 A youngster tries out one of the many MathAlive! games inside the Space Foundation's Discovery Center. The interactive exhibit will be at the center through April 30. Westside Pioneer photo
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From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Westside nature attractions' 19th annual event will offer free activities, presentations and/or entertainment for different ages.
Before that, people are welcome to join a cleanup of the Garden of the Gods, which is a city park.
The center and the ranch are located across from each other at 30th Street and Gateway Road. People can park in either locale, with a regular shuttle running between them.
For more information, including participation in the cleanup, call the Visitor Center at 219-0108 or go to gardenofgods.com.
Other Visitor Center activities...
Called “Hiking through History,” the two-mile loop will start from and finish at the GoG Visitor & Nature Center, 1805 N. 30th St., led by Elizabeth Barber, lead interpreter for Rock Ledge.
Reservations are required at 219-0108. There is no charge, but donations are welcome.
The scheduled dates are March 3, April 7 and May 5.
With stories and crafts, the free program is a collaboration between the center and the Pikes Peak Library District.
The location is the second-floor Red Rocks Room. No reservations are necessary, although space could be an issue, depending on the turnout.
Interactive math exhibit
MathAlive! is designed to answer the age-old question: “Will I ever use all this math they're teaching us?”
So states an announcement of an exhibit that the Raytheon Company has brought to the Space Foundation's Discovery Center, 4425 Arrowswest Drive, off Garden of the Gods Road.
Continuing through April 30, the interactive exhibit is in addition to others already in place at the Discovery Center, open Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $10 for adults, $4.50 for children ages 4-17, $1 for children ages 2-3 and free for children under 2. Military discounts are available.
According to a press release, the exhibition uses video games, sports, fashion, music and robotics to create “interactive and immersive experiences” to bring math to life.
The Raytheon Company is an international firm specializing in defense, government and cybersecurity markets.
For more information, visit spacefoundation.org/ museum, or call the Space Foundation at 576-8000.
New Horizons concert
The New Horizons Band of Colorado Springs will close its spring semester with a concert March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Coronado High School, 1590 W. Fillmore St.
The show will feature the 80-piece Symphonic Band directed by Rob Rodine, as well as its Concert Band directed by Jeff Ader.
There will also be music by Ingri Fowler's Orchestral Strings before the concert and Thomas Tabrah's Jazz Ensemble at intermission.
A donation of $2 is requested.
For more information, contact Steve Paradis at 641-5318 or srparadis@earthlink.com.
Parenting author to speak
Kim John Payne, an education consultant and author of a nationally distributed book on parenting, will speak at Mountain Song Community School, 2904 W. Kiowa St., Wednesday, March 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
“This lecture will be great,” said Raj Solanki, director of the state-chartered K-7 school. “He is the author of the best selling book on parenting, 'Simplicity Parenting.' He also created the student behavior support system we've implemented this year and it's been very successful.”
In an article for a national publication, Payne wrote that to prepare children for an unpredictable future requires “a way of life that promotes play and creativity and honors kids' needs and natural rhythms.”
The lecture is open to the general public. Attendees are asked to donate: $15 for one person, $25 for two.
For more information, call 203-6364.
'Parenthood' reopens
Damaged during the mass-murder shooting incident last November, the Planned Parenthood at 3480 Centennial Blvd. has recently reopened, although building renovations are ongoing.
Vicki Cowart, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, provided this information in a late-February column in the Gazette.
Metal fencing has been erected around the 11,700-square-foot building, which is set back from Centennial among a group of medically oriented buildings, north of the King Soopers shopping center off Fillmore Street.
Two people inside Planned Parenthood - Ke'Arre Stewart and Jennifer Markovsky - were killed in the shooting, as well as a police officer, Garrett Swasey.
Robert Dear was arrested and remains in custody. No trial date has been set.
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