It’s May, the month of “yes you may.” As Lerner and Loewe described it in Camelot: “That darling month when ev’ryone throws self-control away. It’s time to do a wretched thing or two, and try to make every precious day one you’ll always rue!” Special days are Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and on the last Monday, Memorial Day.
Historically, the gentle warmth of the month causes flowers to blossom, crops to sprout and people to dance. The month’s May-time merriment remains to this day.
To help you stay young and happy, here are our choices for shopping, dining and entertainment to chase the bees away and pluck flowers in the merry month of May:
3 Celebrate Historic Denver’s birthday Looking Forward, Looking Back at the Molly Brown House May 1-Sept. 19. Exhibit reveals how home was saved, view Brown’s residence for first time. Information: 303-832-4092.
3 Buy produce, products, and food on Colorado Fresh Market’s farmers market in Cherry Creek’s first day at 1st. & University May 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: 303-442-1847.
3 Help American Lung Assn. at Coors Field Flight For Air Climb fundraiser May 8, 8 a.m. Climb at pace of your choice. Information: 303-847-0280.
3 Enjoy creative stations, stage shows at indoor FamilyFest in the National Western Complex May 8, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.. Information: 303-400-3470.
3 Treat mom to Mother’s Day brunch to 3 p.m. or dinner at Cherry Creek’s Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafood. Full menu includes Chilean Seabass, Swordfish “Paella,” and Filet Mignon. Information: 303-333-2462.
3 Have a hitch in your giddy-up? Hook-up with The Hitch Corner at 1900 S. Quince. They sell-install trailer hitches, also heavy-duty towing experts, especially 5th Wheel & Gooseneck Hitches. Information: 720-277-7782.
3 Catch blues band the Delta Sonics playing Dazzle@Baur’s May 15, 9 p.m. Swing, R&B & Rock n’ Roll also on play list. Information: 303-839-5100.
3 View Colorado Women’s Caucus for Art’s 30th birthday exhibition at D’art Gallery on Santa Fe through May 30. Information: 720-486-7735.
3 Now two nights only, Cleo Parker Robinson’s 50th Anniversary Spring Show titled Come Passion, is May 8-9, 7 p.m. Created by Robinson to celebrate where they’ve come from, the 12-member Ensemble will be dancing new and previously performed works. The hybrid performance with limited theater seating features dance and film blending live-streamed and recorded performances. Information: cleoparker dance.org.
The Anglo Saxon word for May was Tri-Milchi, meaning the grass had become so lush and green that you could milk the cows three times a day. Denver’s average temperature in May is between 67 and 74 degrees Fahrenheit, dropping to a low of between 42 and 46 °F. Nearly every day warms to over 50 °F in Denver. May’s weather is also the rainiest-cloudiest of the year in Denver. Nonetheless, in our dry climate only one in three days during the month normally gets any precipitation.
Virgin shy, fresh and gentle, May is spiritual, beautiful, green and lusty warm. A fun month, we devote May 5th to eating tacos and drinking margaritas on Cinco de Mayo. Every “May-stro” from Johannes Brahms to country artist Cam have set texts about May to music. “It’s mad, it’s gay, a libelous display,” the rousing month of May.
— Glen Richardson
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