Happy Wednesday, Scouts. Welcome to Edition XIV of Scout & Tell.

We’ve got a great article out this week for the people with safety on the mind. If you’ve ever spent any time on a bicycle, you’ve probably got a scary story to share of a near tragedy between you and a car. One local resident is putting technology to work in hopes of a safer journey.

If you prefer to lace up running shoes, but you’re seeking community, this week’s club is right up your alley. Plus, we’ve packed in more than 40 different events happening across our slice of life. Dig and enjoy.

We will see you out there,

The best entrepreneurial ideas come from a gap in the market when someone is fulfilling a personal need. 

In the case of Arkadiy Biger, this is exactly how his newest idea came to fruition. 

The Fort Collins resident had everything he needed for a bike ride with his child: A bike, a towing trailer and a hitch from REI. What he didn't have was a safe way to bike his child around town. 

The result is Trazo, a free route planner that puts comfort and safety ahead of speed. 

Yes, Fort Collins has hundreds of miles of bikeable paths around the city, but when you've got progeny in tow, Biger said safety is the most important thing. 

“Google Maps just gets you the quickest route on a bicycle. It doesn’t care about the safety, doesn’t care about if it’s a true bicycle lane or it’s just like a painted line," Biger said. 

The app helps you find the safest, not most efficient routes around Fort Collins. 

Trazo's answer is to rate every street and trail on a four-level traffic stress scale and color the map to match. The app's changelog shows how specific that gets in Fort Collins. Painted bike lanes on roads with a 35 mph limit or higher, or four or more lanes, no longer count as calm, so routes skip JFK Parkway for the quieter streets beside it. 

A ride from Midtown to Old Town now crosses Prospect at the Stover Street light instead of the unmarked crossing at Whedbee. A stop-sign crossing at Peterson and Mulberry gets flagged on the map and routes go around it when there's a sensible way.

If you're an efficiency expert, this app isn't for you. Think of it like a road trip. Are you taking the interstate to just get there, or are up for a cruise to enjoy the scenery? 

Trazo isn't monetized, so it's free to download, there are no ads and it doesn't track you, rather it's an opportunity to plan out a safe bike trip for you and your comrades. 

Because of his ability to leverage vibe coding and open source mapping data, Biger has been able to open the app in several markets across Colorado, including Loveland, Longmont, Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.

He's even expanded the free app into other states like Arizona, Utah and North Carolina. 

Is this a goal for world-domination in bike-riding apps? Biger says no, far from it. 

“I’d love to see people in Fort Collins and Northern Colorado start using it and using it regularly and just getting to places more often and safer."

With texting and driving as prevalent as it's ever been, we'd all love to be safer when we opt for the bike as opposed to the car.

Affordability and charm rolled into one with this 2018-built ranch. A 3-car garage on a quarter-acre corner lot for $450,000. For those of you with children, the park is a short walk away.

The primary bath is fully remodeled, the yard has vinyl fencing and a sprinkler system, and there's a deck off the dining room. The seller is also putting $3,000 toward finishing the vanity top. An unfinished basement means you can make it whatever your heart desires, as long as it follows building codes!

TLDR: 3 bed / 2 bath, 2,492 sqft, 10,365 sqft lot, built 2018, $450,000. Contact: Brandon Oneill, RE/MAX Alliance-Windsor, (970) 222-7219

Meet Snow White! This 37.5-pound pup has a bit of an adventurous streak when it comes to exploring, though she can be a little shy at first with new people. She hasn't met many other dogs yet, so she'll need a patient home with a secure, 6-foot fence while she settles in and finds her confidence.

Snow White is available for adoption at the Greeley Adoption Campus, with a $300 adoption fee. Find out more about this good pup at the NoCo Humane website.

The Fort Collins Running Club turns the Poudre River corridor into a rolling Saturday social, 3 to 7 miles at an easy, chatty pace. Its "no drop" rule is a promise: the group regroups about every mile, so no one gets left behind. All ages and abilities are welcome. Its group-run page doubles as a guide to the town's brewery run clubs, several with a post-run beer discount.

