Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade
2016-03-12 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | CO
Tips for enjoying the St. Patrick’s Day Parade:

The best place for families is at the end of the parade on Blake Street from 23rd to 27th avenues.
March is known for wildly varying weather. It might be cold, hot, who knows! Dress in layers and bring plenty of water.
To catch the parade entries full performance (dancing, full music sets, etc.) the best spot is south of 2Oth avenue on Blake Street (which will be renamed Tooley Street for the Parade). This is probably the most crowded area of the parade and is standing room only. Folks will arrive as early as 6am to stake out a spot.

GrowHaus Seed Swap
2016-03-12 10:00 - 19:00 | GrowHaus, 4751 York St., Denver, CO, 80216, United States
The GrowHaus invites you to come to their annual Seed Swap! All are invited to attend the party to plan for your spring garden planting. This is not just a place to pick up your seeds, but to learn and connect with Denver’s gardening community. The day’s planned activities include:

a workshop series (see the schedule below)
local vendors selling food
tours of The GrowHaus with information about programs
shop in our organic, local market
live music
interactive stations for children

TICKETS: Click here for $15 all-day tickets and skip the ticket line at the event!
AT THE DOOR: $15 Cash only; $5 discount for entry before 12pm and after 5pm
RESIDENTS OF ELYRIA-SWANSEA, GLOBEVILLE & CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE FREE
BRING YOUR SAVED SEEDS TO BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING!
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
11am: Seed Saving and Local, Rare, and High Quality Seed Dispersal with Jason Gerhardt
12pm: Build your own potting mix with Farmer Tyler
1pm: Forest Gardens & companion planting with Jerome of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
2pm: Beekeeping Basics with Dakota Bees
3pm: 3 Herbs to Plant this Spring with Apothecary Tinctura
4pm: Vermicomposting with Linda Parker
5pm: Basic Aquaponics with Colorado Aquaponics
More info: http://www.thegrowhaus.org/seed-swap?mc_cid=ec1b42fdb6&mc_eid=112622625d

Celtic Tales of Love & War
2016-03-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO, 80208, United States
Celtic Colorado Pipes & Drums | Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers
Wick School of Irish Dance | Todd Teske – Tenor | The Hydes – Fiddles
Emerald passion and fury run deep in legends of olde. From the beauty of the Isles to Roman conquest, damsels and warriors leave their lasting mark on history. Embrace your wee bit of green heritage, put on your cape or armour, and immerse yourself in scenes of daring and romance.
Amazing Grace – Scotland the Brave – The Canon
Passion of the Celts – The Gael
Tickets: $22-$44
Discounts for children 12 & under, full time students and seniors 70+
More info and tickets: http://www.denverbrass.org/events/celtic-tales-of-love-war-mar-11-13-2016

10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products
2016-03-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-03-13 15:00 - 17:00, 2016-03-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-03-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2016-03-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products, the first full-length show of Buntport’s 15th Season, could be called an adaptation of local author Miriam Suzanne’s novel Riding SideSaddle. However, it is more like a supplement to the novel, which is printed on 250 interchangeable index cards and is an “open source” text, meant to be added to, adapted, morphed into something new.
Following a group of friends that resist order, category and completion, this play weaves myth and storytelling with every day rituals. It is about people deeply in love, suffering loss, celebrating strangeness, all while they pluck their eyebrows. It is about the Greek myth of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, who are merged into “one being of both sexes” and about what we see when we look in the mirror. Oh, and the whole thing is underscored by a band standing in the bathtub.
Tickets: $13 – $16; $20 on opening (3/4) and closing (3/26) nights
Pay-What-You-Can Nights: THU 3/10, MON 3/21
More info and reservations: http://www.buntport.com/archive/archive.htm

