human anatomy comparison with a mounted rider (Vida)
• 1-2 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Solo practice (Hydro)
• 1-2 p.m.: Spur Music Lab performance: Banda La Patrona y Colorado Youth Mariachi Program Concierto (Hydro)

Ongoing programs (10 a.m.-2 p.m.):

• CANstruction project with We Don’t Waste (Hydro)
• Papel picado art projects (Hydro)
• Add decorations to the ofrenda (Hydro)
• Interactive stream table (Hydro)
• Kids’ mock water lab (Hydro)
• Spur Music Lab: Mini Musico’s Explorer’s Room (Hydro)
• Spur Music Lab: Jamming (Hydro)
• Spur Music Lab: Recording (Hydro)
• Denver Art Museum Creative Caravan (Hydro Backyard)
• Spur Start information sessions and tours (The Shop, Hydro)
• Shadow box-making in the Makerspace (The Shop, Hydro)
• Scent jar activity (Terra)
• Concha giveaway (Terra)
• Paper flower making with Museo de las Americas (Terra)
• Face painting (Terra)
• Kids’ mock kitchen (Terra)
• Green roof and greenhouse tours (Terra)
• Blue Silo art exhibition (Terra)
• Make a suncatcher (Vida)
• Kids’ mock vet clinic (Vida)
• Virtual reality, ages 9+ (Vida)
• Humane Colorado surgeries (Vida)
• Juried art exhibition: What Does Water Mean to You? (Vida)
• Cyanotypes art exhibition (Vida)
• Sci on the Fly trailer (outside Vida)

Activity booths (10 a.m.-2 p.m.)

• Colorado State Forest Service (Hydro)
• Compost Colorado (Hydro)
• CSU Spur Music Lab (Hydro)
• Colorado Krav Maga (Hydro)
• Bluff Lake Nature Center (Terra)
• Denver Preschool Program (Terra)
• Stoca Academy (Terra)
• CAM’s Ag Academy (Terra)
• Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (Vida)
• Temple Grandin Equine Center (Vida)
• Rodeo Dental (Vida)
• Hopkins Education Services (Vida)

Plus, enjoy food, coffee, and drinks available for purchase from Little Finch.

*All activities subject to change or cancellation.