Free Day at Denver Art Museum
2015-02-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2015-03-07 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
What’s awesome about the 1st Saturday of every month? Free admission to the Denver Art Museum! With lots to see, do and make, the Denver Art Museum is a place everyone from preschoolers to grandmas will enjoy. Starting in 2015, The DAM’s bilingual programming, CelebrARTE will take place on 1st Free Saturdays. CelebrARTE info.

A Victorian Tea at Four Mile Historic Park
2015-02-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, Denver, CO, 80246, United States
Enjoy a delightful afternoon of refreshments accompanied by a presentation by genealogy specialist James Jeffery from the Denver Public Library. The relaxed setting means it’s easy to fly solo or come with a friend. Tickets are $25 for members of the park and $30 for others (plus an Eventbrite precessing fee if purchased online). Tickets must be reserved by February 5th at 4pm. Tickets and more info.

**Final Week** Whales: Giants of the Deep
2015-02-09 - 2015-02-16 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Included with admission to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Whales: Giants of the Deep presents the story of whale evolution, anatomy and lifecycle, plus a look at the interaction between humans and whales throughout history with a special emphasis on the Maori’s use of whales as a source of food and material for tools and art. Don’t miss seeing the beautifully presented whale skeletons, interactive sonar theater, life-size blue whale heart (you can even climb inside to listen to it beat!) and intricately carved Maori whale bone artifacts. More info.

Black Sheep Fridays - Speed Metal Dating
2015-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Black Sheep Fridays runs weekly January 23 to March 27 from 6–8PM at the Cafe located on the top floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visitors can stop by anytime during the evening to experience the fun. Tickets are $5. More info.
Description from the MCA: Speed dating to black metal music

Free Day at National Parks and Public Lands
2015-02-14 - 2015-02-16 | CO
Check out someplace new! Throughout the year, national parks and public lands offer “fee-free days” when visitors can enjoy free entry or waived standard amenity fees. See the whole list of 2015 dates here: http://www.publiclandseveryday.org/2015-federal-fee-free-days

Active Minds: Chocolate
2015-02-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Ross-University Hills Library, 4310 E. Amherst Avenue, Denver, CO, 80222, United States
Active Minds, in collaboration with Denver Public Library presents free regular lectures on fascinating topics. In this very fitting Valentine’s Day lecture, you’ll dive into the history of chocolate and learn how cacao beans are processed into the delicious chocolate we all love. No reservations are required; just show up! More details.

Free Day at Denver Zoo
2015-02-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St, Denver, 80205, United States
Free Days at the Zoo are extra fun as there are even more volunteers available to answer all your questions about animals and even facilitate animal encounters. Bundle up and take advantage of a great offer!

European History in Beer
2015-02-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
The best lectures come with a beer tasting! From the Alliance Française website: Explore the history of Europe with a tasty presentation. Sample beer’s evolution from its invention, to the Gauls, the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, and today. Tickets are $5 and registration is required.

Thirsty Thursday - Burlesque in the Victorian Era
2015-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Join the fun-loving and historically-savvy folks of the Molly Brown House for an evening for young professionals (ages 21-40) that combines cocktails, munchies, activities and a dive into Denver’s rich history. The theme changes each month and tickets are $15 (this includes programming and 1 drink). Learn more and purchase tickets here.
February Theme Description from the Molly Brown House:
Bosoms, Butts, and a Whole Lotta Tease: A Look Back at the Sensuality and Humor of Burlesque.
Take a peek back to when burlesque was the talk of the town during the Victorian age. Discover the humor behind the tights, garters, and tease with Vivienne VaVoom, a local burlesque artist, performing two acts in the museum. Featuring drinks from Fiesty Spirits Distillery that will surely please.

The McNichols Project: Light Years
2015-02-19 18:00 - 22:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
The McNichols Project is an all-new event series dreamed up by Denver Arts & Venues and creative collaborative partners around the city. During these lively evening events, the McNichols Building (that’s the building that sits on the northwest corner of Civic Center Park) will be transformed using the power of music, art, photography, libations and “unexpected surprises” (as this is the inaugural event, I guess we’ll all just have to show up and find out what the organizers mean!). Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. More info about Light Years.

