All around town- performances are being hosted to honor this convention. Venues are varied and eclectic, but have in their hearts- the arts in mind. Check out the following venues for shows during the convention dates: The Mercury Café, Kim Robards Dance, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, The Arvada Center, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Theatre Off Broadway, The Curious Theatre Company, Denver Center Attractions, Denver Center Theatre Company, Creede Repertory Theatre, Su Teatro and many many more!

So many exciting things to view and discuss with The Indigo Girls at Chatagua summing it all up on June 15th!

Want to be a part of it all? It’s not too late, register on-line now.

NPAC 2008 is not to be missed. Don’t believe us- watch the trailer…

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Whether you’re a vegetarian looking for some good natural eats, or someone who wants to hear some great live music, or even someone who needs to learn a new dance step, the Mercury Cafe is for you!

Serving up both vegetarian and meat dishes, the Mercury Cafe is an all natural foods eatery designed to excite even the pickiest eater. Vibrantly painted murals cover the walls, and the staff is super friendly and ready to help you find just what it is you’re craving.

Set on the outskirts of downtown at 2199 California Street, the Mercury Cafe is known for more than just their tasty dishes. Offering up dance classes, concerts, poetry slams and film showings, the Mercury is truly a community center in every sense of the word.

They’re serving up dinner Tuesday through Sunday, brunch on the weekends, and late night desserts and coffee. The Mercury boasts a full bar for your enjoyment, and they serve some of Colorado’s finest wines. Bring cash or a check, because the Mercury doesn’t take credit cards!!

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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 Speaking at Common Grounds Coffee House – 17th and Wazee.

2nd and 4th Thursdays 8pm, SlamNuba at Blackberries $5, $2 for Slammers 25th and Welton.

Thursdays 9pm, The Kasbah $5, 21 and up, 6th and Chambers in Aurora.

Fridays 10pm, The Mercury café Open Mic Night.

1st and 3rd Fridays 7pm, The Speakout $5, The Boneyard BBQ Lounge

Last Fridays 8pm, Café Nuba, It’s Hot + it’s Black $10, 18 and up with id, Historic Roxy Theatre, 2549 Welton St.

Still not enough options?
Hope on an RTD bus and enjoy the Poetry in Motion Series brought to you by The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs or head on over to the Wynkoop Brewery and enjoy a $5 pint of Liquid Poetry- the beer and the glass are yours to keep and proceeds benefit Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.

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Since 2001, Argusfest- a community organization, has been helping to raise public awareness here in Denver land with hundreds of events on human rights, social justice, media, environmental and other issues of conscience.

Their on-going weekly year long film festival is usually only a 5 dollar suggested donation, yet no one is ever turned away.

Coming up 7 pm, Tuesday Feb. 19th at The Mercury Café, Argusfest Film Series, presents the Colorado Premiere of The Big Sellout a new hard-hitting documentary that “challenges current economic orthodoxy in contending that the dogmatic claims of the international business establishment for neo-liberal development policies are not supported by modern economic science.”

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