Denver's Anti-Chinese Riot and American Politics
2016-10-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | 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, 2016-10-26 18:00 - 21:30, 2016-10-27 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]

Riverside Cemetery Moonlight History & Mystery Tour
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.

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/

Edible Insects
2016-10-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Athmar Library, 1055 S. Tejon, Denver, CO, 80223, United States
Mmm, bugs! Learn about this delicious (we’ll let you be the judge of this, but we were surprised by how tasty Wendy’s baked crickets were) and sustainable protein option from Wendy McGill of the Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch. The Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch, situated in Denver’s Valverde neighborhood, is the first farm in Colorado to raise insects for food and feed. Sample baked goods made with insects, learn about many of the foods that you can make using insects and how insects are raised at the Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch.
[Free]
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event?id=27450

So You Think You Can Watch Us Dance!
2016-10-22 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-wat

European Book Club – My Berlin Child
2016-10-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A book club with a twist! The European Book Club at the Alliance Française de Denver meets monthly on the last Tuesday of the month to discuss a different Europe-centered book (in ENGLISH). Refreshments are provided, but space is limited so reserving your spot is essential.
About the Book: In this autobiographical story, Wiazemsky writes about her mother as a young woman in war-torn Berlin. In elegant prose, Wiazemsky succeeds in portraying how love and hope can surface amidst the ravages of war and the ruins of an entire civilization.
More info and reservations: http://www.afdenver.org/event/european-book-club-my-berlin-child/
[Free for AF Denver members; $5 others]

Meet the Artists: La Fanciulla del West
2016-10-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Studio Loft at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 908 14th St, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Come to The Studio Loft at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House during the lunch hour to hear discussions about Opera Colorado’s all-new production of La Fanciulla del West with General Director Greg Carpenter, Music Director Ari Pelto, the artists, and creative team.
[Free; tickets not required]
More info: https://www.operacolorado.org/tickets/meet-the-artists/

One Painting at a Time: PL-6, 1943
2016-10-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Bud Shark, director and master printer, Shark’s Ink

Join the Clyfford Still Museum for their signature program that challenges participants to look beyond their first impression and spend quality time with a single work of art. In this edition, facilitators focus on prints, drawings or other works on paper featured in Clyfford Still: The Works on Paper, on view through January 8, 2017.
[Free | Registration required]
More info and registration: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/one-painting-at-a-time-pl-6-1943-lithograph/

60 Minutes in Space
2016-10-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Go behind the stories in space science using the best images and animation available to help understand new developments.
Seating is limited to first come, first served. Use the Evening entrance on the west side of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
[Free]
More info: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/60-minutes-in-space-october-26/

DPO with a Twist: Strings Straight Up
2016-10-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Enjoy small musical ensembles over dinner and drinks at Dazzle’s intimate venue on 9th and Lincoln.
Led by the Denver Philharmonic’s concertmaster Katherine Thayer, Strings Straight Up features a variety of chamber-style music. Relax with dinner and a cocktail while listening to music by Antonio Vivaldi, Gabriel Fauré, Jenő Hubay, William Hill, Yuan-kai Bao and Alexander Glazunov.
More info and tickets: http://denverphilharmonic.org/dpo-with-a-twist-2016-17/
[$15]

National Theater Live: Frankenstein
2016-10-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2016-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
Back by Popular Demand! Catch both versions if you can!
Version 1 (Cumberbatch as Dr. Frankenstein) will screen Wed, Oct 26th at 7pm and Sun, Oct 30th at 1pm.
Version 2 (Cumberbatch as the Monster) will screen Thurs, Oct 27th at 7pm and Sun, Oct 30th at 3:30pm.
Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.
Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) directs a sensational production with Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, CBS’s Elementary) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.
As a part of the National Theatre Live series, “Frankenstein” was recorded live in London. Sie FilmCenter is the exclusive Denver-area venue for this thrilling series of great plays.
[$15 – $18]
More info and tickets: http://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=25834

The Impossible Task
2016-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
Join Warm Cookies of the Revolution (the world’s first civic health club) and try to find solutions to the seemingly impossible. Tonight we’ll explore Nationalism, hearing from experts on Black Nationalism, Zionism, and Indigenous Nationhood while getting frustrated by puzzle boxes, trivia, ten year-old chess wizards, and even math for those who can bear it.
[Free, RSVP]
More info and reservations: http://www.warmcookiesoftherevolution.org/event/the-impossible-task/
ABOUT WARM COOKIES OF THE REVOLUTION:
“Uh, so what’s a Civic Health Club” you ask?
Well, you go to a gym to exercise your physical health, a religious institution to exercise your spiritual health, and a therapist to exercise your mental health. Warm Cookies of the Revolution is where you go to exercise your Civic Health.

“Got it….But what is Civic Health?”
Another great question. You’re sharp. And classy. And really good looking…..
Civic Health is a measurement of how well we participate in our community as citizens. Are we engaged in the decision making processes? When it comes to our environment, our education, our government, our work/life balance, our health, our systems of justice, etc, do we have power? Do we know how to affect change? Are our needs and hopes being met?

“That sounds boring…and hard.”
That’s what we’re trying to avoid. We are about fun. We know that people work hard all day and are raising families and often the last thing they want to do is go hear a boring lecture on the city budget or be told that the world is falling apart no matter what we do.

So, we try to answer the questions “What do we want?” and “How do we get there?” by hosting events that are creative and fun.
Want to talk about how government should be run? Fine, but we’re going to build a LEGO city together while it happens! You’re telling me I have to write my elected officials?…okay, but there better be warm cookies and some milk there…and possibly dance breaks.

The truth is that those of us who enjoy watching football on Sundays, and those of us who like to knit, or bake, or tell stupid jokes, or wish we could walk down the fashion runways of Paris, or like to build robots….we all have the capacity to understand and take part in the decisions that affect our lives. We know that the Revolution won’t be televised and that we have to take part, but the Revolution also shouldn’t be boring and we should be able to dismantle the aspects of our community that aren’t working while creating beautiful and vibrant and fun, new systems.

…and we have warm cookies here.
Delicious, perfect, warm cookies.

Zombies 'R' Us
2016-10-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Voodoo Comedy Lounge, 1260 22nd Street, Denver, CO, United States
Year 3 of Zombie literature.
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]
More info and tickets: http://www.storiesonstage.org/store/p15/ZOMBIES_%27R%27_US.html

Night of the Living Dead: Live!
2016-10-27 20:00 - 22:00 | The Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo Street, Denver, CO, 80211, United States
Back for an exciting 8th year! The Bug Theater and PaperCat Films present their annual production of Night of the Living Dead, a live-action re-make of the 1968 George Romero zombie film classic. Seven people find themselves trapped in a farmhouse surrounded by flesh-eating ghouls. As the hungry hoard grows outside, tensions rise between the survivors inside, exploding in a climax of gore, gunfire, and undead mayhem. This is a bloody, comic must-see Halloween treat.
[$15.48 – $16.52]
More info and tickets: http://bugtheatre.info/box-office/
