Events

Free yourself from shopping stress and #opt4art on Friday, November 25, at the beautiful, relaxing Clyfford Still Museum. Gather your nearest and dearest for free admission all day, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Whether or not you’re heading to Downtown Denver’s “Light the Lights” Grand Illumination event, swing by and experience Clyfford Still: The Works on Paper, the Museum's largest exhibition to.... Read More

Woohoo!! Black Sheep Fridays is back at MCA Denver for its 7th season of sophisticated nonsense, bringing museum quality malarky to the masses. Every other Friday through January 20, 2017, head to the rooftop cafe at the MCA for happy hour 5p - 7p and a delightfully weird mashup program 6p - 8p. Arrive early as.... Read More

A tradition at Little Man Ice Cream, the annual holiday tree lighting invites the community to gather together for holiday fun in the Highlands. More info: http://www.littlemanicecream.com/event/highlands-tree-lighting/

One of the holiday season’s longest running traditions, the 9NEWS Light the Lights event takes place at the City & County Building, where 585 energy-efficient LED lights and more than 2,000 feet of LED rope lights will once again transform the structure into one of the most popular holiday lighting displays in the region. Performances.... Read More

Clyfford Still’s artistic language embraces vocabulary from the figurative to the highly gestural and from the representational to the graphic and abstract. Many of these features have correlations in music and sound. Based on these ideas, composer Nathan Hall, along with an ensemble of musicians, will perform a series of short musical compositions derived from.... Read More

One Screening Only! Saturday, November 26th at 1pm. Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Libretto: Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov Cast: Svetlana Lunkina (Zina), Mikhail Lobukhin (Pyotr), Maria Alexandrova (the Ballerina), Ruslan Skvortsov (the Ballet Dancer), Denis Savin (the Accordionist), Alexei Loparevich (the Old Dacha Dweller) During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting.... Read More

Pen and Ink (Botanical Illustration) Renee Jorgensen, Illustrator and Calligrapher Join professional artists in the DRAWING Room at the Clyfford Still Museum for a peek into the creative process. Engage in discussion and watch them create works in a variety of media. Drop-in, No registration required More info: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/artist-demonstration-pen-and-ink/

Two Shows Only! Sunday, November 27th at 1pm and Monday, November 28th at 7pm. King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the.... Read More

Members of the Allrunner and Birdshead family, Northern Cheyenne/Arapaho, will celebrate Cheyenne and Arapaho culture at the History Colorado Center at 1:30 pm on Sunday, November 27. They will share Northern and Southern Cheyenne dances and songs. The performance at History Colorado will follow the conclusion of the Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run. The.... Read More

Join History Colorado for a view behind the lens of the museum's exhibition By Their Hats, Horses and Homes, We Shall Know Them with curator Megan Friedel, historian Jason Hanson and archivist Adrienne Evans. From Oliver and Otis Aultmans' portraits of Trinidad to Eugenia Kennicott's sweet portrayal of ranch life near Westcliffe to Charles Lillybridge's street photos of.... Read More