Stories on Stage: Fractured Fairy Tales
2016-03-13 | Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Irreverent re-tellings of classic tales.
Jessica Robblee performs “The Book of Beasts” by E. Nesbit
Anne Penner performs “The Erkling” by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
Randy Moore performs “A Life in Miniature” by Bruce Coville
Recommended for ages 14 & up.​
Showtimes: 1:30 & 6:30p
Tickets: $15.00 – $28.00
More info and tickets: http://www.storiesonstage.org/store/p6/FRACTURED_FAIRY_TALES.html

Music in the Galleries: Dustin Adams Trio
2016-03-13 14:00 - 15:00 | 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
March 13 | Dustin Adams Trio
Dustin Adams and his jazz trio will play songs from the 1930s and early ’40s, representative of the music in Still’s record collection.

From Novel to Opera: A Literary Panel Conversation
2016-03-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Popups Example
Learn more about The Scarlet Letter in this literary discussion with Author and Professor of literature (with an emphasis on fiction) and cultural studies at the University of Denver Eric Gould and Paula Reed, author of the novel Hester – a modern sequel to The Scarlet Letter. Bring your book club along!
Free event! Online RSVP required.
More info and online RSVP: https://www.operacolorado.org/tickets/a-list-event-series/novel-to-opera/
Eric Gould, PhD – is the author/editor of eight books, and his work has appeared in a number of journals, including the London Times Literary Supplement, the Times Higher Education Supplement, The New York Times Book Review, Substance, and Higher Education in Europe. His most recent book, The University in a Corporate Culture (Yale 2003) won the 2004 Frandson Prize for Literature, and he is currently working on two books: one on the internationalization of academe and another on why the novel matters.
Paula Reed – is an internationally published historical fiction and historical romance author. Her work has been published in hardcover, paperback, and e-books, internationally and domestically.

HESTER – Upon the death of her demonic husband, Hester Prynne is left a widow, and her daughter Pearl, a wealthy heiress. Hester takes her daughter to live a quiet life in England–only to find herself drawn into the circle of the most powerful Puritan of all time, Oliver Cromwell.

Volume Record Release Show
2016-03-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway, Denver, CO, 80223, United States
Denver Public Library’s local music service, Volume, is releasing a 45 rpm, 7” vinyl record with local Denver bands Accordion Crimes and The Raven and the Writing Desk. This pressing is limited to 300 pieces; but never fear, there’s a free copy waiting for you at the release show! Just be one of the first 50 to arrive and flash your library card.
Accordion Crimes and The Raven and the Writing Desk, immortalized on the album, will be playing at this free, 18-and-over show.
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/adult/volume-record-release-show

Women+Film Festival
2016-03-15 - 2016-03-20 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
The Denver Film Society presents the Women+Film Festival, March 15-20, 2016. The Women+Film Festival is a six-day showcase of documentaries, narratives and short films celebrating the best in women centric programming. The Festival includes panel discussions, in-person guests and receptions while highlighting thought-provoking, inspirational stories of women from around the world. The festival features Opening and Closing Night receptions and a VIP reception for filmmakers and passholders. The festival is apart of the Denver Film Society’s year round Women+Film program, the mission of which is to promote films for, by, and about women to engage with the audience, build community, educate and inspire.
More info and complete schedule: http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=28208

Mindful Looking: Pueblo Series, Acoma
2016-03-15 13:00 - 13:45 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Join interpretive specialist Molly Medakovich as she leads an in-depth exploration of Raymond Jonson’s 1927 painting, Pueblo Series, Acoma.
Mindful Looking invites you to slow down and spend time with a work of art in the Denver Art Museum galleries. Join us on the third Tuesday of each month to discover overlooked details, explore ideas, and make connections as we linger, look, and discuss.
Mindful Looking is included with museum admission. Meet in the elevator lobby on level 2 of the Hamilton Building.
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/calendar/mindful-looking-march-15

Café des Arts – Rouen
2016-03-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Artist Frederick Pichon will present an interesting lecture (in English) about the city or Rouen, Joan of Arc, Flaubert and the Norman conquest followed by a Q & A.
Tickets: $10 AF members; $16 nonmembers
More info and tickets: http://www.afdenver.org/event/cafe-des-arts-rouen/

