Music in the Galleries: Alla Prima Quartet
2016-02-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Default Theme
Music was part of Still’s life from an early age. Still played piano and memorized works by Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert. His record collection, which is part of the Museum’s archives, includes an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, traditional gospel, blues, and folk. This winter, the Clyfford Still Museum is partnering with the Friends of Chamber Music and Swallow Hill Music to offer a new way to encounter Still’s work: live music in the galleries—performed not in concert but as a way to experience Still’s work through sight and sound. Chairs will be scattered throughout the museum for your use. Sit, look, listen, enjoy.
Free with admission | No registration required
February 7 | Alla Prima Quartet
Works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Mozart. Alla Prima Quartet is a new quartet composed of CSO musicians Dorian Kincaid (violin); Phillip Stevens (viola); Tom Hagerman (violin) from DeVotchKa; and Evan Orman (cello).
More info: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/music-in-the-galleries-2016-02-07/

The News from Mars
2016-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Hear the latest from the Red Planet from Bruce Jakosky, the principal investigator for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. MAVEN has been orbiting Mars for 18 months and has already uncovered some very intriguing truths about our neighboring planet.
Tickets: $8 member, $10 nonmember
More info and tickets: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/the-news-from-mars/

Meet Charles Darwin
2016-02-08 20:00 - 21:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Celebrate Darwin’s birthday by spending an afternoon with the affable young Charles Darwin. Enactor Brian “Fox” Ellis is back by popular demand to bring Darwin to life. Hear humorous tales of Darwin’s training as a naturalist, his insights into South American geology, his discovery of strange creatures on the Galápagos archipelago, and most important, the scientific evidence that led to his revolutionary theory. Equal parts dramatic storytelling, stand-up comedy, and show-and-tell, Ellis immerses you in the intellectual world of one of history’s greatest scientific minds.
Tickets: $15 member; $18 nonmember
More info and tickets: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/meet-charles-darwin-8-pm/

Moxie U: PR 101 for Artists
2016-02-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Default Theme
Join the Art  Students League of Denver, Clyfford Still Museum, and RedLine for a special collaborative series of professional-development lectures designed to help artists enhance their business practices. Topics include how to write an artist statement;  PR 101 for artists; project budgets; client contracts; grants; requests for proposals (RFPs); how to price your artwork;  and more. Click on the workshop title to register.
Rotating venues | $5 per seat  | Second Tuesday of each month
Click on lecture titles for more info and to register.
Series Overview:
February 9 | Clyfford Still Museum
PR 101 for Artists
Cristina Ceballo, Blake Communications

March 8 | Redline
Project Budgets + Contracts with Clients
Mary Valdez, Public Art Program Coordinator for Denver Arts & Venues

April 12 | Art Students League
Grants + Requests for Qualifications (RFQs)
John Grant, Public Art Consultant

May 10 | Clyfford Still Museum
Legal Stuff (Copyright, Intellectual Property and other things)
David Ratner, Creative Law Network, in partnership with CBCA and Colorado Attorneys for the Arts

June 14 | Redline
How to Price Your Artwork
Kathy Andrews, Art Appraiser
Summer break! No July or August workshops.
September 13 | Art Students League
Public Art Academy
Michael Chavez, Public Art Program Manager for Denver Arts & Venues

October 11 | Clyfford Still Museum
Horror Stories and other Fables for Artists
Various presenters TBA

November 8 | Redline
How to Set Your Studio for a Professional Visit
Cortney Lane Stell, Executive Director & Curator of Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum

20th Annual Denver Jewish Film Festival
2016-02-10 - 2016-02-21 | CO
For the last two decades, the Denver Jewish Film Festival has brought the best in Jewish cinema from around the world to Denver. This year’s selection of 27 films exploring the Jewish experience include dramas, comedies, documentaries and even a thriller. In addition to film screenings, audiences will be able to hear from directors Oren Jacoby (My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes), Abby Ginsberg (Soft Vengeance), and Cary and Yari Wolinsky (Raise the Roof). Opening night of the Festival will feature singer-songwriter David Broza, who’s at the center of the documentary East Jerusalem, West Jerusalem.
More info: http://maccjcc.org/film-festival/festival-overview/

