Frei Otto: Spanning the Future
2016-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Design Council of the Denver Art Museum is pleased to host the Denver premiere of Frei Otto: Spanning the Future, the story of the innovative German architect and 2015 Pritzker Prize Laureate, Frei Otto.
Half a century ago, Otto became world famous as a pioneer in the design of lightweight tensile structures. Born in Germany in 1925, Otto’s life story is set against the sweep of 20th century history. The documentary was filmed in Stuttgart, Mannheim, Munich, London, and Los Angeles, and includes exclusive interviews with Frei Otto and Zaha Hadid, among others.
Colorado Public Television-CPT12 PBS presents Frei Otto: Spanning the Future. Producer/director Joshua V. Hassel, writer/narrator Michael Paglia
Doors open at 6 pm; screening begins at 6:30 pm (running time 60 minutes)
Free, but seating is limited and registration is required. Open to the public.
More info and Registration: http://denverartmuseum.org/calendar/frei-otto-spanning-future
[Free]

Food Lover's Book Club: Mushrooms
2016-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Ross-Cherry Creek Library, 305 Milwaukee St, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Morels, chanterelles, matsutakes, and other hard-to-come-by mushrooms have an almost mythical quality to them. Their ethereal nature—and the thrill of searching for them—is what propels Pete Marczyk of Marczyk Fine Foods deep into the woods each foraging season. He’ll join 5280’s Food Editor Amanda M. Faison to discuss foraging, technique, etiquette, and the community surrounding mushroom hunting. The chosen book, The Mushroom Hunters: On The Trail of an Underground America by Langdon Cook, details the fascinating and sometimes shadowy underground world of the professional mushroom hunter. SAMPLES!
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event?id=27509
[Free]

Victorian Horrors
2016-10-14 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Enter Poe’s nightmarish world at the 23rd annual Victorian Horrors. Take a literary journey of fright with such authors as Poe, Wells, and Lovecraft, hearing tales of unspeakable horror and madness.
Suitable for ages 12 and up per parental discretion.
Multiple show start times from 6p – 8:45p
More info and tickets (act fast! They always sell out): http://store.mollybrown.org/store/molly-brown-house-museum-special-events/victorian-horrors-14th/
[$16 – $19]

Riverside Cemetery Moonlight History & Mystery Tour
2016-10-14, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-21, 2016-10-22 | Riverside Cemetery, 5201 Brighton Blvd., Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Learn more about life in Denver through its famous dead on the Riverside Cemetery Moonlight History & Mystery Tour. The tour will touch on the turmoil and triumphs of early Queen City families like the Tabors, as well as such political powerhouses as former slave and Colorado pioneer Clara Brown.
An October tradition, these moonlit excursions focus on secret history, not scares. Wear warm clothes, but don’t dress in costume (people might be visiting their loved ones).
The first tour starts at 4:30 p.m. and the last takes off at 7:30; each runs between 90 and 120 minutes.
Multiple tour dates: 10/14, 10/15, 10/21, 10/22, 10/28 and 10/29
More info and tickets: http://fairmount-cemetery.com/tours/
[$20]
More about Riverside:
Historic Riverside Cemetery dates back to 1876 and holds the distinction of being Denver’s Pioneer Cemetery and oldest operating cemetery.
Riverside is a reflection of the cultural diversity of the early settlers and is the final resting place of many of Colorado’s most notable citizens including Clara Brown, Augusta Tabor, Miguel Otero, Barney and Julia Ford, Cpt. Silas Soule and Gov. John Evans, as well as 1,200 Civil War veterans and three Medal of Honor recipients.
Designated a National Historic District in 1994, Riverside was brought into the Fairmount family in the early 1900s and is the city’s oldest operating cemetery. Stroll through Riverside and you’ll find unique sculptures in granite, marble, limestone and bronze standing as guardians of Colorado’s history. Among the collection of irreplaceable funerary art is a rare zinc soldier monument, part of the largest known collection of zinc monuments in North America.