Art Lecture: Curator's Circle: Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2016-03-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Focusing on the commemorative function of Japanese portraits, this lecture explores the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98). The portrait of Hideyoshi at the Asian Art Museum is important and rare both as a work of art and as an invaluable document, as it contains the inscription, the date, and the names of those who commissioned and inscribed it. Scholars have, in the main, overlooked the subject of Japanese portraits. Yuki Morishima, Assistant Curator at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, leads us into this fascinating world.
Lecture will be followed by a reception and chance to meet the speaker.
Doors open at 6 pm. Lecture will take place in the Hamilton Build on the Lower Level.
Program is free but reservations are requested. Reservations will be accepted beginning Dec. 31.
For details, email Blittle@denverartmuseum.org or call 720-913-0040.
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/calendar/curators-circle-portrait-toyotomi-hideyoshi

Artist Lecture: Deb Sokolow
2016-03-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
This event is free and open to the public.
About the Artist (from CVA): Deb Sokolow is a Chicago-based artist whose text-driven drawings combine research, fiction and humor to speculate on topics concerning politics, conspiracy theory and human nature. Recent exhibitions include the 4th Athens Biennale in Greece, The Drawing Center in New York City, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen in Germany and The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Sokolow’s 2013 solo exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Some Concerns About the Candidate, was reviewed in the New York Times. Her work has been reproduced for Creative Time’s Comics project, for Swedish magazine, Paletten, and in Vitamin D2, a survey on contemporary drawing. She is a recipient of the 2012 Artadia award and residencies at Art Omi and Nordic Artists’ Centre in Norway. Sokolow received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004 and is a lecturer in the Department of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University.
More info: http://www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

The Narrators 6th Anniversary Special
2016-03-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
The Narrators Denver show is celebrating its 6th anniversary! They’re flying in Robert Rutherford from San Diego, show creator Andrew Orvedahl is visiting from Los Angeles, and they’ll have a grand menagerie of show favorites including Nancy Norton, Kevin T Fitzgerald, Nathan Lund, Karla Rodriguez, a special surprise guest and many more. They’ll have music from DJ Gonda and who knows else will happen—it’s gonna be a party.
Note that the start time is 7:00pm, not their usual 8:00pm.
FREE! Beer and wine available for a donation.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/202474823450032/

Building a Dance
2016-03-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Colorado Ballet Black Box Theater, 1075 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join Colorado Ballet and Clyfford Still Museum for an evening that explores the architecture of dance. In this special performance, dancers from Colorado Ballet will engage the audience in a conversation about how a dance is constructed. Experience a behind-the scenes look at the creative process that leads up to a forthcoming presentation, Ballet Director’s Choice, to be presented March 25-27 at the Newman Center for Performing Arts.
Free | Registration Required
More info: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/performance-building-a-dance/

Feminism & Co.: Get Real: Women in Media
2016-03-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Get Real: Women in Media
Meet two women who are battling stereotypes to create more accurate portrayals of women in novels and film. Saira Rao, co-founder of In This Together Media, creates young adult novels with more (and more authentic) female characters. Sara Elizabeth Timmins, producer and creative director of Life Out Loud Films, has a similar vision for the movies. They are joined by Bethany Strout, former Associate Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, for a frank conversation about girls and women in media moderated by Sarah Ellison, contributing editor at Vanity Fair.
What is Feminism & Co.? It’s a program series from the Museum of Contemporary Art that explores contemporary culture through issues relating to women and gender. With film screenings, creative performances, lectures, and panel discussions, these evenings address women’s (and men’s) complicated relationship to art, politics, and sexuality.
All Programs 7–8:30PM at MCA Denver
Cash bar and refreshments available at MCA Cafe & Bar. –Men drink free! (limited to one “Bartender’s Choice” specialty cocktail per man)
Tickets: $5 MCA members /$10 nonmembers
More info and tickets: http://mcadenver.org/femandco16.php
Series:
ACTIVISM: WOMEN + HUNGER – THURSDAY, MARCH 3
SHORTS: BEHIND THE CAMERA – THURSDAY, MARCH 10

