It’s May! It’s May! The Merry Month of May! Hurray, there is finally spring in our step. Flowers are blooming, birds chirping, gardens growing, and we can begin entertaining outside.
May is the closest we get to paradise here on earth. As the days lengthen, sunny days outshine the cloudy ones, and we can finally put the snow shovels and heavy blankets away.
To help you spring forth, here are our choices for shopping, dining, and entertainment so you’ll have time to celebrate, reflect, plant, play, and rejoice in all the month has to offer:
3 Start May by joining Denver Kids for their breakfast May 3 in the Seawell Ballroom, registration at 6:45 a.m., program 7:30 a.m. You’ll be helping Denver Public School students succeed. Information: denverkids.org./breakfast.
3 Start your spring garden early by going shopping at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Denver Botanic Gardens, May 6-7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information: 720-865-3500.
3 You’ll make May memorable by attending Denver Young Artists New Morning for the World at Boettcher Concert Hall, 2:30 p.m. Information:303-893-4100.
3 Keep May very merry by enjoying Fabled Journey’s mystical music concert at the Wash Park Center for Music, May 14, 7:15 p.m. Information: 917-771-0433.
3 Monaco Inn Restaurant has been a perennial favorite for families on Mother’s Day by blending Greek and American styles. Serving specials plus full Greek & American menu Mom will love, May 8, 3 to 9 p.m. Information: 303-320-1104.
3 Make your home and building’s interior and exterior sparkle this spring by calling Emerald Isle Painting. In business for 20 years they offer expert experience, providing both high quality work and products. Information: 303-322-4753.
3 Don’t miss the Colorado Symphony and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble’s tribute to its founder at Boettcher, May 20, 7:30 p.m. Information: 720-389-6203.
3 Take the family to see work for sale during Denver Arts Festival at Central Park’s Conservatory Green, May 28-29, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Information: 303-330-8237.
3 Volunteer to participate in Colorado Uplift’s one-day May 7 event to impact communities and schools through a variety of service projects. This year you, your family, colleagues, friends, and neighbors will be able to choose which project site they would like to help at. Sites will be announced by the time you receive the Chronicle. Just one day of volunteering will significantly help Valley schools and communities. Information: coloradouplift.org/big-lift.
May is this year’s — and each year’s — most exclusive month when it comes to days of the week. No other month in a single year starts or finishes on the same weekend as does May.
Whether it’s World Press Freedom Day or National Buttermilk Biscuit Day, there’s something official for you to celebrate every single day throughout the month of May.
The end of May means “longer days, more time to sit and watch the pendulum swing,” sings Michael Buble. Just MAY-be his Crazy Love song hits the right chord.
— Glen Richardson
The Valley Gadfly can be reached at newspaper@glendalecherrycreek.com.