SCFD Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
2016-10-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, Denver, CO, 80246, United States
Travel back in time and discover one of our favorite oases in the city, Four Mile Historic Park! Thanks to funding from SCFD, admission is free for everyone on the second Friday of the month!
[Free]
More info 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. 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 info and full calendar of free days: http://scfd.org

History Colorado's 7th Annual Organ Crawl
2016-10-14 13:00 - 16:00 | CO
It’s a music and history-filled field trip!
The music lover in you has been waiting all year for it, and here it is at last: History Colorado’s 7th Annual Organ Crawl! This year the group will head south to Colorado Springs, where the well-to-do showed off the richness of their devotion in monumental buildings and even more monumental organs. These instruments are certain to take your breath away, even as they fill your ears and mind with musical joy. Including First United Methodist, with the largest organ in the city, we’ll stroll from site to site, admiring the architecture and artistry on this aural extravaganza. Bach would approve!
More info and registration: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/history-colorados-7th-annual-organ-crawl
[Members $29, nonmembers $40]

Artist Demonstration: Conservation of Works on Paper
2016-10-14 16:30 - 19:30 | Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Stop by the Drawing Room at the Clifford Still Museum to hear Sarah Melching (Silber Director of Conservation, Denver Art Museum) discuss the issues and concerns of conserving works on paper.
Free with Museum Admission (Clyfford Still Museum is free every Friday night, 5–8 p.m.)
Drop-in
No registration required
[Free]
More info: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/artist-demonstration-conservation-of-works-on-paper/

Victorian Horrors
2016-10-15 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Enter Poe’s nightmarish world at the 23rd annual Victorian Horrors. Take a literary journey of fright with such authors as Poe, Wells, and Lovecraft, hearing tales of unspeakable horror and madness.
Suitable for ages 12 and up per parental discretion.
Multiple show start times from 6p – 8:45p
More info and tickets (act fast! They always sell out): http://store.mollybrown.org/store/molly-brown-house-museum-special-events/victorian-horrors-15th/
[$16 – $19]

Preserving Your Treasures: Silver Cleaning Workshop
2016-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
Join Melissa de Bie, History Colorado’s Director of Collections Management & Registration, for a hands-on workshop on cleaning silver. Participants will learn basic facts about silver, causes of deterioration, and cleaning and preservation strategies. Guests will also learn what not to do and who/when to call for help. A portion of the workshop will be spent working with household supplies to practice silver-cleaning techniques.
All materials, supplies, and handouts will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring one small piece of tarnished silver to clean. (Results are not guaranteed based on such things as level of tarnish, silver quality, etc.)
More info and registration: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/preserving-your-treasures-silver-cleaning-workshop
[$12 Members; $14 nonmembers]

By River & Industry: A Walking Tour de Danse
2016-10-15 16:45 - 18:30, 2016-10-16 16:45 - 18:30 | a living arts centre, 2231 S. Platte River Dr., Denver, CO, 80223, United States
In this dynamic outdoor performance, the audience walks to locations where dancers of diverse backgrounds and styles present contrasts of river and city: Denver’s boom-bust personality, rich and poor, nature and industry, serenity and struggle.
The program also draws inspiration from the 40th anniversary of “By River and Wharf,” a 1976 outdoor dance performance in London. In that project, organized by X6 Dance Space, Maedée Duprès performed as a collective member, a company member and as a soloist with many friends and colleagues near the Tower bridge and the Wharf district in London.
Here in Denver, “By River and Industry” starts at a living arts centre, 2231 S. Platte River Drive. From there, a walking tour of the neighborhood is the stage on which modern dance offers a unique view of Denver’s roots and character.
Dancers: Maedée Duprès & Dancers, Mary Lynn Lewark’s Projekt Move, Angela Marquez and Maggie Chapman’s Avatar Movement Dance Company, Chris Harris’ Colorado Youth Dance Theatre and Whitney Waugh Dance
After the performance, a symbolic walk brings performers and audience back into the centre for refreshments and lively conversations. Pat Isaacs will show her new artwork at the reception studio.
More info and tickets: http://alivingartscentre.com/special-dance-performance/
[$25]

Things that Go Bump in the Night
2016-10-16 13:30 - 15:00, 2016-10-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Spooky stories just in time for Halloween.
When was the last time someone read you a story? Like really read it with drama and feeling? Stories on Stage presents literary works from a variety of genres, all read by professional actors. And it’s captivating.
[$15 – $28]
Two performances: 1:30p and 6:30p
More info and tickets: http://www.storiesonstage.org/store/p13/Things_That_Go_Bump_in_the_Night.html

