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This week in Longmont: Free Art & Sip classes, city birthday bash, summer child care and more

A recap of news and events happening in Longmont as provided by the city.
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NEWS RELEASE
CITY OF LONGMONT
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Virtual Coffee with Council
Longmont City Council will host Coffee with Council from 9 to 10 am virtually on Saturday. At this event, you can talk informally with at least two council members on any topic of your choice. Councilmembers Marcia Martin and Aren Rodriguez are scheduled to attend. Call-in instructions can be found at LongmontColorado.gov/City_Council. Call 303-651-8649 for more information.

Vaccine now available for Coloradans 70 and older
Coloradans who are 70 and older can now sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the state’s major health care providers:

Visit LongmontColorado.gov/Coronavirus or call 877-CO-VAX-CO (877-268-2226) for more information and to view a list of vaccine providers.

“Happy Birthday Longmont” special event
To mark the 150th anniversary of Longmont’s founding, the Longmont Museum’s Curator of History Erik Mason will delight you with favorite hometown memories and stories from the city's rich and colorful history during a special event at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Watch live on the Museum’s Facebook page, LongmontPublicMedia.org, or Comcast channel 8/880. Learn more at LongmontMuseum.org.

Recreation summer child care
Registration for the city of Longmont’s state-licensed summer child care and tween LOCO Care programs for children ages 5 (must have completed kindergarten) through 13 begins in February and is ongoing. Campers will enjoy engaging and fun, theme-based activities safely within current COVID guidelines in and around the St Vrain Memorial Building. Visit LongmontColorado.gov/summerdaycamp for registration forms and schedules. Call 303-651-8404 with questions.

Free Friday afternoon virtual concert
Enjoy an afternoon of music livestreamed direct from the Longmont Museum’s Stewart Auditorium. Violist Matthew Dane (Opera Colorado, Boulder Piano Quartet) and flutist Christina Jennings (University of Boulder) present a highly diverse program of solos and duos from Baroque to contemporary starting at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Jennings will feature a piece by new CU composition faculty, Annika Socolovsky; Dane will play both modern viola and the enigmatic 14-stringed viola d’amore. Watch live on the Museum’s Facebook page, LongmontPublicMedia.org, or Comcast channel 8/880. Learn more at LongmontMuseum.org or by calling the Museum at 303-651-8374

Virtual Art & Sip at the Longmont Museum
Making art not only feels good, it’s good for you. To make sure everyone can benefit from the transformative power of art in these trying times, the Longmont Museum is making its adult classes free this season. Multiple classes feature watercolor painting, acrylic painting, and polymer clay projects. Material lists and the full list of classes are provided online at LongmontMuseum.org. Join in on on the Museum’s Facebook page, LongmontPublicMedia.org, or Comcast channel 8/880 at 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday night starting next week. Have questions? Call the Museum at 303-651-8374.

Enliven Midwinter’s Night with storytellers
This time of year is generally known as the “dead of winter,” but it doesn’t stop the Longmont Library’s Spellbinder Storytellers from being lively. Tune in from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 for “A Midwinter’s Night Storytelling” — engaging, fun stories for the whole family in the oral storytelling tradition. Registration is required at Bit.ly/LibStories.

Shred your private documents for free
Safely and securely recycle your private documents by bringing your boxed or bagged documents to be shredded at the Waste Diversion Center, 140 Martin St., from 9 an.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 6.  This event is for residential documents only; no business materials will be accepted. Please bring identification and a copy of your most recent Longmont utility bill.

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