Alright people let’s get this over with, we have weekends to plan. It’s Thursday, we’re tired, we’re hungry, and we’ve just about had enough of all this work stuff.

We at The Denver Lowdown and EveryBlock know you don’t always have the time to search around the vast, expansive internet for your weekend activities. So, we’ve done this clever little thing and rounded up a bunch of totally sweet things to do.

Why don’t you sit back and check out what’s going down at the Lowdown.

Friday:

Mobile App Hackathon

Got an idea for an app? Do you need an app built for your business? Do you like all apps all the time? Well, Mobile App Hackathon, an event produced by the AT&T Developer Program, is designed for attendees to build apps, compete for prizes across different categories, network with other app developers, and most importantly, get fed. Be sure to bring your laptop, skills, and ideas and be ready to collaborate with some smart cookies. (photo) // Day One 6 p.m., Day Two 10 a.m., Free, Galvanize Boulder, 1035 Pearl St., 5th Floor.

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Kalimah Priforce is Headmaster and CEO of Qeyno Labs, which seeks to harness the interests of high-potential, low-opportunity youth in areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

Priforce’s Qeyno Labs is a leading provider in youth hackathons and seeks to empower youth of low-opportunity environments by providing access to technology and education. His Millennial Trains project was to launching a new form of Hackathon—The Gathering of Nations Hackathon that focuses on Native youth on and off reservation communities.

Priforce has been recognized by the White House as a Champion of Change and started the “My Brother’s Keeper” Hackathon that strongly aligned with President Obama’s call-to-action for organizations and communities to work together to improve the lives of men of color.

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