Mark your calendars and pull out your picnic baskets because the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder is hosting "Picnic on the Quad," July 8, beginning at 3 p.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle. Free activities at the picnic will continue into the evening and include live music, hands-on science workshops for kids, ice-skating and ice cream, sidewalk chalk art projects and special visits from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-BoulderÂ’s Ralphie the buffalo and Will Shakespeare himself.