Contact: runsignup.com/MemberOrg/FortCollinsRunningClub

🎶 The Unwieldies bring indie-folk and Americana to Konstruct Brewing from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Details here

🍺 Bingo Thursdays at Breckenridge Brewery (1020 E. Lincoln Ave.) are free to play from 6 to 8 p.m., with themed prizes and giveaways. Details here

🎵 The Positive Spin vinyl record night at Mobb (400 Linden St.) is free and starts at 6 p.m., with you picking the records the host spins. Details here

📖 Story Swap at The Lyric kicks off at 6:30 p.m. for $5, with live storytelling and storytellers’ names drawn from a hat. Details here

🧠 Weekly trivia night at Gilded Goat Brewing runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Details here

☕ Mugs Trivia at Mugs Coffee Lounge (306 W. Laurel St.) is free, with a limited-edition monthly mocktail on the menu.. Details here

🎸 The Taylor Shae Trio plays free live music at the Magic Rat (111 Chestnut St.) from 7 to 9 p.m. Details here

🎻 The Fort Collins Symphony holds a free open rehearsal of Dance & Music in Motion at the Lincoln Center from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Details here

🎿 Teton Gravity Research’s ski film “Actually, It Is Rocket Science” screens at The Lyric with doors at 7 p.m. and the film at 7:30, for $20, $10 for CSU students) plus an Ikon Pass giveaway. Details here

👻 The Haunted Pub Tour leads you through three of Old Town’s most haunted pubs from 7:30 to 9 p.m. for $27. Details here

🍹 Tropical Smoothie Cafe celebrates its grand opening at 250 E. Harmony Rd. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Details here

🏺 The NoCo Potters’ Guild Holiday Pottery Market fills the Northside Aztlan Community Center Friday from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Details here

💡 The Downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony takes over Old Town Square from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with the lights coming on around 6:30, free, and the streets around the square close at 3 p.m. Details here

🥧 Ginger and Baker’s Pie Masterclass teaches lemon meringue and cherry pies from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for $99. Details here

🎨 First Friday Art Walk fills Old Town with gallery openings from 6 to 9 p.m. Details here

🖼️ The Phototropic gallery exhibit at the Center for Creativity (200 Mathews St.) hosts a free First Friday reception to meet the artists from 6 to 9 p.m., and the show stays open 6 to 9 p.m. through Sunday. Details here

🍝 Farm Fusion’s Date Night: Italian Romance (18+) has you rolling fresh pasta and filling lobster ravioli [TIME NEEDED]. Details here

🎶 TwoScoops plays The Caldwell (914 S. College Ave.) at 7 p.m., doors at 6, with free admission by RSVP. Details here

🎬 A Soldier’s Sweetheart screens at Loveland Public Library from 7 to 9 p.m., free. Details here

🎭 CSU’s University Theatre stages the musical Alice by Heart Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., running through Nov. 15. Details here

🧛 OpenStage’s gothic take on the Bram Stoker classic Dracula hits the Lincoln Center Magnolia Theatre at 7:30 p.m. for its FAB Friday performance, with $35 tickets. Details here

🎸 Joanne Shaw Taylor brings blues-rock to the Aggie Theatre at 8 p.m. with Bywater Call and The Buzz Brothers Acoustic Trio, for $35 plus fees. Details here

🧩 Fall Puzzle Palooza takes over Fossil Ridge High School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with tickets from $23.18 from the Rocky Mountain Jigsaw Junkies. Details here

🏃 The Colorado 24 Hour Race, hosted by Colorado Youth Outdoors, starts at 8 a.m. and runs through 8 a.m. Sunday. Details here

🎲 Extra Life Game Day at Foxfire Games (1228 W. Elizabeth St.) is a charity gaming marathon from 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday. Details here