Meet Charles Darwin
2016-02-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Celebrate Darwin’s birthday by spending an afternoon with the affable young Charles Darwin. Enactor Brian “Fox” Ellis is back by popular demand to bring Darwin to life. Hear humorous tales of Darwin’s training as a naturalist, his insights into South American geology, his discovery of strange creatures on the Galápagos archipelago, and most important, the scientific evidence that led to his revolutionary theory. Equal parts dramatic storytelling, stand-up comedy, and show-and-tell, Ellis immerses you in the intellectual world of one of history’s greatest scientific minds.
Tickets: $15 member; $18 nonmember
More info and tickets: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/meet-charles-darwin-6-pm/

Chocolate: The Exhibition Opens
2016-02-12 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Sounds deliciously interesting to us! Chocolate: The Exhibition opens at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on FRI 2/12 and is included with museum admission. The exhibit will run through Sunday, May 8th.
More info: http://www.dmns.org/chocolate-the-exhibition/
EXHIBITION FEATURES (From the DMNS Website):
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
Enter a lush tropical rainforest and see a replica of a cacao tree. Learn about the complex ecosystem that supports the healthy growth of the remarkable Theobroma cacao, the tiny midges that pollinate it, and the birds that make homes in its branches.
ANCIENT MAYA
See how sculptures and carved vessels, and chemical residue in pots helped scientists trace the roots of chocolate to the ancient Maya, the first people to turn the bitter seeds into a spicy drink for ceremonies and trade.
AZTEC MARKETPLACE
Cacao was key to the vast empire of the Aztec people—as a luxury drink for the elite, an offering to the gods, payment to rulers, and money in the marketplace. Barter for precious cacao seeds in an interactive Aztec market experience.
CHOCOLATE COMES TO EUROPE
The Spaniards’ arrival in the Americas introduced chocolate to Europe. Learn what happened when chocolate met sugar. See how the growing demand for chocolate by wealthy Europeans created a toll paid by enslaved peoples toiling on sugar and cacao plantations.
CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURING
Take a look at the sweet side of the Industrial Revolution and the steady stream of new inventions and creative advertising that brought chocolate bars to the masses. Explore tools and techniques used for processing chocolate and creating delicious treats.
CHOCOLATE AS A GLOBAL COMMODITY
Explore the relationship between growing, selling, and consuming cacao. Trace its ups and downs in the world market, and see how cacao is harvested, prepared, and shipped. Find out what farmers are doing to preserve their crops, their income, and the rainforest.

CHOCOLATE TODAY
Find out how people around the world cook with it, eat and drink it, and use it in holiday celebrations. Learn about the myths and realities of chocolate’s effect on health. Discover your “chocolate personality” with a fun game. Wrap up your experience by shopping for chocolate treats and goodies!

Creative Mornings: Sarah Pessin
2016-02-12 08:30 - 10:00 | CO
Creative Mornings = Free coffee and light breakfast + inspiring speaker. Each month, Creative Morning talks take place in more than 150 cities around the world and bring together creatives, designers, museum workers and engaged cool people of all varieties to mix and mingle and enjoy a thought provoking lecture.
Learn more and register starting at 9a on MON 2/8: https://creativemornings.com/talks/sarah-pessin
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Sarah Pessin is Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies and the Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver (DU). Sarah works on topics in philosophy and theology with an emphasis on the role of concepts like exile and fragility in personal identity and inter-human community-making. Sarah has strong interests in inter-cultural dialogue, and served as the creative director for the development of DU’s Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site which aims to build bridges across diverse communities in Colorado. The author of numerous publications (including her recent book, Ibn Gabirol’s Theology of Desire (Cambridge University Press, 2013)), Sarah is broadly interested in the sacred nature of inter-human response, and is currently working on a range of projects, including a study of the limits of forgiveness and non-forgiveness.

Be STILL My Heart
2016-02-12 18:30 - 20:00, 2016-02-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2016-02-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Default Theme
Forget about dinner and a movie. Grab your special someone and join one of the Clyfford Still Museum’s expert gallery guides for an entertaining date over Valentine’s Day weekend. Engage your mind, body, and spirit in this activity-based experience designed to be a creative departure from standard museum tours.

Event Dates:
Friday, February 12, 6:30 p.m.
Sat-Sun, February 13-14, 2 p.m.

