It is the 10th Anniversary of Downtown Denver’s Art Festival!
This year, over Memorial day weekend, head on down to the Denver Pavilions; 16th Street and Glenarm- to celebrate 10 years of Colorado Artist.
Fine Arts and Fine Crafts will be exhibited from over 130 artists.
May 23 through May 26th
Friday 4-8pm
Saturday 11am-8pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
Monday 11am-4pm
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Fresh City Life, Denver Public Library’s outstanding event and activity offering to enhance and enlighten our minds has a spring art exhibit up at the Denver Art Museum.
The exhibit is in the Morrison Concourse of the Denver Art Museum and it features the work of Ed Adler. The exhibit shares the name with Fresh City Life’s Thinkology: “Wilde, Horses and Cowboys.”
If you choose to stroll through this art exhibit on Saturday May 17th- cross the courtyard to the Library and join Ed Adler in the B2 Conference Center. 2pm is the start time for its official opening and rumor …read more
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Friday:
6:00pm- Critical Mass Bike Ride Start: 15th Street and West Colfax.
8:00pm- 3rd Law Dance Theatre premieres The Clean Room.
Saturday:
7:30pm- Next Stage Denver presents Falsettos at the Aurora Fox Theatre
10:00pm- Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains Neighborhood Flix Cinema.
Sunday:
Noon to 4pm- Dia de los Ninos
Celebrate World Cultures during a Day for the Children.
Free admission to the Denver Art Museum, Colorado History Museum, Byers-Evans House and the Denver Public Library.
2:00pm- Estes Park Music Festival Winter Series Finale with Margaret Patterson.
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Friday- 8:00pm Wish We Were Floyd at The Gothic Theatre
Friday- 8:00pm A Shot of Spring at The Bovine Metropolis Theater
Saturday- 10:30am Interactive Yoga Storytime with Sydney Solis
Saturday- Noon to 5:00pm Still- Free Photography Exhibit at the Center for Visual Art
Sunday- 9:30am 6th Annual Earth Day 5k Run/Walk/Expo
Sunday- 2:00pm Peggy Lyon Duo- Piano and Cello at the Stanley Hotel
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Every third Thursday- The Bug Theatre offers a glimpse into Emerging Filmmakers. This series was founded in May of 2002 and since then has expanded to offer workshops in addition to the monthly Screenings and Talk back events.
Participation is open to all Colorado filmmakers. The length of your entry must not exceed 60 minutes- though they will consider an excerpt of a feature production. Formats may be submitted in either DVD or VHS NTSC. Guidelines and Entry forms here.
To take part as an audience member- just show up every third Thursday of the month with 5 bucks in …read more
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This Tuesday April 22nd is Earth Day. We at, The Denver Traveler, love Mother Earth, our Sweet Gaia and we found a few worthy celebrations at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science to honor the day.Friday April 18th the exhibit, Extreme Ice opens featuring award-winning photographer James Balog. The Museum has partnered with Mr. Balog to present a new exhibition of more than 24 images, featuring some of the most extreme and remote environments on Earth.
Saturday April 19th James Balog will give a lecture on Extreme Ice in the Phipps Imax Theater at 8:00pm. $15.00/members &18.00/non members
Sunday April …read more
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April is National Poetry Month and Denver has a lot of happenings to honor this occasion- from onomatopoeia to beat to slam to iambic pentameter to haiku to the longest multi lingual poem and counting- all month long!
April 17th- Poem in your pocket day: carry a poem in your pocket all day.
April 21st – Poet Richard Tayson at the Tivoli Student Union.
April 23rd- Mix, Blend and Liquefy at Wild Sage Community Center in Boulder.
April 25th- Arapahoe Community College’s Writer’s Studio 2nd Annual Literary Festival.
Recurring Monthly Events (free unless noted):
Sundays 8pm- Mercury Café Slams $5
Tuesdays 7:30pm- Pretty Boys School of Public …read more
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This weekend finds Denver to be in a thought provoking, introspective, political state of mind…
Friday:
8:00pm Words N Music 4 Peace at Herman’s Hideaway
Saturday:
8:00pm Vox Feminista: Strange Cages: The Human Zoo at the Nomad Theatre
Sunday:
2:30pm In the Belly of the Whale at The Mizel Center for Arts and Culture
Need a game fix with the Rockies out of town? Belmar Lanes will be showing all of this weekend’s games on gigantic screens. Drink specials abound!
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The Eight Annual DAM Uncorked Wine Tasting is coming up Friday April 11th. The Denver Art Museum invites you to don your business casual attire and taste some of the finest reserves from the likes of Chateau Ste. Michelle, Penfolds, Castello Banfi, The Grateful Palate and many more.
You may also enter to win original jewelry by John Atencio.
6:00 to 9:00pm
The Denver Art Museum
14th Avenue at Acoma Plaza
$70 Denver Art Museum Members
$90 Nonmembers
$35 Designated Drivers
First Taste tickets are available- $25 additional dollars allows you to partake in the wine tasting starting at 5:15pm.
For tickets and more information please visit this link.
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The Colorado Council on the Arts and Arts for Colorado announce that the 2008 Governor’s Arts Award nomination forms are now available online at www.coloarts.org. The postmark deadline for nomination forms is April 4, 2008.
The Governor’s Arts Award is given annually to one Colorado city or town which has effectively utilized the arts to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality of their community. The 2007 recipient was the City of Grand Junction, which was honored by Governor Ritter last August for their diversity of arts offerings and their long term commitment to integrating the arts as a tool …read more
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