Lecture: Veterans Day
2017-11-09 18:45 - 19:45 (America/Denver) | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
Veterans Day originally honored the military personnel who served in WWI. Currently the holiday celebrates the contributions of all living U.S. veterans, of whom there are over 20 million. Come explore the significance of this holiday and the issues and contributions of those who have served our country in war and peacetime.
Active Minds programs at DPL cover an array of exciting, timely topics to expand your mind.
Lecture dates/locations: Thursday, Nov. 9, 3 p.m. @ Hampden
Thursday, Nov. 16, 6:45 p.m. @ Sam Gary
[Free]
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/jennifer-d/autumn-active-minds

Active Minds: Veterans Day
2017-11-09 18:45 - 19:45 | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
Veterans Day originally honored the military personnel who served in WWI. Currently the holiday celebrates the contributions of all living U.S. veterans, of which there are over 20 million. Join Active Minds as we explore the significance of this holiday and the issues and contributions of those who have served our country in war and peacetime.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: Veterans Day

Edgar Allan Poe Is Dead and So Is My Cat
2017-11-09 20:00 - 21:30, 2017-11-10 20:00 - 21:30, 2017-11-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2017-11-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A new comedy from Buntport that is unlikely to be spooky. Unless you think podcasts and Boston Market are spooky.
[Pay-what-you-can – $20]
More info and tickets: https://buntport.com/2017/09/buntports-45th-original-show/

Pay-What-You-Can Night:
Monday — November 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm

Free Tours of the American Museum of Western Art
2017-11-10 10:00 - 16:00 | American Museum of Western Art, 1727 Tremont Place, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
It is the mission of the American Museum of Western Art to promote the public’s understanding and appreciation of art depicting the American West from the early 1800s through the present day. The art presented is intended to give the public a better understanding and appreciation of the character, history, and beauty of the American West and the peoples, individuals, and ideas that transformed it over time.
To celebrate Denver Arts Week and the local art scene, the museum is offering free self-guided tours. An audio guide is included with your admission, so you can explore the Collection at your own pace. Galleries close at 4:30pm, so last entry is at 4:00pm.
No children under 8 years old. RSVP required.
[Free]
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More info: https://www.anschutzcollection.org

SCFD Free Day: Four Mile Historic Park
2017-11-10 12:00 - 16:00 | Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, Denver, CO, 80246, United States
Thanks to the Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and the citizens who support it, residents of the SCFD district can enjoy free admission at Four Mile Historic Park!
About Four Mile Historic Park: http://www.fourmilepark.org
About 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 (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties). 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 SCFD: http://scfd.org
[Free]

Black Sheep Friday
2017-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
The final Black Sheep of the season on January 19, is going to be a full museum takeover!! Not only will the first 100 people through the door get a free Ratio Beerworks brewski (21+), but there will be a youth mariachi band, Casa Bonita musicians, and grilled snacks on hibachi grills throughout!
This season of Black Sheep Friday is going to be absolute bananas. That’s right. B.A.N.A.N.A.S. You’re going to learn everything you never knew you’ve always wanted to know. And do everything you never knew you’ve always wanted to do. It’s malarkey at its finest.
Visitors are encouraged to drop by at any time and participate. All events are first-come-first-served. Capacity can be limited.
Happy Hour 5-7PM | Event 7-9PM in the MCA Cafe.
The museum is open until 9PM on Fridays
[Free with $5.00 museum admission (Members free)]
More info: https://mcadenver.org/events/series/black-sheep-friday
The 2017 Lineup:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY LUCKY 13

CHARM MAKING TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY EXTREME GLAMOUR SHOTS

GLAMOUR SHOTS WHILE DOING SHOTS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY CUPPING EXPRESS

COFFEE TASTING AND CUPPING THERAPY

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY ¡PINCHE LOTERIA!

LEARN TO CURSE IN SPANISH, BINGO STYLE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 08: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY LET’S GET METAPHYSICAL

CREATE A SIGIL AND PRACTICE CHAOS MAGICK

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY
XXX-MAS CRAFT FAIR

FRIDAY, JANUARY 05: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY TEEN EDITION

BY TEENS, FOR EVERYONE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY HIBACHI MARIACHI

SABER ACOMODAR CLOSING PARTY

What a Place to Be Alive: Moving Images from Toronto
2017-11-10 19:30 - 21:30 | CO
The Dikeou Collection welcomes Collective Misnomer as they present What a Place to Be Alive: Moving Images from Toronto, a small sampling of experimental works made by artists living in Hollywood North. Unlike films made in the Hollywood studio system, the selection of works in this survey are made by moving images artists who are free to pursue their own personal visions. These works offer a glimpse into the formal and personal obsessions of those who now reside near Sugar Beach.
This event is open to public and will take place on Friday, November 10 at Dikeou Pop-Up: Colfax, 312 E Colfax Ave. Doors open at 7:30 pm.
[Free]
More info: http://dikeoucollection.org/event/what-a-place-to-be-alive-moving-images-from-toronto-presented-by-collective-misnomer/
The Lineup:

Through a long-distance call between Canada and Afghanistan, two realities collide in Weeda Azim’s Herat in my Head in my Heart, a work that juxtaposes feelings of estranged nostalgia with the realities of war. Nicholas Kovats’ Apucikam, Megyunk Haza. [Poppa…we are going home] also explores nostalgia, but through a portrait of the artist’s father. Part portrait, part travelogue, Kovats returns to Hungary after 27 years, providing a glimpse into a landscape that has witnessed substantial change.
No long-distance charges apply when you call the 1-800 number in Thirza Cuthand’s 2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99, a satirical infomercial that offers a well needed service, unlimited telephone access to traditional knowledge and support.
Sue Johnson’s The Toronto Reels and Mikel Guillen’s Intermission offer a glimpse into Toronto’s subconscious. Johnson’s super 8 home movies provide a detailed look into Occult Toronto through a tour of Toronto’s psychic and occult shops, while Guillen uses the media reports surrounding the disappearance of teenager Mariam Makhniashvili to examine a city left searching for answers after living in suspended hope for over two years.
Mark Loeser’s Sugar Beach uses several multiple exposures on a single roll of 35mm film to showcase Toronto’s favorite man-made, faux beach directly across from the Redpath Sugar Refinery. In contrast to Sugar Beach, a pseudo-beach where one can’t swim in the water and the sand doesn’t reach the sea, Sara MacLean’s Fore-and-Aft was literally created in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia using celluloid that was buried in the seabed and dragged through the ocean behind a boat. Tactile evidence of the repetition and changes wrought by the tidal cycles.
Finally, the sea plays a different function in Stephanie Comilang’s Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso [Come to Me, Paradise]. In the film, the sea becomes an abstract space separating Filipina workers living in Hong Kong from their homeland. Similar to Herat in my Head, Lumapit Sa Akin explores feelings of estranged nostalgia, but within a different political situation, that of poverty, forced labor, exploitation and human trafficking. Working against a harsh and unjust economic and political reality, pockets of paradise are formed by communally gathering and temporarily transforming public space into private sanctuaries. The internet, like the long-distance phone, provide the utopian potential of a collective consciousness, a way of bringing us together.

Siren Song
2017-11-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-11-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A comedy series for all pirates and their parents- bringing you new high seas hijinks each Second Saturday Oct.-May! Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, an audience-suggested song launches each play-full voyage.
From Buntport Theater, the people who brought you Trunks and Duck Duck Dupe!
[$7 online ($8 at the door)]
More info and tickets: https://buntport.com/2016/08/siren-song/

The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince
2017-11-12 - 2017-11-18 | King Center at Auraria Campus, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
The Alliance Française presents Le Petit Prince in French or English (depending on performance time) at the Rawls Theater in the King Center on Auraria Campus.
Shows will take place Sunday November 12th-Saturday November 18th at 7pm (English) and 8:30pm (French) with a special matinée performance on 11/18 at 2pm (English) and 3:30pm (French).
Seating is limited for each performance (40 seats). To reserve your seat, you will need to make reservations by calling 303-556-2296.
Free parking at the 7th street parking garage next to the King Center.
[$5 – $10]
More info: http://www.afdenver.org/event/le-petit-prince-performance/

KIDS: Foxy & Shmoxy
2017-11-12 10:30 - 11:30 | CO
On the second Sunday of each month (September through May), bring the whole family to help Foxy and Shmoxy—two smart, witty, and hilarious foxes—sniff out clues and solve art mysteries in the Denver Art Museum.
Catch these fox super-sleuths in action! There are two chances to see the foxes: 10:30 am and 11:30 am. To find the foxes, visit the Family Activity Cart (Hamilton Building, level 1), pick up a letter from the Fox Box, and then follow the riddles into the galleries.
Note: The foxes are not here June, July, or August.
[Included with DAM admission]
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/programs/foxy-shmoxy

Sun Catchers and Poetry with the Clyfford Still Museum
2017-11-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Central Library, 10 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join the Clyfford Still Museum at the library to make Clyfford Still-inspired sun catchers and write poetry with words from Still’s writings and quotes.
[Free]
More info: Sun Catchers and Poetry with the Clyfford Still Museum