Free event. RSVP here: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/register

Secrets and Confessions
2016-02-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-02-13 20:00 - 22:00 | The Jones, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe St., Denver, CO, United States
Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s or Singles Awareness Day, Denver Center’s Cult Following theater company invites you to get your deep, embarrassing and awkward secrets off your chest. Host Chris Parente of “Colorado’s ‘Everyday’ Show” will walk the audience down memory lane through their collective mishaps in the world of romance. See your sordid stories reimagined by actors in a lively night of truth or dare.
Tickets: $15 and include a free beer
Bar opens at 7:30p, show starts at 8p
More info and tickets: http://www.denvercenter.org/shows/specific-series/Get?Id=c06cfe51-17dd-4290-a46a-272d4b701ed2

Artist Demo: Derek Cadena – Acrylic Gel Transfer
2016-02-13 - 2016-02-14 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Come play in the Paint Studio at Denver Art Museum and catch an artist demo too! Free with museum admission. Children and youth 18 and under are free.
All demos take place 12p – 3p.
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/calendar/paint-studio-weekend-artist-demonstrations
Weekend Demonstration Schedule (subject to change):

February 13–14 & 20–21: Derek Cadena – Acrylic Gel Transfer
February 27–28: Nathan Abels – Acrylic Painting
March 5–6: Leticia D. Tanguma – Mixed Media with Acrylic and Watercolor
March 12–13: April Tsosie – Acrylic Painting
March 19–20: Melanie Yazzie – Gouache Painting on Handmade Paper
March 26–27: Lui Ferreyra – Oil Painting
April 2–3 & 9–10: Quintin Gonzalez – Mixed Media
April 16–17: Nathan Abels – Acrylic Painting
April 23–24: Leticia D. Tanguma – Mixed Media with Acrylic and Watercolor
April 30–May 1: Homare Ikeda – Abstract Painting

Rock Ballets
2016-02-13 - 2016-02-14 | CO
Perhaps you’ve seen ballet, but have you ever seen a rock ballet? Wonderbound‘s upcoming performance, “Rock Ballets,” combines inspired, original choreography with the music of Queen and David Bowie as performed live by Chimney Choir and Ian Cooke Band. This is not your usual holiday trip to see “The Nutcracker!” Prepare to be amazed.
Garrett Ammon’s celebrated ballets set to the music of David Bowie and Queen will be hitting the stage once more! This time, the beloved tunes will be played live by a Denver super-group made up of musicians from Chimney Choir and Ian Cooke Band. The evening will also feature a world premiere work by Sarah Tallman.
Tickets: $22 – $50
Show starts at 7p on SAT 2/13 and 2p on SUN 2/14
More info and tickets: http://wonderbound.com/shows-events/rock-ballets-2016

Chinese New Year Celebration
2016-02-13 09:00 - 17:00 | Far East Center, 333 S. Federal, Denver, CO, 80219, United States
Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Far East Center is always fun, festive and fascinating! Enjoy cultural performances, shop for traditional decorations and feel the spirit of Chinese New Year without even leaving the city limits!
New Years Lion Dance Schedule:
Feb 13th (9am – 5pm) New Years Celebration
10:00am – 4:00pm – Ice Carving by Luan Bui
12:00pm – Shaolin Hung Mei Lion Dance
1:30pm – Great Wall Chinese Academy Lion Dance
2:00pm – Colorado Asian Cultural Heritage Center Lion Dance
More about this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/559710950851908/
Read our article about the Far East Center.

Collections Close-up: Love Letters
2016-02-13 12:00 - 14:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
Love is in the air! Stop the History Colorado Center and explore a special presentation of romantic items from their archives, including valentines, marriage proposals, and love letters. This exhibition is included with museum admission.
After admiring these historic items, we suggest heading to the 2nd floor where you can try on a replica of the iconic Bronco barrel (like the Barrel Man used to wear) and try landing a gold medal jump in the ski jumping simulator.
More info: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/collections-close-love-letters-0

