Welcome the Year of the Rooster with Chinese New Year lantern crafts and a traditional and lively lion dance performance by the Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu Association of Boulder, 11 a.m., WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette; $5-$9; wowchildrensmuseum.org/your-visit/calendar.
Clay sculptures by Bobbie Benson Bobbie Benson has created 12 Climate Heroes out of clay. They are men and women from around the world who have made important contributions to figure out solutions to climate change. Her goal was to make them whimsical and yet allow the heroes to speak their truth about activism and Climate Change. Benson believes that perhaps through artistic creativity, more minds can be persuaded to become environmental activists, all day, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder; free; 303-497-2570 or scied.ucar.edu/exhibits/community-art-program.
“Gestural Mapping” by Erin Wiersma Erin Wiersma identifies herself as a drawing based artist. Drawing allows her to witness and echo her daily life, through a visual process. A slow, laborious building of rich lines and gestures, embedded as layers of sediment allow Wiersma a record of her mark, mirroring the process of life, 9 a.m., Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; free; 303-444-7328 or pages.thedairy.org/exhibitions.
“Tank Girl” A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet, 7 p.m., Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Unit D, Longmont; free; 720-290-6064 or stillcellars.com/event/movie-monday-presents-tank-girl.
“Lars and the Real Girl” A painfully (pathologically?) shy Lars lives in a garage next to where his brother and pregnant wife reside. To combat his loneliness Lars orders an inflatable sex doll, and Bianca becomes a “real” central character in the film. The brother wants crazy Lars cured and fast. Patricia Clarkson plays the sympathetic doctor and the story is beyond charming, filled with complex family dynamics and communal healing, 6:30 p.m., Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $6-$11; 303-444-7328.
Identity, Crip Theory and Inclusion: Informal Roundtable with Dr. Robert McRuer Join visiting scholar Dr. Robert McRuer from The George Washington University in an informal discussion about interdisciplinary theories of identity, how they play out in the classroom, and how we might move forward toward greater inclusion and action, 10 a.m., University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Community, Room S350N, Boulder; free; 303-735-4357 or colorado.edu/diverselearners/schedule.
Sharing Our Stories: Mexican Immigrants in Media, Life and Myth Join us for an afternoon of autobiographical monologues written and performed by immigrants from Mexico and DACA students from our community. Between monologues, Dr. Arturo Aldama (Associate Chair of Ethnic Studies) will offer facts about the assets immigrants bring to our community and challenging media stereotypes of Mexican immigrants, 3:30 p.m., CU Boulder’s Old Main Theater, 1600 Pleasant St., Boulder; free; motustheater.org/event/sharing-our-stories-mexican-immigrants-in-life-media-and-myth-2.
Teen Sewing Workshop This class is specifically designed to help young teens improve sewing skills during school days off. We will cover safety, fabric and pattern terminology, and sewing machine mechanics, and get lots of practice sewing, with the goal of having students become more confident, independent sewers, noon, fabricate, 2017 17th st, Boulder; $60; 303-997-8245 or fabricateboulder.com/event/teen-sewing-workshop.
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