Denver's Anti-Chinese Riot and American Politics
2016-10-17 13:00 - 14:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
Gilded Age Denver was a boomtown. And, it was a powder keg waiting to explode. The Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 was sparked by resentment of the Chinese immigrants who’d crossed the Pacific and journeyed overland in response to an expanding labor market. Happening just two days before a national election, it decisively undercut the nation’s promise of equal rights after the Civil War—and had repercussions well into the next century. Join Dr. Liping Zhu of Eastern Washington University, author of The Road to Chinese Exclusion, as he relates how mobs ransacked Denver’s Chinatown while other citizens took pains to protect their Asian neighbors.
More info and tickets: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/denvers-anti-chinese-riot-and-american-politics
[$8.50 for HC members; $6.50 students; $16 for nonmembers with History Colorado Center admission; $10 for nonmembers for lecture only]

Denver's Anti-Chinese Riot and American Politics
2016-10-17 19:00 - 20:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
Gilded Age Denver was a boomtown. And, it was a powder keg waiting to explode. The Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 was sparked by resentment of the Chinese immigrants who’d crossed the Pacific and journeyed overland in response to an expanding labor market. Happening just two days before a national election, it decisively undercut the nation’s promise of equal rights after the Civil War—and had repercussions well into the next century. Join Dr. Liping Zhu of Eastern Washington University, author of The Road to Chinese Exclusion, as he relates how mobs ransacked Denver’s Chinatown while other citizens took pains to protect their Asian neighbors.
More info and tickets: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/denvers-anti-chinese-riot-and-american-politics-0
[$8.50 for HC members; $6.50 students; $16 for nonmembers with History Colorado Center admission; $10 for nonmembers for lecture only]

Café des Arts – The Impressionists in Normandy
2016-10-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join the Alliance Française de Denver for a fascinating lecture in ENGLISH exploring the evolution of the Impressionist movement in Normandy, France.
More info and tickets: http://www.afdenver.org/event/cafe-des-arts-the-impressionists-in-normandy/
[$10 – $16]

Imagine 2020 Speaker: The Art of Relevance: Mattering More to More People
2016-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
Join museum director and author Nina Simon for an interactive workshop on how you can make your work more relevant to the audiences and communities you seek to engage. Together, we will explore the deep meaning of relevance—what it is, what it can do, how to measure it—and how relevance can fuel change to make your work more powerful and valuable. This workshop features rags-to-relevance case studies, honest conversation about conflict and culture change, specific tools you can use, and a bit of theory to ground it all.
Learning outcomes / You will gain…

Theoretical grounding in the scientific research on relevance: what kind of information connects, and why.
A framework for identifying and describing communities of interest.
Activities you can use with colleagues to build empathy and involvement with new communities of interest.
Specific ideas for how to shift your existing programs and community engagement efforts to increase relevance to the communities of interest to you.
Powerful stories of diverse institutions across the country making change to increase relevance in their communities.

[Free, RSVP]
More info and reservations: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-relevance-mattering-more-to-more-people-tickets-27583303403?aff=erelpanelorg

Glow at the Gardens
2016-10-19 18:00 - 21:30, 2016-10-20 18:00 - 21:30 | Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Quickly becoming one of our favorite fall traditions, Glow at the Gardens features hundreds of glowing jack-o’-lanterns, luminaria-lined pathways throughout the gardens and fun activities including: live music, free face painting, scavenger hunts, costume contests, spooky storytelling, crafts and LED circus performances. The Garden’s cafes are open so you can complete the experience with a hot drink (or wine or beer) while you enjoy a magical fall evening.
Glow at the Gardens Dates: 10/19, 10/20, 10/26, 10/27
[$8 – $14]
Tickets and more info: http://www.botanicgardens.org/events/special-events/glow-gardens

Science Lounge: So You're Dead
2016-10-20 18:30 - 21:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
During this evening of elegies for the long-since passed, uncover what mummies and fossilized mammoths have in common at this ghoulish gathering for the living. Dress in your best undead attire to explore Extreme Mammals with extraordinary mammals that once roamed our planet, and Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs, where you will unravel the secrets of the ancient past. Ages 21+ Only.
[$13 – $15]
More info and tickets: https://secure1.dmns.org/products/1903-so-youre-dead.aspx