GET REAL: WOMEN IN MEDIA – THURSDAY, MARCH 17
THE EROTICS OF DANCE – THURSDAY, MARCH 24

LAURA SHILL: ARTIST IN CONVERSATION – THURSDAY, APRIL 7

Creative Mornings: Nathan Hall
2016-03-18 08:30 - 10:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Coffee + breakfast + an inspiring speaker. Creative Mornings is a free monthly lecture series for creatives. Registration required.
More info and registration: https://creativemornings.com/talks/nathan-hall
About the March speaker:
Nathan Hall’s works have been called “fearless” in their multifaceted expressions of the composer’s personal and musical identity. Nathan uses music as an artistic medium to explore a variety of fields including science, nature, the fine arts, history, and sexuality. There is an element of humanity present in all of Nathan’s works, from his traditional classical pieces for chamber ensembles to experimental electronic pieces, sound sculptures, and multimedia projects.
Many of Nathan’s works are based on his travels, mapping out a geography of his experiences while taking the listener on their own personal journey. His “landscape” works reinterpret scientific data or historical documents to create sonic textures whose fantastical or dreamlike sounds actually originated in real locations. Other works are inspired by the composer’s sexuality and experiences as a gay man, creating a special intimacy between performer, place, and audience.
Nathan Hall is a former Fulbright Fellow to Iceland, and holds his Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He holds degrees from Vassar College (BA) and Carnegie Mellon University (MM). His teachers have included Nancy Galbraith, Richard Wilson, Reza Vali, Carter Pann, and John Drumheller. His works have been performed and exhibited around the world by groups as diverse as the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, The Gay/Lesbian Chorus of San Francisco, Ars Nova Singers, Duo Harpverk, a convention of roller coaster enthusiasts, and porn star Dirk Caber. Nathan’s music and collaborative artworks have won numerous awards, and he has been the recipient of several residencies, such as the Catwalk residency in Catskill, NY, the Ogilvy Travel Fellowship to Ireland, and Denver Art Museum’s first Creative in Residence.

Poetry Spam
2016-03-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Black Sheep Friday is back at the Museum of Contemporary Art with a whole new season of fun and weirdness. Admission if just $5 after 5p. Black Sheep Fridays take place in the rooftop cafe where you’ll find tasty drinks and a limited bar menu.
More info: http://mcadenver.org/blacksheepfriday2016.php
The 2016 Lineup:

BINGO A GO-GO
Bingo with go-go Dancers
March 4 | 6PM

STITCH AND SWITCH
Assemble your own mutant stuffed animals
March 11 | 6PM

POETRY SPAM
Denver poets read your spam emails
March 18 | 6PM

MAD MAX PURIM
Dress for the fury road with Klezmer music and Hamantaschen
March 25 | 6PM

DRAKE CAKES
Decorate cakes with Drake’s face.
For teens. By Teens.
April 1 | 6PM

OLD DENVER VS. NEW DENVER
FAMILY FEUD
Family Feud hosted by Mark Hughes
April 8 | 6PM