Science Lounge: Up, Up, And Away!
2015-02-19 18:30 - 21:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Cool kids go to museums at night! Science Lounge is a series of evening events for ADULTS 21+ ONLY at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science that feature science activities based on a theme, heavy appetizers, a cash bar and limited access to the museum (generally only one exhibit is open during the event). Tickets are $10 for DMNS members and $12 for others.
Description of Up, Up, and Away! from DMNS: Launch into an outer-stellar evening navigating the galaxy in a vehicle of your own creation. Examine what it takes to send a craft into space, learn how combustion and launch vehicles propel the most massive rockets, roll up your sleeves for Rocket Engine 101, then blast off to the bar for a cosmic cocktail. Rocket out of this world! Tickets.

Denver Restaurant Week
2015-02-20 - 2015-03-01 | CO
Make reservations for a delicious week in Denver! During Denver Restaurant Week, participating restaurants offer special multi-course meals for just $30 per person. Check out the menus and reserve your table!

Teen Drop-In Night at MCA - Free
2015-02-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Teens are invited to come hang out, sip hot chocolate and tinker at the Museum of Contemporary Art with project inspiration provided by a local artist and MCA staff. Teens are always free at the MCA and there’s no additional cost for the Teen Drop-In Nights. Sweet! More info.
Series 3: January 9, 23 & February 6, 20
with Katie Watson on interactive environments, installations and technologies

Black Sheep Fridays - Miami Vice President
2015-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Black Sheep Fridays runs weekly January 23 to March 27 from 6–8PM at the Cafe located on the top floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visitors can stop by anytime during the evening to experience the fun. Tickets are $5. More info.
Description from the MCA: Table reading of Miami Vice by Joe Biden and Dick Cheney impersonators

Lunar New Year at Denver Zoo
2015-02-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St, Denver, 80205, United States
The Chinese Year of the Sheep (also called the Year of the Goat) begins on February 19, 2015. Celebrate by hanging out with some real sheep at the Denver Zoo! The Zoo will host a special education cstation during the day and a keeper talk at 1pm. More info.

How the West Was Sung - History via Song
2015-02-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
We love it when institutions collaborate to create something unique! The voices of the Central City Opera singers join with the Molly Brown House Museum to celebrate the music of the western frontier. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children. Showings at 1pm and 3pm. More info and tickets here.
Event Description from the Molly Brown House:
“Along with dreams, they brought their songs; that’s how the west was sung.” Join us for a one of a kind experience in opera and history! Together with the Central City Opera, the Molly Brown House Museum presents How the West Was Sung, a musical treat bringing western frontier history alive and featuring our very own Unsinkable “Molly” Brown. Paired with a tour of the Molly Brown House Museum, it is a musical journey through Colorado’s past as performed by the Central City Opera Ensemble Artists. Suitable for ages 7 and up.

The Eco-Disaster Fashion Show
2015-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
Warm Cookies of the Revolution is the world’s first “civic health club.” What does that mean? Well, it means that through playful and creative events, the folks at Warm Cookies want to help people engage with civic issues that impact our lives, but might initially seem hard to unravel or at the very least not that fun (like taxes, building codes, laws, political processes, etc.). Improve your civic health and have a great time too!
Event Description from Warm Cookies of the Revolution: Imagine what our world will look like if we do nothing to combat global climate change. The essential question, of course, is: Whatever shall we wear?! Denver’s top designers are putting on a runway show that will challenge us to imagine, critique, and plan for a new way of life that may not be far away. This is cutting-edge fashion for our ecological future! More info.

Café des Artes: Degas
2015-02-26 06:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join the Alliance Française for an evening lecture that includes wine, snacks and insight into French culture and history! The “Café des Artes” occurs monthly with a different topic. Tickets are $10 for members of the AF and $18 for members of the general public. More info.

Free Day at Clyfford Still Museum
2015-02-27 10:00 - 20:00 | Default Theme
Never been to the Still? Then now is your chance to see the masterpieces of abstract expressionism housed in this unique museum. The building itself is stunning architecturally and well worth the visit too. Thanks to the support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), the Clyfford Still Museum will offer free admission on Fridays nights, 5p – 8p, and free admission all day on the final Friday of the month beginning January 30th and running until October 30th, 2015. Still Museum.

Black Sheep Fridays - Teen Failure
2015-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Black Sheep Fridays runs weekly January 23 to March 27 from 6–8PM at the Cafe located on the top floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visitors can stop by anytime during the evening to experience the fun. Tickets are $5. More info.
Description from the MCA: MCA Denver’s Teen Program: Failure Lab curates Black Sheep Friday – For Teens By Teens

Denver Art Museum Untitled: Statement Piece
2015-02-27 18:00 - 22:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Denver Art Museum’s Untitled Final Fridays are our favorite fridays of the month! Centered around a vague theme, these fun evenings feature interesting presentations, fun things to make and take, mini theater performances from Buntport Theater, gallery tours of all varieties, plus great music by a live DJ, cash bar and light munchies. Show up and be ready to explore and get creative with local artists, entertainers and DAM staff. Untitled is free for members and general admission price ($8-$13) for other visitors. More info.
DAM description of this event: Make a lasting impression in different media, from fashion to film.

