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Event Series: 2nd Saturday at CSU Spur

2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Winter Festival)

Name: 2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Winter Festival)
Start: 2025-12-13T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-12-13T14:00:00-07:00
Location: CSU Spur

Dec 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Every 2nd Saturday of the month, visit CSU Spur for free, family-friendly fun presented by Canvas Credit Union. The theme this 2nd Saturday is Winter Festival. Join us for a holiday market featuring local vendors and unique gifts, warm treats, winter crafts, and a joyful community atmosphere.

December 2nd Saturday activities include:

Timed activities:

10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Local guest artist performance and singalong with Chantil Dukart (Hydro 2nd floor)
11-11:30 a.m.: Temple Grandin Equine Center equine-assisted services demonstration (Vida 2nd floor)
12-12:30 p.m.: Meet the mini horses (TBD)
12-2 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Local guest artist performance with Jeanette // Streight Jazz Duo (Hydro 2nd floor)
12-2 p.m.: DCI TOUR workshop (Hydro 1st floor)
12-2 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Voice lab (Hydro 2nd floor)

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

Artisan winter market (Hydro lobby)
Snowflake-making with salt and water (Hydro 1st floor)
Make customized reusable gift pouches and cozy winter crafts (The Shop)
Spur Music Lab: Mini Musico’s Explorer’s Room for ages 0-6 (Hydro 2nd floor)
Spur Music Lab: Solo practice lab for ages 7+ (Hydro 2nd floor)
Spur Music Lab: Group jam lab for ages 8+ (Hydro 2nd floor)
Spur Music Lab: Open studio lab / pop-up recording studios for ages 9+ (Hydro 2nd floor)
Spur Music Lab: Amateur open mic (Hydro 2nd floor)
Spur Music Lab: Local guest artist performances (Hydro 2nd floor)
Interactive stream table (Hydro 2nd floor)
Environmental games with EPA (Hydro 3rd floor)
Make a corn husk doll with History Colorado (Hydro 3rd floor)
Water Education Colorado informational booth (Hydro 3rd floor)
Practice the skills of a scientist in the kids’ mock lab (Hydro 3rd floor)
Plant-based nutrition and wellness with Shopbipoc (Terra 1st floor)
Make buttons and sign up for a library card with the Denver Public Library (Terra 1st floor)
Interactive matching games and rice bran samples with CSU Honors Program (Terra 1st floor)
Family Resilience Center activity booth (Terra 1st floor)
Pretend to be a chef in the kids’ mock kitchen (Terra 3rd floor)
Make and decorate ornaments with the Mayor’s Office of the National Western Center (Terra 3rd floor)
Make a cookie in a bag with CAM’s Ag Academy (Terra 3rd floor)
Insect games with Denver Extension Master Gardeners (Terra 4th floor)
Green roof and greenhouse tours (Terra 4th floor)
Sci on the Fly trailer (outside Vida)
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies activity booth (Vida 1st floor)
Parent Possible information booth (Vida 1st floor)
Decorate client meal bags with Project Angel Heart (Vida 1st floor)
Hand-crafted natural body care with Erika Wayoro (Vida 1st floor)
Virtual reality for ages 9+ (Vida 1st floor)
Pretend to be a veterinarian in the kids’ mock vet clinic (Vida 1st floor)
Humane Colorado surgeries (Vida 1st and 2nd floors)
Visit with Temple Grandin Equine Center staff and volunteers (Vida 2nd floor)

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

*All activities subject to change or cancellation.

Details

Date: Dec 13, 2025
Time:
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Series:

2nd Saturday at CSU Spur

Organizer

CSU Spur
Phone 303-534-6290
Email csusystemspur@colostate.edu
View Organizer Website

Venue

CSU Spur
4777 National Western Drive
Denver, CO 80216 United States + Google Map
View Venue Website

KATHLEEN GALVIN

University Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

Dr. Kathleen Galvin is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography and former Director of the Africa Center at Colorado State University. She is also an Advising Faculty member for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, where she founded the Human-Environment Interactions specialization for graduate students interested in a robust academic background in social-ecological systems.

She has conducted interdisciplinary social-ecological systems research in the drylands of East Africa and East Asia. Galvin has worked with local communities on land-use change, biodiversity conservation, food security, and climate change impacts and adaptation. She uses social-ecological systems frameworks, simulation modeling, and geospatial tools to understand human-environment issues and interactions. Her current research examines local perceptions of climate change and environmental issues, and explores actions to achieve viable solutions in Kenya. Another project focuses on understanding the trade-offs of community-based conservation for people and the environment throughout Africa. She has just completed a NASA grant to understand household decisions, ecosystem change, and atmospheric water recycling in Kenya through modeling for water futures.

She has taken on transdisciplinary science, linking science with society to ensure that her work’s impact goes well beyond the academy. As a lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2019), she was instrumental in linking the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services with diverse governance and knowledge systems worldwide.

She is a Fellow in the Society of Applied Anthropology, a past Fellow in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 2012, she received the National Sustainability Science award from the Ecological Society of America for her team’s efforts to use their scholarship to collaborate with pastoral communities and policymakers in eastern Africa. In 2017, the College of Liberal Arts awarded her the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Award, recognizing a career of outstanding research, teaching, and service achievement.

2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Winter Festival)

Details

Organizer

Venue

Hours

Location

CHRIS SHAFFNER

JAMES HENDERSON

EMMA TROLLER

PETER CULP

KATHLEEN GALVIN

CHRISTINA SOHN

BORIS NIKOLAEV

ELIZABETH BABCOCK

ALEX BUDAK

KAREN SCHLATTER

LINDSAY ROGERS

JARED ROMERO

JULIE DAVIES O’SHEA

GIGI KARMOUS-EDWARDS

MARA WALLER

TOM VILSACK

KATE WATKINS

TONY FRANK

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