Steamboat with kids: Events, August 2016
Here are a few fun things we're doing this month (for more complete listings of goings on in and around town, see links below):
August 4: Dido and Aeneas
I first heard this opera as a freshman in college in a music survey class. It's so beautiful. And in English, which is cool, because you can understand what's going on. We had a CD of it and used to listen to it at dinner parties when my friend Chris and I lived together on the Hill in Boulder. My mother-in-law and I are going and Daddy's taking the kids for the evening. This is being performed at Strawberry Park Hot Springs and I'm not really sure what to expect. Are there going to be chairs and a stage? Are we all going to get into the hot springs and watch from there? We shall see...
August 5: Rodeo
We went to the Ranch Rodeo over the 4th of July weekend, which was fun, but I wanted to squeeze in a traditional rodeo in before summer is over. They do such a good job in Steamboat. I love the barrel racing. Luke loves that he can be as loud as he wants (I'm always asking him to pipe down because we live in a townhouse). Zo and Luke are really excited to get the ribbon off the lamb's tail. Should be a great night.
August 12: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Kids theater at the Larson Barn, which I've never been to. Zo will be doing her 2 days alone with Grammy and Papa so it'll just be Luke and Daddy and I...can't wait!
August 18–21: Routt County Fair
Ah, the fair. We haven't been yet, but you can't go wrong with kids at the fair...
August 31: Foreign Film
I love love love love indie and foreign films, but it's one of those things that I haven't been doing, there's just no time it feels like. But after going to the Seattle Film Festival earlier this summer I'm making time for this kind of thing. These movies aren't generally kid-friendly, but t's good for me to get out of the house and my husband's so great about taking the kids. The library does a film once a month at the Chief Theater, which is a really cool venue, it's free (although you can do donations), there's beer and wine for sale, the building is so cool...so glad I'm committed to doing this...