Venues in Lafayette

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The City’s recreation center on West Baseline Road: pools, gym, weight room and fitness classes…The City’s recreation center on West Baseline Road: pools, gym, weight room and fitness classes. Daily admission $5.75 for adults, $4 for youth and seniors; a $34 million renovation and expansion is in design, with construction to start in 2027.

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The Lafayette Historical Society’s museum in the Lewis House…The Lafayette Historical Society’s museum in the Lewis House, an 1890s coal miner’s cottage on East Simpson Street, called the Miners Museum until 2022. Open Wednesday to Friday mornings and Saturday 8 to noon.

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The City’s library on West Baseline Road: storytimes most mornings…The City’s library on West Baseline Road: storytimes most mornings, the Studio 775 Makerspace with 3D printers and a laser cutter, a Library of Things, museum passes, and the meeting room where the City holds its public updates.

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The City’s arts center at the north end of Public Road: free exhibits that change every couple of months…The City’s arts center at the north end of Public Road: free exhibits that change every couple of months, workshops, and the Cultural Arts Board’s meetings. “Gathered,” the Open Studios group show, hangs November 13 to January 10.

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A hands-on children’s museum a block east of Public Road, thirty years old this November…A hands-on children’s museum a block east of Public Road, thirty years old this November. Children 1 to 11 $15, adults $9, under 1 free, $2 off after 3 pm; Sundays noon to 5 from November 8.

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The City-owned public golf course designed by Hale Irwin, in the Indian Peaks neighborhood off Baseline Road…The City-owned public golf course designed by Hale Irwin, in the Indian Peaks neighborhood off Baseline Road. Tee times and green fees are on its site; the golf shop is 303-666-4706.

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A nonprofit performing and visual arts center on Courtney Way: classes from acting to dance for all ages…A nonprofit performing and visual arts center on Courtney Way: classes from acting to dance for all ages, a youth theatre program for 11- to 16-year-olds, an adult mainstage with open auditions, and productions through the year.

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The City Open Space program’s volunteer-staffed interpretive station at Waneka Lake and the Greenlee Wildlife…The City Open Space program’s volunteer-staffed interpretive station at Waneka Lake and the Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, open weekend afternoons from September to April and weekend mornings in summer, with activities on local ecosystems, history and sustainability.