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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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That’s a long time!

Did you know that 2011 is the 150th anniversary of the Denver Municipal Band?  They’re the oldest professional band in the country!  Check out their website for dates and times you can see them perform (usually free of charge).  They’re playing a show a day from July 14-July 18, and dozens more through the end of the year.  Play on!

Denver Municipal Band, c. 1890

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