All’s fair in Arapahoe
The Arapahoe County Fair will be held July 22–26 at the Arapahoe
County Fairgrounds, 25690 E. Quincy Ave. in Aurora.
The $10 admission includes all concerts, including Firefall on
July 25, activities and entertainment, except carnival rides and
games.
Fairgoers can upgrade their ticket to unlimited carnival rides
for $5 Wednesday through Thursday and $10 Friday through
Sunday.
For a full schedule of events and to download a $2 off coupon
for the carnival upgrade, visit arapahoecountyfair.com.
Happy trails
The City of Centennial is seeking resident feedback on the draft
plan for the East Caley/Little Dry Creek Trail. The next public
meeting will be held July 29, 6:30–8 p.m. at Goodson Recreation
Center, 6315 S. University Blvd. in Centennial.
The subject of this open house will be the plans for the segment
of the trail east of Colorado Boulevard.
A moving library
The community is invited to celebrate the grand opening of the
new Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., at the new Streets at
Southglenn development in Centennial with a ribbon cutting on July
17, at 10 a.m. Refreshments will be served.
Grand opening festivities will continue throughout the weekend
with library mascot Tales the Reading Raccoon and the following
kid-friendly special events:
Flumpa & Friends — This live family show, for kids ages
3-11, will be held on July 17, 4:15-5 p.m. and will feature
“Flumpa, the famous tree frog, and Wendy, the singing
scientist.”
Dr. Noize — Also designed for kids ages 3-11, this live event
will take place on July 18, from 2-2:45 p.m. Be part of Dr. Noize’s
audience of “misunderstood geniuses” and help him arrange and
record songs playing his big collection of “instrumentz” and
“whatchama gadgets.”
For more information, visit arapahoelibraries.org or call
303-LIBRARY.