Top Five events before finals

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Top Five:

1) Kick off the last weekend before the library becomes your

second home with a free, all-ages show by Drag the River at the

Aggie Theatre on Friday. This alt-country act will be beyond Fort

Collins soon, so get on the horse and ride.

2) Head down to Denver on Friday or Saturday and watch the famed

Parade of Lights. Check out www.denverparadeoflights.com for

details. The warm glow of millions of filaments has never been so

glorious.

3) On your way back up to the Fort after the parade, stop in

Boulder and get attacked by the Acoustic Ninja at the Flatirons

Theater. Trace Bundy will be playing with the Restoration project.

Tix are six bucks and the show starts at 8 p.m.

4) For the cowboy in all of us, Michael Martin Murphy’s Cowboy

Christmas Concert rolls into town on Saturday. Tix are $22 and

available at the Lincoln Center Box Office. Nothing like “Jingle

Bells” with a little twang.

5) Cap the weekend off with a little bit more of Christmas

overload and go see the Larimer Chorale perform Handel’s Messiah.

Hallelujah!