Celebrate the city's summer murals with Street Wise's Community Day and other Boulder events for today

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Jul. 30—Summer Community Day with Street Wise: Community Day will highlight Street Wise's 2023 Summer Mural Series with ⁠mural tours and an artist meet-and-greet at R Gallery (2027 Broadway) from 3-6 p.m. The artists include Moe Gram, whose "Creature Comforts" was created in June. Also at the meet-and-greet will be muralists Grow Love, Danielle DeRoberts, Latasha Dunston and Will Barker, who are currently painting murals around town. Tours take place before the meet-and-greet; 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. walking tours or 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. e-bike tours with JD's Joyrides, Sunday, Street Wise Arts, 13th and Pearl streets, Boulder; donations accepted; bit.ly/44InOOf.

RockyGrass: The annual event celebrating all things strings and 'grass returns to Lyons for its 51st annual festival. Sunday's lineup: The Solar Sisters, featuring The Cody Sisters; Stillhouse Junkies; Jeremy Garrett & River Wild; Fireside Collective; AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Peter Rowan's Bluegrass Band; Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway; gates open at 10 a.m. Sunday; Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main St., Lyons; bluegrass.com.

'The Winter's Tale' at Colorado Shakespeare Festival: When King Leontes inexplicably accuses his pregnant wife of infidelity he makes a cruel, rash decision that he must spend two decades atoning for. Shakespeare's nuanced epic explores both the heartrending corrosion of jealousy and the joyous redemption of forgiveness that is hard-won; 2 p.m. Sunday, Roe Green Theatre, University Theatre Building, 261 University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder; cupresents.org.

'Incoming! Asteroids, Comets, and the Hard-Hitting Stories of Our Cosmic Origins' at Fiske: A film narrated by George Takei from "Star Trek" looks at the past, present and future of our solar system and the landmark discoveries scientists have made sending spacecraft to visit tiny worlds; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder; $8-$12; calendar.colorado.edu.

Upcoming

Summer of Discovery Party: Celebrate Summer of Discovery at the George Reynolds Library, with a theme of "Our Connected World." After story time, stick around for snacks from around the world, crafts and games. Register for the event to receive free giveaways — all ages are welcome; 11 a.m. Monday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder; calendar.boulderlibrary.org.

Harry Potter's Birthday Party: Attention all muggles and wizards, it's that time of year to celebrate our hero — Harry Potter. Sanitas will be hosting a party from 5-9 p.m. that will include beers (unfortunately no Butterbeer), a costume contest, a hunt for the Golden Snitch, owls, spiders and snakes from Nature's Educators, a mini Diagon Alley and drag trivia with Jessica L'Whor; 5 p.m. Monday, Sanitas Brewing Co., 3550 Frontier Ave., Suite A, Boulder; Free; facebook.com/SanitasBrewing/events.

Will Toor on the Future of Transportation: Join Mirrycle and Community Cycles for "A Conversation about the Future of Transportation in Colorado" with Will Toor, Elise Jones, Lynn Guissinger, Kiran Herbert and Martha Roskowski. They will discuss progress, politics, policy and possibilities; 6 p.m. Monday, Community Cycles, 2601 Spruce St., Unit B, Boulder; Free; communitycycles.org.

Peter Rowan and AJ Lee & Blue Summit at eTown: Bluegrass yodeler Peter Rowan and Americana group AJ Lee & Blue Summit will be at eTown for a live radio show taping with hosts Nick and Helen Forster; 7 p.m. Monday, etown, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder; $38-$53; etown.org.

Dave Mason at Boulder Theater: Dave Mason left Traffic in 1969 to pursue a solo career that churned out three gold albums. He's also contributed to albums from The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Wings and Jimi Hendrix; 7 p.m. Monday, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder; $45- $119; z2ent.com.