This week, bring your kids and enter into a raffle to win a book bag full of a plethora of treasures untold! There are Story Times, After School is Cool, and Super Saturdays for children of all ages to enjoy, not just this week, but year round.

Stop in to research a favorite topic, check out the latest best sellers- for FREE!, or log on to a public p.c. and read your e-mail. The public library is a cornerstone of society brought to us by our founding father, Benjamin Franklin, in 1731 and is still alive and thriving today.

Join the circle of knowledge- go and get/or use your library card today.

Share a comment about why you love libraries and The Denver Traveler will enter your name in a drawing to win a ‘Friends of the Denver Public Library’ T-shirt! Two winners will be selected on the eve of April 21st. Comment now through Sunday April 20th!

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There are books displayed in the windows, in and around catchy themes, dioramas and designs. Weather permitting there is a bargain rack right outside on the sidewalk. When you open the door and step inside, you feel like you are in a book store- do you remember how that feels? There is no coffee café clattering, no teens loitering around a music department, not even a hustle and bustle to get beyond the magazine section before you reach a single book. At Capitol Hill Books- the walls and aisles come up to greet you with thousands upon thousands of titles, categories, genres- all with their spines smiling at you and inviting you to delve in.

It is a used book store- so the prices are right and you’re doing your part in recycling the printed matter by giving it a second chance to delight, inform and entertain your mind. There is also a vintage section that yearns to find a new home on your bookshelf. The décor is literate and fun- quite the task in today’s society. The few non bound materials they offer are unique and are certain to compliment any book you purchase for yourself or as a gift.

My favorite part of the bookstore is where they have displayed all of the things found in the donated/traded books. Everything from letters to photos to shopping lists and a receipt from the Denver Police Department. I spent almost a half hour just reading and marveling at the small glimpses of people’s lives they left behind.

Take yourself out to Capitol Hill Books and Take in all a pure bookstore has to offer.
300 East Colfax Avenue 303-837-0700 Mon- Sat 10 am to 6 pm Sun 11 am to 5 pm.

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I am a huge book lover, so when we moved to Denver I asked Shawn Marie where the best book stores in town was. She immediately told me about the Tattered Cover. The Tattered Cover is a landmark in Denver, and you’d be hard pressed to find a Denverite who doesn’t know about it. At least, a book loving Denverite.

The Tattered Cover is so popular, in fact, that USA Today named it one of Nine Destination Bookstores in the country. They have a few locations throughout Denver, including one on Colfax in the Lowenstein Theater building, and one in LoDo.

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It is cold Cold COLD outside- a perfect time for an indoor musical adventure. Stop on in to one of Denver’s premiere home grown music stores- Twist & Shout. The name itself warms your soul with the feel of nostalgia and a leaning toward the future. To say Twist & Shout is only a music store would be incorrect, they also offer a unique line of collectibles, bags, cards, and hip outer wear.

However, it is first and foremost a Music Store to the ’nth degree. Looking for used and/or new cd’s or do you still yearn for vinyl? Twist & Shout has it all. Including listening stations to sample that band you have always heard of- but could never find on the radio. One could spend hours simply browsing.

And now, in the wake of their one year anniversary in their new location beside The Tattered Cover on east Colfax, they have launched: Our Favorite Things – a Zine full of facts, theories, rants and opinions about the physical world and staff reviews of the newest indie releases. It challenges you to read, think, share!

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As a traveler, you may not be thinking of books- let alone libraries.

Yet, Denver Public Library is worth looking into. As a library system it is ranked in the top 5 of the nation, with an impressive amount of library card holders per capita. Not to mention the Downtown, or Central Library- as we call it, was designed by renowned architect Peter Graves. It is a member of the CLC, which means every card holder has access to practically every library throughout the entire state of Colorado.

Denver Public Library has several branches beyond it’s Central location and we at the Denver Traveler will be highlighting a branch a month so keep checking back. In the meantime- stop on by Denver Public Library’s Central location to take in the beautiful building, wander through the several floors of stacks, browse the pictorial collection of Colorado History, or just pick up a day pass to hop onto a computer to check your e-mail.

All for free and centrally located on Broadway between 14th and 13th.

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