Anti-Valentine's Day Party
2016-02-13 13:00 - 17:00 | Popups Example
The Denver Public Library’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Parties are legendary. From zombie love stories to a Xanadu disco inferno. This year, they are serving love reality with a screening of Muriel’s Wedding. And to sweeten the day, they’re rounding up happy couples who would like to get married at this event! Come and witnesses the fun at this special afternoon. They’re providing the officiant, witnesses and reception for the cheapest, most fun and funny wedding ever. Grab your sweetie and 50 of your closest friends or be a wedding crasher! Will there be cake, you ask? Yes, there will be cake! The masterful bakers at Cake Crumbs have created fabulous confections for the brides, grooms and guests to enjoy. PLEASE RSVP to ttilly@denverlibrary.org.
Couples who are interested in getting married or in renewing their vows should submit a paragraph about why they would like to be included as well as a photo of the couple. Brides and grooms, brides and brides, and grooms and grooms are all welcome. Inquiries should be sent to cloffel@denverlibrary.org.
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/ce-events#anti

Free Day at Denver Botanic Gardens
2016-02-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Hooray! It’s a Free Day at Denver Botanic Gardens thanks to the Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and all the citizens who support it. Go see the Orchid Showcase and wander the Conservatory!
More about SCFD Free Days: http://scfd.org
More about the Denver Botanic Gardens: http://www.botanicgardens.org

FINAL WEEK: Orchid Showcase
2016-02-16 - 2016-02-22 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Don’t miss the chance to see hundreds of beautiful orchids on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens! This exhibition is included with admission.
Gardens hours: 9a – 5p daily
More info: http://www.botanicgardens.org/exhibits/orchid-showcase

Denver Sister Cities International Presents India Movie Night: PK
2016-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
Did you know? Denver has 10 international sister cities, one of which is Chennai, India. Join Denver Sister Cities International for an Indian movie and explore Indian culture. This event is open to all!
About the Film: A stranger from another planet, stranded in India, asks questions no one has thought to ask before. Known only by his initials, P.K., translated as “Tipsy” because he seems so weird, his skeptical questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter, and letting go.
2014, 153 Minute Running Time
Language: Hindi (with English subtitles)
More info and tickets: http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=28187

The Great Debate: On-Again, Off-Again Relationships or Grover Cleveland
2016-02-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
The Great Debate pits teams of non-experts head-to-head, toe-to-toe, and often dumb-and-dumber in lively debates of the inconsequential. Mundane topics are brought to life by ordinary, but opinionated folks. You’re bound to be a flip-flopper after listening to compelling arguments on things that never mattered!
Box office opens at 7:30, the feud starts at 8:00.
$6-$8, depending on your luck.
More info and reservations: http://www.buntport.com/greatdebate/greatdebate.htm

One Painting at a Time: PH-203, 1943
2016-02-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Default Theme
One Painting at a Time is a signature program from the Clyfford Still Museum that challenges participants to look beyond their first impression and spend quality time with a single painting.
This season, join the museum for explorations lead by conservation and collections staff, experts on the life and work of Clyfford Still. On February 17, Assistant Curator and Collections Manager Bailey Harberg Placzek leads discussion about a slender, dark canvas created in 1943 during Still’s brief period living in Richmond, Virginia.

Free | Registration required
More info and registration: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/one-painting-at-a-time-ph-203-1943/

J'adore Ciné Club: Grand Central
2016-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
Learning French or just love French culture? Then the J’Adore Ciné Club series is for you. There’s no formal membership required, just buy your ticket to the movie and come!
About the Film: A nuclear power plant serves as the setting for a forbidden romance as volatile as the facility itself in the intense, brilliantly acted second feature from Rebecca Zlotowski (Belle Epine). Gary is a poor, unskilled laborer looking for easy money and a place to fit in. Karole (Léa Seydoux) is the fiancée of longtime plant employee Toni, one of the many underpaid men and women who daily brave illness and possible death from radiation poisoning. Soon Gary and Karole fall rapturously in love, and their moonlit trysts in the bucolic surrounding countryside pose a growing threat to the staff’s tight-knit bonds. Zlotowski focuses both on the everyday routines of the workers and on the swooning passions of the love triangle at the film’s heart, with electronica pulsating on the soundtrack as her characters gamble ever more perilously in work and love.
France, 2014, 95 Minute Running Time
More info and tickets: http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=28138

