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select from more than 20 trucks and can also enjoy live music, amusement rides and more. Find all the details at www.foodtruckcarnival. com.

Visit the desert with Kenzie Sitterud at PlatteForum

PlatteForum’sresident artist, Kenzie Sitterud, is tapping into the rich cultural vein of the American West with their free exhibit, “To Dusk,” which runs through June 6 at theAnnex Gallery, 3575 Ringsby Court, Unit 103, in Denver.

According to provided information, “To Dusk” replicates the landscape of the Utah desert by mixing interior and exterior spaces, “natural resources and waste from acts of consumption.” Visit https:// platteforum.org/events/sitterudfor full details.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Fruit Bats at the Ogden Theatre ere’s a subtle art to making music that works best when played on a backyard patio during the summer, and on his latest album as Fruit Bats, singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson has it gured out. Like the best of Fruit Bats, “A River Running to Your Heart” blends warmth with a wry sentimentalism that immediately makes for the project’s most welcoming release to date. trator for the Centennial Water and Sanitation District. “It’s cumulative.”

In support of the album, Fruit Bats will be stopping by the Ogden eatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 19. ey’ll be joined by electronic nostalgia explorer Kolumbo. Buy tickets at www. axs.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

Centennial water derives most of its water supply from the South Platte Basin, speci cally the Upper South Basin. Drought restrictions are determined based on how much water is in the snow from the high country over the winter. e district takes the water out from Chat eld.

According to the ;scaleMax=&refe rencePeriodType=POR&referenceB egin=1981&referenceEnd=2020&m inimumYears=20&hucAssociations e Centennial Water and Sanita- tion service areas have been in a stage one restriction since last July. Stage one restrictions limit outdoor irrigation to two days per week.

=true&relativeDate=-1&lat=43.049& lon=”>National Resources Conservation Service, from Oct. 1, 2022 to April 19, 2023, Snowpack Telemetry sites in the Upper South Platte Basin reported snowpack levels at 79% of normal, compared to 81% at the same time last year.

Residential customers with oddnumbered addresses can water on Sunday and Wednesday while evennumbered addresses can on Saturday and Tuesday. Multi-family and apartment properties can water on Monday and ursday and nonresidential customers on Tuesday and Friday.

Existing water conservation rules are still in e ect and can be found on the Centennial Water website.

From May 1 through Sept. 30, there is no watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., operation of an irrigation system for maintenance and dripirrigation is allowed at any time, and if a hose is held and equipped with a shut-o device, hand watering trees and car washing is allowed. e website also includes a chart to help determine how long to water the lawn based on the month. e district focuses more on outreach and education. erefore, if they hear someone is watering on a day of the week they shouldn’t be, sta will go out to those customers and work with them to help understand why the area is in a drought restriction, according to Kerry Larse, communications manager for the Centennial Water and Sanitation District.

“If that’s not productive, we do have the ability and the willingness to cite them, which results in nes to their water bills,” said Dick. e district also hires three seasonal water monitors in the

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