R+B Resources for Staying at Home

As a team, we’ve compiled the “best of” resources to keep you and your family happy, healthy, educated, and engaged at home

Art + Culture

• Smithsonian Archives enable you to download, share and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images
• The Aspen Institute has designated support, news and resources to COVID-19
• The Denver Art Museum offers creativity resource page and also welcomes you to explore their online art collections from around the globe, while travel is restricted
• Floret’s Blog for gardeners
• The Louvre is offering virtual tours, enjoy
• The Guggenheim is proud to offer a “From Home” section, including online programs, virtual tour of the building, and more
• The Whitney Museum is offering online collections and more
• The MET is doing the same as the others!
• The Denver Zoo is virtual to you with daily videos and wildlife themed activity ideas and much more
• Denver Botanic Gardens has virtual garden tours, a plant search engine and much more to discover
• The Portland Japanese Garden provides virtual garden tours, photos, 360 views, and other information during these hard times
• Aspen Santa Fe Ballet relief fund and video excerpts
• Boston Symphony Orchestra has several #StayAtHome videos from the musicians

Books + Literature

• Vogue’s Picks, enjoy some great reading suggestions
• Barnes and Noble has a list of books to read while stuck in your home, among many other great books
• Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver has online streaming with various authors and much more. They are also offering two audiobooks for the price of one, when you start a membership with “Shop Bookstores Now”.  Local bookstores need our help!

Podcasts

• Radiolab
• 99% Invisible
• Hidden Brain
• My Favorite Murder
• Crime Junkie
• This American Life
• Dirty John
• NYT The Daily
• Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
• Make Me Smart With Kai & Molly
• Throughline
• Freakonomics Radio
• Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me
• Left, Right & Center
• All The President’s Lawyers
• Crooked Podcasts
• How Did This Get Made
• To The Point
• Around The NFL
• Archispeak
• TED Radio Hour
• Wow in The World
• Making Sense
• Clever
• Second Life
• This is Uncomfortable
• An Arm And A Leg
• There Goes The Neighborhood
• Adulting
• Rough Translation
• Mindbodygreen
• How I Built This
• She Explores
• The Tim Ferris Show
• Stuff You Should Know
• Fresh Air
• Fat Mascara
• Keep Calm And Cook On
• Revisionist History
• The Axe Files
• Home Cooking
• The Young Architect
• The Business of Architecture
• Spirits

Movies + TV

• 22 movies every designer should watch on Netflix
• 10 must see architecture documentaries
• 34 design shows to watch now
• Abstract the Art of Design

Videos

• Ellen Tube is known to always provide those happy laughs and tears, enjoy
• Bill Gates take on “how we must respond to the Coronavirus pandemic”
• Brene Brown shares wisdom for getting through the pandemic
• Austin FC MLS Team’s Co-Owner, Matthew McConaughey shares inspirational twitter video
• Kansas Citians share positive messages during COVID-19 outbreak

Music

• A couple Spotify Playlists specifically from the Haas Brothers here and here
• Billboard Music is hosting several at home concerts
• John Legend plays an #TogetherAtHome concert from his living room

Resources for Parents

• PBS Kids Daily Newsletter
• Scholastic Kids
• Free printout scavenger hunts
• 7-Minute workout app for kids
• Kahn Academy Kids
• Homer educational app
• Epic! app
• Brainpop app
• Todo Math app
• Prodigy App
• Splash Learn App
• MentalUp app for brain games
• Mystery Science
• National Museum of Mathematics
• Vooks
• Mo Willems Lunch Doodles, videos for free
• Make your own playdough
• Storytime from space
• Laurie Berkner performs for free everyday

Finance

• Tax deadline extension
• Bankrate support and resources during hard times
• IRS free file is available for qualifying persons
• IRS economic impact and stimulus information
• Forbes Article: Coronavirus Economy- “As April 1 Looms, Here’s What to Do if You Can’t Pay Your Bills”
• Forbes Article: “Your Money and Coronavirus – A Financial Protection Guide”

Organization

• Tidy Up with Marie Kondo
• Get organized with the Home Edit
• Minimalism, a documentary about the important things

Health

• CDC resources
• WHO resources
• FDA resources
• CDC stress and coping resources
• Johns Hopkins resources
• edu resources
• OSHA resources
• Denver Health resources
• Aspen Valley Hospital resources
• Roaring Fork Valley View resources
• WHO mental health and psychosocial considerations
• Talkspace online therapy
• Walgreens resources
• CVS resources

Fitness + Wellness

• Lululemon provides free yoga and meditation classes online
• Cosmic Kids Yoga
• Modo Yoga online classes
• Corepower live streaming and on demand classes
• The River Yoga online studio
• GLO app
• Yogi Beans live stream
• 305 Fitness at home workouts
• SoulCycle “Off the Bike” workouts
• Nike fitness app
• Booya Fitness
• Peloton app
• Orangetheory at home workouts
• Headspace app
• Headspace for kids
• Stop Breathe Think app
• 10% Happier free app
• Go Noodle kids mindfulness
• UCLA guided meditation
• Kadampa Meditation Center Colorado live streaming meditations and mindfulness classes
• Sara Auster virtual sound baths
• Calm app
• Class Pass on-demand workouts
• Sanity & Self app