The Denver Traveler

When catching a glimpse of Colorado’s Capitol Building you may imagine yourself to be in Georgia or Iowa if you have only noticed the Gold Dome. However, if you take a longer look and go beyond the Dazzling top of the building decorating Denver’s skyline- why you might just feel like you are in the Nation’s Capitol itself! Even the streets, Lincoln and Pennsylvania, that surround Colorado’s Capitol building are reminiscent of our Nation’s Capitol. This is no coincidence, The Capitol Building of Colorado was built in the image of the one in DC.
Though it had an admirable start to …read more

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So, you’ve made it to Denver for the weekend?! You won’t have to go too far to find something to do. In fact, staying right in Denver proper has its rewards this weekend.
Stroll on down the 16th Street Mall to Skyline Park for Open Air Denver-
This weekend festival will host over 50 performers and have open mics- everyone will be playing for you for free for the love and for the glory!
Then hop onto the 16th Street Shuttle and take it to the Civic Center Stop, walk across Colfax toward the Library, see all those white tents… It’s The Denver …read more

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A few weeks ago The Denver Traveler spent a week showing you what could happen on any given Saturday in Denver. Well, this past weekend was one not to be missed!
The following is a list of what happened, just over the weekend! Imagine if you spent a whole week here:
The People’s Fair
The Colorado Rockies Played at Coors Field
La Piazza Dell ‘Arte: The Sidewalk Chalk Festival
Lisa Williams from ‘Life With the Dead’ came to town
Empire Lyrics performed Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore
6th Annual Denver Brain Tumor Walk

10th Annual Art Walk in the Greater Estes Valley
‘Catch Me If You Can’ premiered …read more

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When thinking of Denver as a destination- you may not have thought that Art would be one of the many things you could enjoy during your stay, let alone, take it all in for free. Yet, Denver offers a wide variety of Public Art and The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs is offering FREE public art tours at the following locations throughout the rest of the year.

Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC) located at 14th and Curtis
Tour dates/times:
• Saturday, June 14, 1:00 PM
• Saturday, September 13, 1:00 PM
• Saturday, October 11, 1:00 PM
• Saturday, November 15, 1:00 PM
Tour will include:
• Ellie Caulkins Opera …read more

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Many tourists find themselves coming to Denver for its many outside surrounding adventures. But what if your tastes lean to the shopping variety?
A new mall has opened on the outskirts of town that may satisfy both of these needs.
The Orchard Town Center in Westminster opened a few months ago across the northwest corner of 144th and I/25. It has an AMC Movie Theater, a Super Target, restaurants: Happy Sumo, Which Wich, MiMi’s café, Woodlands Grill, Rock Bottom Brewery, Red Robin and Mexico Cantina along with many specialty shops and stores such as: Aero Postale, Claire’s, Christopher and Banks, …read more

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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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All of these Wows take place this Saturday May 17th!
6:30am- Road to Victory Bicycle Classic Ride for Parkinson’s
8:00am- Cherry Creek Fresh Market Opens!
11:00am Palestinian Celebration & Remembrance at the Capitol Building.
Noon- Baby Loves Disco at The Oriental Theater
1:00pm- Weekly Peace Vigil at University Boulevard and East First Avenue.
1:30pm- “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” at Heritage Square Music Hall
4:00pm- CHASSA Boys State Lacrosse Championship at Invesco Field
7:30pm- Almost Denver- The Songs & Failures of Jim Aurora at The Avenue Theater
7:30pm- Colorado Symphony plays Carmina Burana at Boettcher Concert Hall
9:00pm- Tapes n’ Tapes at The Bluebird Theatre.
Midnight- The Big Lebowski on …read more

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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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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day! We here at the Denver Traveler are BIG FANS of our own mothers, and wish we could spend the day with them. Unfortunately, they are both in different states, so we’ll have to be content with wishing all the mothers out there a special day with their kids, whether they be human or furry, feathered or scaled!
Wondering what to do for your Mom this Mother’s Day? Well we have a few ideas for you!
Taking Mom out to eat? Most of the restaurants in Denver are serving up a special Mother’s …read more

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Denver is a premiere spot for Conventions. And why wouldn’t it be- when it has The Convention Center to offer the world?
Located right on the corner of 14th Street and California- just on the snuggly west side of downtown proper. The location is exactly on the light rail and a block away from the free 16th street shuttle, and it also has its own 1,000 space parking lot.
Gorgeous glass walls connect to mosaic tiled walls to encase over 584,000 square feet. There are 63 meeting rooms, a devisable Ball Room, and a 5,000 seat Theatre! All of these are …read more

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