SCFD Free Day at DMNS
2017-11-13 09:00 - 17:00 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Yay science! And yay free admission!
The Scientific & Cultural Facilities District is a voter-approved special district in the seven-county metro area that provides a stable source of supplemental funding to more than 300 scientific and cultural organizations inside the district’s boundaries. The SCFD collects a one-tenth of 1 percent sales-and-use tax (or one penny on every $10 spent), providing approximately $40 million each year to area cultural attractions both small and large.
A fee still applies to IMAX films, Planetarium shows, and temporary exhibitions. Reservations and amenities (lunchroom, coat and lunch storage, bus drop off, etc.) for school groups are not available on SCFD Community Free Days.
[Free]
More info: http://www.dmns.org/about-us/scfd-free-days/
2017 SCFD Community Free Days

Sunday, January 22
Monday, February 27
Monday, March 13
Monday, April 10 (Earth Day)
Sunday, April 30 (Día del Niño)
Sunday, June 4
Sunday, August 6
Monday, August 28
Sunday, September 17
Monday, October 16
Monday, November 13
Sunday, December 10

Drop-In Drawing
2017-11-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Monthly program on the second Tuesday of the month
(Re)kindle your creative passions in these informal sketching sessions on the second Tuesday of every month. Take inspiration from the galleries with the help of a DAM art instructor and tackle a new drawing topic every month.
Bring your own supplies or use one of our communal sketch pads. If you bring your own supplies, please note that only sketchpads/notebooks 14 x 17 inches or smaller, graphite pencils, and kneaded erasers are permitted in the galleries. We will also provide these supplies if you do not have your own.
Meet on level 1 of the Hamilton Building.
[Included with Museum Admission]
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/programs/drop-drawing

Energy Efficiency and Solar Possibilities for Your Home
2017-11-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Central Library, 10 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join Denver’s Environmental Health Department to learn about energy efficiency improvements for your home, solar energy options, and how best to find resources in Denver when starting a project.
[Free]
More info: Energy Efficiency and Solar Possibilities for Your Home

Moxie U Presents: Tax Prep for Artists
2017-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Redline, 2350 Arapahoe St., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Do you stress out during tax time? You’re not alone! Learn how to best manage, account for, and file your creative input/output each year. With opportunities for questions (though every tax situation varies based on the individual) this workshop will offer general advice on how to track income, save and account for expenses for a more successful and less stressful tax filing process.
Join the Art Students League of Denver (ASLD), Clyfford Still Museum (CSM) and RedLine for a special collaborative series of professional development workshops for artists. These workshops feature experts in the art industry sharing practical knowledge and relevant tools to assist artists in enhancing their business practice.
[$5; Registration Required]
More info: http://www.redlineart.org/upcomingevents/2017/10/31/moxie-u-presents-tax-prep-for-artists

Denver Talks Discussion of Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric
2017-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Central Park Rec Center, 9651 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Denver, CO, 80238, United States
Join the citywide conversation about race, social justice, and Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric.​ What can we learn from the experiences presented in Citizen? How can we use what we learn to create a more inclusive and accepting community? Lighthouse Writers Workshop, the City & County of Denver, and NEA Big Read want Denver-area residents to read the book and start talking.
[Free]
More info: Denver Talks Discussion of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric

Daybreaker: Sunrise at the Big Top
2017-11-15 06:00 - 09:00 | CO
Join Daybreaker at the Circus Collective for the most spectacular circus-ey morning dance party ever. In addition to their typical yoga session, Acro Yoga will also be available. Sign up for both yoga and dance, or just come dance.

The Lineup:

YOGA + ACRO YOGA
6 – 7 AM

DANCE
7-9 AM
DJ to be announced

+ If you’re signed up for yoga, please bring a yoga mat
+ Free coffee, healthy juices and breakfast treats
+ Live performances and special surprises!

[$20 – $45]

More info: https://www.daybreaker.com/city/den/

DPL Winter Used Book Sale
2017-11-15 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-16 10:00 - 16:00 | CO
Join the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation for the annual Winter Used Book Sale
November 15-18
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Daily
Central Library Conference Center
More than 60,000 used books, CDs, DVDs, sheet music and more.
Cash, checks and credit cards accepted
[Free admission]
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/chrish/winter-used-book-sale

Active Minds: Nobel Prize
2017-11-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Ross-University Hills Library, 4310 E. Amherst Avenue, Denver, CO, 80222, United States
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prize in his will in 1895. For over a century the prize has stood for extraordinary accomplishment in a variety of fields throughout the world. We’ll trace the history of the Nobel Prize, highlighting notable laureates, notable omissions and a controversy here and there. We will also take a look at recent and possible future winners and the political impact the prize can have in the world.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: Nobel Prize

UV Light T-shirt Printing
2017-11-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Byers, 675 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Come design your own T-shirts! You print out an image you’d like to use on transparent paper, place it over the ink applied to the shirt, and let the sun or our UV light develop the ink around it with our special inkodye lumi-ink!
[Free]
More info: UV Light T-shirt Printing

