Ghoul morning, Colorado, and Completely satisfied Halloween!
How would you want a tortured metaphor linking spooky season to the election? Effectively, fortunate for you, I obtained nothing. After a month of nightly scary-movie watching, poll-watching and doom-scrolling, I’m sort of simply prepared for October to finish and Tuesday to get right here.
We’re nearly there. If you happen to’ve been ready for the calendar to flip to develop into extra acquainted together with your poll, right here’s one other reminder to try our Voter Information.
Let’s flip to immediately’s information.
ENVIRONMENT
The city of Rico, a former silver mining camp 35 miles from Telluride that’s now residence to about 280 folks, would be the beneficiary of a posh cope with Atlantic Richfield Co., now a subsidiary of BP America, that guarantees to complete digging lead-contaminated soil from yards and paving over lead-tainted roadways over the subsequent few years. Michael Sales space has the main points.
WATER
Every year, storms choose up mud from throughout the Southwest and drop it on Colorado’s mountain snowpack, the place it influences how the snow melts and impacts water provides, forecasts, ecosystems and extra. It’s a problem being tackled by a brand new collaborative of 21 specialists, who this week shared their ideas and recommendations. Shannon Mullane has extra.
BUSINESS
The tech enterprise accelerator Techstars — which made waves within the native entrepreneurial neighborhood earlier this yr when it left its hometown of Boulder — is relaunching the place it started. However issues will likely be completely different this time round. Tamara Chuang explains how.
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Oct. 31-Nov. 6
Día de los Muertos. Día de los Muertos has lengthy been an essential celebration in Mexico, and has made its approach into American tradition by the Latin American diaspora. Its origins are pinned to the Indigenous Mexican and Aztec custom of memorializing the lifeless throughout two months of summer time, however throughout Spanish rule, the Catholic calendar was launched, and the Indigenous celebration was synced up with the Catholic All Souls’ Day, which falls on Nov. 2.
You will discover Día de los Muertos celebrations all through the state, marked by their vivid and festive emblems: the sugar skulls, the marigolds and the richly adorned ofrendas, or altars filled with choices to the deceased.
In metro Denver, attend the three-day avenue pageant Muertos en Westwood, take pleasure in a neighborhood procession and ballet folklórico at Museo de las Americas, or try a brand new artwork exhibit and block celebration within the 40 West Arts District in Lakewood.
In Pueblo, the Latino Chamber of Commerce will host the primary costume parade alongside the riverwalk, and the El Pueblo Historical past Museum will host sugar cranium adorning, performances and a neighborhood ofrenda. And within the Roaring Fork Valley, don’t miss the Carbondale Arts pageant on Friday, then cease by the Aspen Artwork Museum for family-friendly actions on Sunday afternoon.
Free; Nov. 1-3; Varied places
Eat, drink and be scary.
— Kevin & the entire workers of The Solar
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