Chamberlin Observatory Open House
2015-02-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Chamberlin Observatory, 2930 East Warren Avenue, Denver, CO, 80210, United States
Join the Denver Astrological society for one of their monthly open houses at the historic Chamberlin Observatory. During the event, guests can view the heavens through the observatory’s famous 20-inch aperture Alvan Clark-Saegmuller refractor by checking in at the desk on the main floor of the observatory and paying a $2 per-person fee or $5 per family. If the weather is cloudy and not suitable for viewing with the observatory’s telescope, there is a reduced $1 per-person entry fee to the observatory. In addition to touring the observatory, the monthly open houses are a great time to interact with members of the DAS and get answers to questions about your telescope (feel free to bring your scope to set up outside of the Observatory as many DAS members do) or anything you see in the sky! Chamberlin Observatory Open House info.

Tattered Cover Film Series: Lacombe, Lucien, '74
2015-03-01 02:00 - 16:30 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
With the Tattered Cover Film Series, you can enjoy a different classic movie each month at the Sie FilmCenter hosted by Howie Movshovitz. Tickets are only $1! Seating is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Film Series Lineup.
About the Film: After the Normandy invasion, a 17-year-old French country kid, becomes a Nazi collaborator. He’s unformed; he has no moral framework in his life. In another time, Lucien Lacombe—he identifies himself in the bureaucratic form of his name—would lead an unnoticed, probably undistinguished life. But in these times, he’s ripe for Nazi recruitment, and Louis Malle’s film is an early example of the French looking at the question of French collaboration with the Nazis. (138 minutes). Source: TatteredCover.com

Creative Mornings: INK
2015-03-06 08:30 - 10:00 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
An inspiring, intriguing and insightful speaker from the Denver community paired with free coffee and free pastries? What could be better! These monthly gatherings occur in cities all over the world and are united by a common theme each month. In Denver, Creative Mornings always happens on the first Friday of the month, with free tickets becoming available on the Monday morning of that same week. More info.

Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
2015-03-06 12:00 - 16:00 | Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, Denver, CO, 80246, United States
Travel back to 1859 for free! Enjoy a tour of the Four Mile House Museum, pan for gold (okay, it’s actually pyrite, but the kids always end up panning for hours!), interact with costumed volunteers and check out the farm animals. This park offers a delightful oasis right in the middle of the city and really brings history to life.

Black Sheep Fridays - A Wes Anderson Purim
2015-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Black Sheep Fridays runs weekly January 23 to March 27 from 6–8PM at the Cafe located on the top floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visitors can stop by anytime during the evening to experience the fun. Tickets are $5. More info.
Description from the MCA: Dress as a Wes Anderson movie character and eat hamantaschen

DPL Weekend Music Series: Toco Bay
2015-03-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Popups Example
Don Prorak’s steel pans and Jim Theobald’s marimba produce a sound larger than their tropical origins, covering calypso, Latin, reggae, pop, jazz, classical, and melodic original tunes.
All Weekend Music Series performances are free, open to the public, require no reservations and take place at the Central library, Level 1 Schlessman Hall.

Music for Myopia
2015-03-07 19:00 - 23:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
From the MCA: Join Mark Mothersbaugh himself, along with special guests Tennis, Mr. Pacman, and DJ Gonda for a night of music inspired by the art and music of Mark Mothersbaugh. Music for Myopia also features the concert film Hardcore DEVO Live!, audio postcards for the first two hundred guests, and a Myopia-inspired photo booth. This event is co-produced by MCA Denver and the Underground Music Showcase.
Space is limited for this evening. 7PM VIP Reception (VIP ticket includes open bar from 7-8PM), 8PM General Admission. $35 GA ($30 members) / $100 VIP ($92 members)
More info and tickets.

DCPA Family Fun Forum
2015-03-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Robert & Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education, 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Explore and try your hand at theater arts like singing, dancing, juggling and more at the DCPA Family Fun Forum. This event is free and open to all ages. If you can’t make it for this date, mark your calendar for the next Family Fun Forum on April 26, 2015. More info.