The Science Lounge: Dinosaurs
2017-11-16 18:30 - 21:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Dinos rule! Meet some of T. rex’s newest family members in the temporary exhibition Ultimate Dinosaurs. Explore how the changing continents influenced dino evolution, check out the dinosaur on your dinner table, and craft your own cast of dino teeth and claws. Sip a cretaceous cocktail while you embrace your inner paleontologist.
21+, Cash bar
[$13 member, $15 nonmember]
More info: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/the-science-lounge/the-science-lounge-dinosaurs/

Active Minds: South Korea
2017-11-16 18:45 - 19:45 | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
The Korean peninsula is a challenging part of the world. While North Korea gets a lot of attention for their nuclear ambitions and anti-western rhetoric, their neighbor to the south is making headlines of their own. The recent election of Moon Jae-in as President of South Korea is likely to bring some significant shifts in regional policy and create ripples throughout the world. Join Active Minds as we explore the country of South Korea, past, present, and future.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: South Korea

Three Things, Any Three Things
2017-11-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Three Things, Any Three Things is an experiment in performance, lecture, and music.
We bring you three experiences. We smash them together. We make no connections.
Let’s see what happens.
November 2:
Senior Dogs, Exoplanets, & the Drums
with @wolfgang2242 (Steve Greig), Ka Chun Yu, & Gregg Ziemba
November 16:
Situationist Fashion, Chiptune Duets, & a Glossary of Graffiti
with Maria Buszek, Peter Montoulieu, & Anthony Garcia Sr.
November 30:
Sonic Art, Awkward Hugs, & A Barn Dance
with Nathan Hall, Ty Tashiro, & Halden Wofford
All events 7-8:30PM @ MCA Denver
[$10 Member/Students | $15 Nonmembers]
More info: https://mcadenver.org/events/series/3-things-any-3-things

Dikeou Literary Series
2017-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 | CO
The Dikeou Collection presents the twenty-fifth installment of the Dikeou Literary Series and welcomes our new series organizer, Ashley Colley.
This event is free and open to the public and will place on Thursday, November 16 at Dikeou Pop-Up: Colfax, 312 E Colfax Ave, 7-9pm.
Readings by: J. Michael Martinez, Carolina Ebeid, Daniel Poppick, and Callie Garnett.
[Free]
More info: http://dikeoucollection.org/event/dikeou-literary-series-j-michael-martinez-carolina-ebeid-daniel-poppick-callie-garnett/
About the Authors:
Selected for the National Poetry Series in 2017 and a recipient of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, J. Michael Martinez is the author of three collections of poetry. He is the Poetry Editor of NOEMI Press and his writings have been anthologized in Ahsahta Press’ “The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral,” Rescue Press’ “The New Census: 40 American Poets,” and Counterpath Press’ “Angels of the Americlypse: New Latin@ Writing.” J. Michael lives and teaches in Denver, Colorado.
Carolina Ebeid is the author of You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior (Noemi Press, 2016). She is a student in the PhD program in creative writing at the University of Denver, where she is associate editor of the Denver Quarterly, and she holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers. She has won fellowships and prizes from CantoMundo, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, the Stadler Center for Poetry, and the NEA. Her work appears widely in journals such as The Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, Colorado Review, and more recent work appears in PEN America, Bennington Review, and jubilat.
Daniel Poppick is the author of The Police (Omnidawn, 2017). His recent work appears in The New Republic, BOMB, Granta, The Bennington Review, and the PEN Poetry Series. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he currently lives in Brooklyn, where he co-edits the Catenary Press with Rob Schlegel and Rawaan Alkhatib.
Callie Garnett is the author of the chapbooks Hallelujah, I’m a Bum (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015), and On Knowingness, forthcoming from The Song Cave. Her poems have appeared in Prelude, Company, jubilat, and elsewhere. She works as an Assistant Editor at Bloomsbury Publishing and lives in Brooklyn.
The Dikeou Literary Series is currently organized by Ashley Colley, a poet from Ohio. Her poems have appeared most recently in Black Warrior Review, Prelude, jubilat, and New Delta Review. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and currently a PhD candidate in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver.

Cinema Q FREE Screening: The Death And Life Of Marsha P. Johnson
2017-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
FREE Community screening Thursday, November 16th at 7:15pm
Presented by Cinema Q, The Center, The Gender Identity Center, One Colorado, TransAction/It Takes A Village
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? When the beloved, self-described “street queen” of NY’s Christopher Street was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992, the NYPD called her death a suicide. Protests erupted but the police remained impassive and refused to investigate. Now, twenty-five years on, Academy Award® nominated director and journalist David France (How to Survive a Plague) examines Marsh’s death—and her extraordinary life—in his new film.
[Free; register for tickets]
More info: https://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=29949
