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the official blog of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District

Since 1989, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) has distributed funds from a 1/10 of 1% sales and use tax to cultural facilities throughout the seven-county Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. The funds support cultural facilities whose primary purpose is to enlighten and entertain the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement and preservation of art, music, theatre, dance, zoology, botany, natural history and cultural history.

Photobucket Learn about the interworkings of the SCFD and cultural happenings around the seven county metro area with your guide, Erica, Program Assistant for SCFD. Have a suggestion for an event? Are you an SCFD organization that wants to be reviewed? Shoot me an email at erica@scfd.org.

Colorado counties include Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. Everything written here is personal opinion and not intended to infer official judgment on the part of the SCFD, board members, or other staff.

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Hello!

Hi, I’m Erica, SCFD’s new Program Assistant, and I will be taking over this lovely blog.  Yes I know I’ve got some pretty big shoes to fill, but thankfully I have been working closely Cassiope and the entire staff for almost a year, so I think I’m up to, and well prepared, for the challenge.  I have lived in Denver for going on ten years now and I must say this is a truly amazing city we live in and I am really excited to work so closely with so many different cultural organizations in this fine metropolitan area of ours. 

So what’s first?  We’ll the weekend… check out some really fun cultural events from SCFD organization this weekend!

Head on over to Civic Center Park on Sunday 9/11 from 1-6pm for

Colorado Remembers
Free performances from the Beach Boys (yup you heard right!), Colorado Symphony, and Colorado Children’s Chorale. This event is made possible by the Cell, to learn more visit their website www.thecell.org/events

And while your there…

Take the Free Denver Public Art Tour!  To learn more about where and when check out Arts and Venues website.
http://www.denvergov.org/DenverOfficeofCulturalAffairs/Newsroom/NewsReleases/tabid/436778/newsid489820/4650/2011-free-Denver-Public-Art-tours/Default.aspx

Did you know…
That every 1% of every capitol project, undertaken by the city of Denver, goes towards public art?  Currently there is about 150 pieces of art in the cities collection- watch out Denver Art Museum!

Fun for the whole family!

Super Science Sunday- Backyard Biodiversity at the Denver Children’s Museum

2:30pm every Sunday in the month of September! http://mychildsmuseum.org/Default.aspx

Looking for a good deal?  Check out 2 for 1 tickets made possible by Arts and Venues and Visit Denver! http://www.denver.org/events/2for1tix

Get out and enjoy some culture this weekend! Stay tuned for much more exciting stuff to come!

~Erica

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