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Hi Boulder! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How BMoCA's new exhibit and expansion could reshape North Boulder arts
  • Meet the Boulder women being honored for lighting up the community.
  • How Boulder's JCC became a community hub—with goats and a farm.

Also on today's calendar: Encouragement Day Festival 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm in the afternoon, with a high of 90 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 89, low: 62.
  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. At BMoCA, three artists turn family history into a conversation across generations (boulderreportinglab.org) — A new multigenerational exhibition at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art invites you to step inside a family's creative world while the museum pursues a $25 million expansion at the planned North Boulder Creative Campus. The show blends Chicano, Indigenous, and American imagery to explore identity, migration, and healing, and highlights how a Boulder family's home became an incubator for art and community.
   

2. Boulder Chamber honors 10 'Women Who Light the Community' (bizwest.com) — Boulder residents are being celebrated for their leadership as the Boulder Chamber's Women Who Light the Community awards honor 10 women shaping local business, service, and journalism. From homegrown arts ventures to sustainability work and independent media, the honorees' efforts touch everyday life across Boulder County, including downtown businesses, local nonprofits, and community-focused newsrooms.
   

3. Professionally Speaking: Jonathan Lev, Boulder JCC (ijn.com) — Boulder's Jewish Community Center leader Jonathan Lev describes how the 20‑acre campus has become a hub for education, events, and even a working farm that donates thousands of pounds of produce. He also reflects on guiding Boulder's Jewish community through crises like the Marshall Fire and the 2025 Pearl Street Mall bombing while expanding programs for families and local nonprofits.
   

4. Boulder police seek suspects in gold bar fraud cases (kdvr.com) — Boulder police are investigating two major gold bar fraud schemes that cost a Boulder woman about $200,000 and a Boulder man around $500,000, plus additional cash losses. Scammers posed as Apple, Geek Squad, FTC, and IRS-linked officials, directing victims to buy gold and send money, and detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them directly.
   

5. Watchmaker Genomics Boosts Manufacturing Capacity with Major Boulder Campus Expansion (genengnews.com) — Watchmaker Genomics is more than doubling its manufacturing footprint with a 100,000-square-foot facility at Flatiron Park in Boulder, expected to be operational in late 2027. The expanded campus will serve as a manufacturing center of excellence and is projected to support hundreds of new Colorado jobs as the company scales its DNA and RNA analysis products.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • What did you have for dinner tonight?
    Tonight we had Backed Chicken, Lime Flavored Pickles, and Shredded Cheese, all washed down with an Oatmeal Stout. It was both creative and delicious. (Nextdoor Greenbelt Meadows)
  • We had a huge master-designed garden wrapping around our house, and replaced it with drought-resistant plants.
    Remember when we'd get a thunderstorm every afternoon in the summer? Remember when you barely needed air conditioning? (Nextdoor Melody Heights)
  • Michaels posted a job opening for Environmental Team Member in Boulder. Apply here.
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Boulder. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boulder here.

Ok Boulder! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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