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Can your aura use a little adjusting? Is your astral not projecting? If so, carry your ailing self to today's Holiday Holistic Health Fair, where a caravan of natural healing options will soothe you back to good health. Sponsored by the Boulder Healers Association, this get-well fest will offer touch therapy, aura and energy clearings, vibrational essences and a rainbow of other alterna-treatments. There will also be oodles of like-minded products on hand for the cosmic souls on your Christmas gift list. The event takes place at the Depot, 2275 30th St. in Boulder, and runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details call 303-776-7882. Admission is free.

Monday
December 14
Start the week with a creative jolt by attending Gallery M's current exhibit of photography by the late Margaret Bourke-White. The first female photographer for Life magazine, she clicked the mag's debut cover and went on to become a camera ace for the publication for decades. Forty-nine of her photos are now on display at Gallery M, which serves as the exclusive Front Range outlet for Bourke-White and other famed Life shooters. The contemporary fine-arts house is also selling copies of a recently released book of Bourke-White's work. Gallery M is located at 290 Fillmore St. and is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 303-331-8400.

Tuesday
December 15
This evening, Park Meadows mall presents A Celebration of Lights, a family-style affair that marks the start of Hanukkah. The event will include the candle-lighting of the menorah, a sing-along led by Steve Brodsky and his Mah Tovu band and loads of seasonal fellowship. The night is sponsored by the Central Agency for Jewish Education of Colorado and HealthOne Rose Medical Center and starts at 7 p.m. in the mall's Dining Hall. Park Meadows is located at 8401 Park Meadows Center Dr. in Littleton; get details at 303-321-3191.

Wednesday
December 16
The Famous Monsters may not yet live up to their lofty handle, but it's not for lack of show-womanship. The trio of costumed "supermonster surf chicks" (which includes White Zombie co-founder Sean Yseult on lead guitar) pounds out a reverbed blend of psycho-garage grunge that should thrill fans of the Cramps, Deadbolt and their ghoulish peers. Tonight they'll be dropping A-bombs from their new release, In the Night, which features such menacing ditties as "Murder Beach U.S.A." and "Vampire Cosmonaut." The assault takes place at the Bluebird, with local rockers the Down-N-Outs opening the bill and the Monsters hitting the planks at 9. Tickets are $6. The Bluebird is at 3317 E. Colfax Ave.; call 303-322-2308.

This time of year, the finer parts of the city all seem to glow with glaring color and electric gleam. But now one of the seedier parts of Denver is getting the string-of-lights treatment. Karle Seydel, among the Ballpark District's most effective cheerleaders, has just finished overseeing efforts to illuminate the saplings in the 2000 and 2200 blocks of Larimer Street, with lights put up by the residents of alcohol rehab center Step 13. According to Seydel, the multi-colored orbs represent the all-encompassing ethnicity and demographics of the area, one of the last undeveloped (and some would say unspoiled) parts of downtown D-Town. Is this a sign that the District may soon resemble its upscale neighbors to the south? "Hey, this is skid row, and we don't want to lose our grit," Seydel says. "The bums really love the lights.