The Narrators: DIY or DIE
2016-02-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
“We curate the storytellers, but we don’t know what stories they will tell; we don’t make people rehearse. It’s very raw and simple, and that’s the part that I think makes it beautiful and very human,” says Erin Rollman, co-host of The Narrators, a monthly story hour. Rollman and fellow host Ron Doyle create loose themes that steer an assembly of gifted talkers in a general direction – no framework provided, just a topic and ten minutes for each performer to relay a real-life experience.
FREE! And there’s cheap beer to drink while you enjoy the show!
More info: http://thenarrators.org

Free Day at Denver Zoo
2016-02-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St, Denver, 80205, United States
Hooray! It’s an SCFD Free Day! All the Free Days at Denver Zoo take place during the colder months (Jan, Feb and Nov) so don’t wait for a warm sunny day to take advantage of the chance to see the zoo for free. Bundle up, bring your coffee and go!
What is SCFD? Since 1989, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) has distributed funds from a 1/10 of 1% sales and use tax to cultural facilities throughout the seven-county Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. The funds support cultural facilities whose primary purpose is to enlighten and entertain the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement and preservation of art, music, theatre, dance, zoology, botany, natural history and cultural history.
More about the Denver Zoo: http://www.denverzoo.org

Fantastic Voyage, Stop 2: Venice
2016-02-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Ross-University Hills Library, 4310 E. Amherst Avenue, Denver, CO, 80222, United States
Fantastic Voyage: A Year-Long Tour of the World at Ross-University Hills Branch Library.
In 2016, journey around the world from the comfort of the library! Join DPL as Active Minds whisks you away to a different location on the third Thursday of every month at 3 p.m. Get your “passport” stamped at as many Fantastic Voyage events as possible and you’ll be entered into a grand prize drawing at the end of 2016!
Our second stop on the tour is Venice!
Perhaps no other city in the world conjures such distinct images as the gondolas plying the canals of Venice. Join us for a virtual tour of this beautiful, historic city that is visited by more than 20 million tourists each year. We will cover the story of the city, the most notable features and end with a look at what the future holds for this city, which is both sinking and shrinking as the waters rise and the full-time residents move away.
Free event.
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/engage/active-minds-presents-venice-biography-city

Welcome to the Speakeasy: A Look Back at Prohibition
2016-02-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Meet up with other young professionals and enjoy a risqué look at life in the era of the unsinkable and outspoken Margaret “Molly” Brown. Exploring topics too taboo to talk about in the daylight, this bi-monthly speakeasy features signature cocktails and salacious vignettes perfect for history geeks and gossipmongers alike. For ages 21-45, must be 21+ to attend.
Make sure your jalopy is gassed up and can make it to this undercover juice joint. Come dolled up in your favorite 1920s glad rags and learn about prohibition in Denver. Make sure you know the passcode or you won’t be let in the speakeasy. Look out for the feds as you get jazzed on giggle water from Boathouse Distillery.
Tickets: $15
More info and tickets: http://store.mollybrown.org/store/thirsty-thursdays-a-young-professionals-group/welcome-to-the-speakeasy-a-look-back-at-prohibition-/

Science Lounge: Chocolate - SOLD OUT
2016-02-18 18:30 - 21:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
This event is sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door.
Science has never tasted so sweet! Indulge in mouth-watering demonstrations, tastings, and tongue teasers. Trace the history of the world’s favorite sweet in Chocolate: The Exhibition, test your own taste buds, practice palate drills to challenge your mouth and nose, and don’t forget the creamy cocktail at the bar.
More info: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/the-science-lounge/the-science-lounge-chocolate/

Art Lecture: Realisms
2016-02-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
A lecture by Dean Sobel, Director of the Clyfford Still Museum
As the exhibition Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studiodemonstrates, various forms of innovative representational art thrived during this same period and, since the 1960s, have risen to make “realism” a dominant force in recent art.
This slide-illustrated discussion presented by Dean Sobel, director of the Clyfford Still Museum, will consider European movements like “New Objectivity” and Surrealism and their responses to abstraction, as well as single figures such as Robert Henri, Grant Wood, Alex Katz, Chuck Close, Duane Hanson, and Damien Hirst, who stand at the forefront of this parallel development in 20th century art and beyond.
First-come seating. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Lecture is included with Denver Art Museum admission and takes place in the Hamilton Building on the Lower Level.
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/calendar/realisms