The Great Debate
2016-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Buntport Theater’s “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. New topics every month!
About this month’s installment: “We feel as though 2016 really forced us to grow up. We think you’ll be impressed with the level of our maturity when you find out that the debate topic is: Pu-pu platters vs Lake Titicaca
Boom. We’re adulting like crazy.
Make a reservation now so you can hear compelling arguments from our panel of experts: Hannah Duggan, Brian Colonna, Kim Kutt, Roger Norquist, Mike Marlow, Laura Jo Trexler, Rachel Weeks, and Eryc Eyl.”
[$7 online ($6-$8 at the door)]
More info and tickets: http://buntport.com/2016/09/third-tuesdays/

Victorian Horrors
2016-10-21 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Enter Poe’s nightmarish world at the 23rd annual Victorian Horrors. Take a literary journey of fright with such authors as Poe, Wells, and Lovecraft, hearing tales of unspeakable horror and madness.
Suitable for ages 12 and up per parental discretion.
Multiple show start times from 6p – 8:45p
More info and tickets (act fast! They always sell out): http://store.mollybrown.org/store/molly-brown-house-museum-special-events/victorian-horrors-21st/
[$16 – $19]

So You Think You Can Watch Us Dance!
2016-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A new dance battle with Buntport and 7dancers.
Including the triumphant return of our infamous Pepto Bismol dance from 2013. Two nights only.
[$13 online; $15 at the door]
More info and tickets: http://buntport.com/show/so-you-think-you-can-watch-us-dance/

Inside the Orchestra: Tiny Tots
2016-10-22 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
Tiny Tots gets children truly “inside the orchestra” by seating the audience on the floor and surrounding them with our 30+ piece professional orchestra. The conductor faces the audience and talk directly to the kids throughout the performance, asking questions and teaching them about the music as it is playing around them.

Designed for children six and under, this 45-minute program gives young ones the chance to interact with the conductor and the musicians and learn about the instruments in the process. Children are encouraged to respond to different elements of the music, from thinking about how music makes them feel to getting on their feet and moving. They are treated to up-close-and-personal demos by various instruments, introduced to musical concepts, emotional understanding of the arts, and artistic expression. The music selection, design, and scripting of Tiny Tots is geared to connect very young children with music – physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Children are also introduced to instrument “families” and are encouraged to take a closer look at the instruments and ask questions of the musicians after the concert has concluded. And, back by popular demand, live opera music will be sung by local Central City Opera Ensemble Artists.

Register for the 9:30 a.m. performance at https://insidetheorchestra.org/event-registration/?ee=132
Register for the 10:45 a.m. performance at https://insidetheorchestra.org/event-registration/?ee=133

[$9.95 for ages 12months and up]

Victorian Horrors
2016-10-22 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Enter Poe’s nightmarish world at the 23rd annual Victorian Horrors. Take a literary journey of fright with such authors as Poe, Wells, and Lovecraft, hearing tales of unspeakable horror and madness.
Suitable for ages 12 and up per parental discretion.
Multiple show start times from 6p – 8:45p
More info and tickets (act fast! They always sell out): http://store.mollybrown.org/store/molly-brown-house-museum-special-events/victorian-horrors-22nd/
[$16 – $19]

Zombie Crawl
2016-10-22 09:00 - 18:00 | Skyline Park, 1600 Arapahoe, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
Back for its 11th year, the Zombie Crawl is quite the sight to behold. The main event takes place in/around Skyline Park, with additional zombie-realted events at Denver Pavilions. Zombie Crawl schedule: 9:00a – Organ Trail (a race involving solving clues around downtown; requires registration); 12:00p – Makeup Help; 12:00p – 4:00p – Vendors, DJs, Meet other zombies, FUN!; 3:00p – Costume Contest; 3:55pm – Thriller; 4:00pm – Zombie Crawl Parade Down 16th St. (Skyline Park to California St., U-turn, and back to Skyline).
[Free, except Organ Trail race]
More info: http://denverzombiecrawl.com

Opera Performance at Cherry Creek Shopping Center
2016-10-22 13:30 - 14:30 | Cherry Creek Mall, 3000 E First Ave, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Enjoy a free live performance by Opera Colorado’s 2016-2017 Young Artists (these are adults who have completed extensive opera training and are now participation in an artist in residence program at Opera Colorado). Performance takes place in the Kaiser Permanente Grand Court, and will feature a program of greatest hits from opera and musical theater.
[Free]
More info: https://www.operacolorado.org/tickets/opera-colorado-young-artists-cherry-creek-shopping-center/