🍻 Learn to Homebrew Day at Liquid Poets Brew Fort (309 S. Summit View Dr.) is free from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Details here

🥨 Ginger and Baker’s German Baking Class runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $89, covering pretzels with beer cheese, apple strudel and Black Forest cupcakes. Details here

🌿 The Foothills Wildcraft Farmers Market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in its 20th season. Details here

🎲 TGPL Foco BOCO, the Toy, Game, and Puzzle Library’s first board game convention in Fort Collins, opens at Foothills at 10 a.m. Details here

☕ Lima Coffee Roasters Midtown teaches Home Barista Basics from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for $85. Details here

📸 PorkPie Photography’s Tintype Photography Pop-Up at the Global Village Museum (200 W. Mountain Ave., Unit C) runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for $40, with a history-of-photography talk at 1 p.m. Details here

🌱 Golden Poppy Herbal Apothecary (223 N. College Ave.) hosts a $25 lecture, Digestive Health as the Root of Dis-Ease, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Details here

🀄 Beginner’s Saturday for Riichi Mahjong at Stodgy Brewing (1802 Laporte Ave.) is free from 2 to 5 p.m. Details here

🎻 The Fort Collins Symphony performs Dance & Music in Motion at the Lincoln Center at 7:30 p.m., with Copland, Higdon, flamenco-inspired de Falla and Soda Shop Movement Company dancers, plus a pre-concert talk at 6:30. Details here

🎶 The Burroughs celebrate their album release at Washington’s at 7 p.m. with May Be Fern, all ages, tickets from $16.38 to $24.11. Details here

🦅 The Long Run, Colorado’s tribute to the Eagles, plays the Rialto Theater in Loveland at 7 p.m. Details here

🎸 Musketeer Gripweed plays the Aggie Theatre at 8 p.m. with The Curtain, a Phish tribute, for $15 plus fees (21+). Details here

🕺 A 90’s Night with The POGs is free at 830 N. College Ave. (Chippers Lanes) from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Details here

🥕 The Fort Collins Farmers Market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1001 E. Harmony Rd. Details here

🧘 barre3 teams up with Odell Brewing for free 45-minute classes on Sundays through November and December. Details here

🛍️ The Maxline Fall Makers Market sets up at Maxline Brewing (2724 McClelland Dr.) from noon to 5 p.m., free. Details here

📚 The Fort Collins Book Swap Society meets at Happy Trails Coffee Shop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. for $6.54. Details here

🩰 Swan Lake | Symphony of Lights takes the Rialto Theater stage in Loveland at 4 p.m. Details here

🧀 The Old Town Cheese & Chocolate Pairing at Nuance Chocolate, with The Welsh Rabbit, runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. but is sold out, with a waitlist open. Details here

🥁 The CSU Percussion Ensemble performs at Griffin Concert Hall at 6 p.m., free for CSU students, $5 youth, $13 seniors and $15 adults. Details here

😂 Comedy Brewers bring family-friendly musical improv to Bas Bleu Theatre (401 Pine St.) from 7 to 8:30 p.m., $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Details here

🎶 Great Lake Swimmers play the Aggie Theatre at 8 p.m. with Elka and Sirona Isle on the Caught Light Tour, for $22 plus fees. Details here

🐦 Of a Feather, a free exhibit of birds from the permanent collection at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art (1400 Remington St.), runs through Dec. 13. Details here

👗 The free imagiNation: Fashioning A Nation 1776–2026 exhibit is on view at the Avenir Museum (216 E. Lake St.). Details here

🧵 Colorado Community Threads shows work by more than 24 textile artists at the Avenir Museum, free, Tuesday through Saturday through Dec. 19. Details here

🖨️ Art & Access: New Directions in Prints and Multiples is on view at the Museum of Art | Fort Collins (201 S. College Ave.) through Jan. 3 for $10 for adults. Details here

🌍 Gifts from Ghana is a free exhibit at Morgan Library (1201 Meridian Ave.) through May 15, 2027. Details here