STARSHIP VOYEUR
Star Trek viewing and sexy costume party
April 15 | 6PM

CORNHOLIO
Cornhole competition with Beavis and Butthead
April 22 | 6PM

PUTTING ON THE LIPS
Lip sync competition with Werk Out Palace
April 29 | 6PM

Dr. Sketchy's Does Political Satire
2016-03-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
FREE and open to the public!
6-7pm: This special edition of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School will feature poses that echo political cartoons and focus on the current presidential campaign. Event attendees are invited to join the sketch session and create (paper and drawing tools provided), or just watch as Dr. Sketchy’s artist capture the models on paper.
7:15pm: Hear from Michelle Baldwin a.k.a. Vivienne VaVoom, Lynda White a.k.a Peggy Tulane, and CVA’s own Lauren Barnett in an informal artist discussion.
Known for her “Timeless Tease” style, Vivienne VaVoom has performed around the country and the world, including Miss Exotic World, Tease-O-Rama, New York Burlesque Fest, the Helsinki Burlesque Fest and Miss Burlesque New Zealand.
Peggy Tulane has been performing burlesque and comedy for over ten years. Her characters range from Mormon virgins to Hillary Clinton as well as pissed-off lovers and potatoes.
Lauren Barnett is a comic artist who drew a series entitled #stripperproblems for Burlesque Beat from 2013-14.
RSVP: cva@msudenver.edu

The Show Must Go On: The Music of Queen
2016-03-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2016-03-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre, 1400 Curtis St., Denver, CO, 80202, United States
Get ready to experience the full spectrum of your Queen favorites produced with the panache you have come to expect from the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus. This masterpiece of a concert will without a doubt do Freddie Mercury proud as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death.
Tickets: $25.00 – $55.00
More info and tickets: http://www.rmarts.org/dgmc.php

Artist Demo: Melanie Yazzie – Gouache Painting on Handmade Paper
2016-03-19 - 2016-03-20 | 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):
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

Art Emergency: Code Red
2016-03-19 09:30 - 10:30, 2016-03-19 10:30 - 11:30 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Art Emergency: Code Red is a series of all-ages live theater performances by Real Live Theater at the Denver Art Museum offered on the third Saturday of the month February through May 2016 (February 20, March 19, April 16, May 21). A members-only show takes place at 9:30a and a general admission show takes place at 10:30a.
About the Show: Your attendance is required at an emergency meeting of art lovers! Two museum staff members cannot agree on which art should go where and they desperately need your help.
Meet them in Sharp Auditorium and they’ll let you in on the surprising stories and delectable details behind key works of art at the DAM, and then ask your opinion on what should fill the museum’s walls. (And after the show, you can go find the featured pieces of art in the galleries!)
More info and tickets: http://denverartmuseum.org/programs/art-emergency-code-red

Mo' Print Studio Tour Day
2016-03-19 10:00 - 16:00 | CO
Go see where artists work and talk to them about what they do! During Mo’ Print, a celebration of all things printmaking in Colorado, the public is invited to tour participating artists’ studios on Saturday March 19th. Check out the list of artist and make your plan: http://moprint.org/events/category/studiotour/
Mo’ Print Studio Tours are self-guided, free and open to all.

Stompin’ Ground Games in Globeville, Elyria-Swansea: FOOD!!!!
2016-03-19 12:00 - 14:30 | Swansea Park Rec Center, 2650 E 49th Ave, Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Warm Cookies of the Revolution’s Stompin’ Ground Games come to the Swansea Park Rec Center for an afternoon of storytelling, poetry, music, dance, conversation, celebration, and FOOD!
More about the event and cooking competition from Warm Cookies of the Revolution:
Come enjoy specialty dishes from a women’s food co-operative in the neighborhood, but also we invite you to ENTER OUR COMPETITION!
But this isn’t just some common potluck, folks.
There are rules…
YOUR DISH MUST INCLUDE THESE THREE INGREDIENTS:
Something that is the color Green.
Something you must ask someone else for (aka, “borrow”).
Something that has historical/cultural/personal significance to you.
We might even have judges (a real chef? a child? an animal?!) and possibly the greatest prizes ever or just ribbons. You’ll just have to take a risk and enter to see what happens…
As usual, we’ll have weird games, local history, an opportunity to have your historical letters and documents scanned by Historic Denver—and of course, delicious cookies!
A donation of $5 is requested, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
More info and RSVP: http://www.warmcookiesoftherevolution.org/event/stompin-ground-games-in-globeville-elyria-swansea-food/
