TEENS: MCA Winter Break Drop-In: Embroidery
2016-12-30 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Winter Break Drop-In Week 1: Free drop in embroidery workshop. All supplies provided, no experience necessary. Direction from local fiber artist, Emilie Luckett.
[Free]
Just for TEENS.
More info: http://mcadenver.org/mca-denver-teen-events.php

Noon Year's Eve Celebration
2016-12-31 11:00 - 13:00 | Ross-Cherry Creek Library, 305 Milwaukee St, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Party down at noon so you don’t have to stay up late! Activities, snacks, and fun for all ages, and a countdown at noon.
[Free]
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event?id=27971

Emerald City: New Year's Eve at Fort Greene
2016-12-31 22:00 - 2017-01-01 02:00 | Fort Greene, 321 E. 48th Ave., Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Ring in the New Year at Denver’s Hidden Gem, Fort Greene!
Music by Porcelain
Drink specials all night
Champagne toast
Decor by Impromptu Company
Wear green!
21+
[$10, at the door or online]
More info and tickets: http://www.impromptucompany.com/nye/ticket

Tattered Cover Film Series - An Angel at My Table
2017-01-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
Join the Tattered Cover Book Store, UCD’s College of Arts & Media, KUNC 91.5, and the Sie FilmCenter (in the Lowenstein CulturePlex, next door to the Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue) for an exploration of the world of classic movies, hosted by film critic Howie Movshovitz. All programs begin at 1:00 pm. Tickets are $1.00, and are available one hour before the screening from the box office. Parking is available in the parking lot off of Elizabeth or Columbine Streets.
This month: the 1990 Jane Campion classic An Angel at My Table.
Jane Campion’s film biography of New Zealand writer Janet Frame’s struggle with being profoundly unlike those around her. Frame spent eight dreadful years in a mental hospital before she found escape – figurative and literal – in writing. A fine performance by Kerry Fox in her first feature film. (158 minutes)
For information on the Sie FilmCenter go to Denver Film Society.
For a PDF of our Tattered Cover Film Series flyer, please click Tattered Cover Film Series.
[$1]

Final Week: Awkward Family Photos
2017-01-02 - 2017-01-08 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
On Exhibit through January 8, 2017
You’ve seen them on the website, on Facebook, and probably in your own family photo albums, those pictures that just scream awkward! Join the History Colorado Center this holiday season as we celebrate the perfectly imperfect moments that come with the family experience. Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone and that everyone has a little awkward in their family history. Awkward Family Photos® – The Exhibition features over two hundred classic photos and hilarious “behind the awkwardness” stories from the actual families. Curated and designed by the creators of the viral website AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, the exhibit will bring all our families a little closer together as we acknowledge those special times when we wished we were a lot farther apart.
[$8 – $12; 5 and under: free]
More info: http://historycoloradocenter.org/exhibits/awkward-family-photos/

TEENS: MCA Winter Break Drop-In Program
2017-01-03 12:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-04 12:00 - 16:00, 2017-01-05 12:00 - 16:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
Make art with a local artist! All supplies provided; no experience necessary.
Come create your own fictional world through poetry, map making, and illustration via hands-on art-making alongside artist Wes Sam-Bruce of The Curious Life, as he works on his forthcoming illustrated book, The Wonder Sound: A Field Guide.
[Free]
Just for TEENS.
More info: http://mcadenver.org/mca-denver-teen-events.php

Target Tuesday Nights at the Children's Museum
2017-01-03 16:00 - 20:00 | Children’s Museum of Denver, 2121 Children's Museum Drive, Denver, CO, 80211, United States
Through Target’s generous sponsorship of the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, families can play for FREE the first Tuesday of each month from 4p – 8p.
About the Children’s Museum: http://mychildsmuseum.org/events/EventDetail/target-tuesday-nights

[Free]

Final Week: The Deep End by Jonathan Saiz
2017-01-04 - 2017-01-08 | Leon Gallery, 1112 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO, 80218, United States
One of our favorite exhibitions of the year is coming to a close. Go see it RIGHT NOW! Some 6,000 tiny paintings make up this fascinating body of work exploring conspiracy theories, the meaning or life and where the world if headed.
If you haven’t been to Leon Gallery before, don’t be shy. The curators at the gallery are friendly and love the chance to engage with people about art. Seriously. They want you to come in even if you aren’t in a position to buy something (though, it should be noted that you can take home a little Saiz masterpiece from this show for only $20).
About Jonathan Saiz:
Taking bold strides as he approaches his mid-thirties, Jonathan Saiz continues to push the boundaries of his practice, rigorously exploring the potential of the materials he employs in his work. His paintings have been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine’s “New Contemporary” book from 2014, Elle Decor in 2015, and most recently in Veranda. His collaborative product project, “The Fountain Tarot” in which he produced 79 original paintings for each card within the deck, has been featured in Vogue twice, in both 2015 and 2016.
His latest exhibition reaffirms the impressive volume of his artistic output, coming on the heels of a 2012 showing at Gildar Gallery in Denver, a 2013 exhibition at Alpha Gallery in London, and an appearance at the 2015 LA Art Fair, via Leon Gallery.
Source: Leon Gallery
[Free]
More info: http://www.leongallery.com
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Friday 12 pm – 7pm
Saturday – Sunday 12pm – 5pm

CANCELLED - National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade
2017-01-05 12:00 - 12:30 | CO
Update: Due to cold temperatures, the Stock Show Parade has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
The National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade is a sight to see with 50 head of longhorn cattle, plus marching bands, floats, cowboys, cowgirls and county beauty queens all parading through the heart of downtown (17th Ave. between Union Station & Broadway). In conjunction with the parade is the annual National Western BBQ Lunch beginning at 11:30am in the atrium at the Wells Fargo Building. Visitors can listen to Western music and catch up on the latest trends at a Western Fashion Show. The BBQ is open to the public and benefits the 4-H International Youth Group. Meal Tickets are $10.
The National Western Stock Show runs 1/7 – 1/22 at the National Western Complex.
[Free]
More info: http://www.nationalwestern.com/special-events/parade/

The End - Closing Party for Jonathan Saiz's "The Deep End"
2017-01-05 18:00 - 22:00 | Leon Gallery, 1112 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO, 80218, United States
Celebrate the closing of an excellent show by artist Jonathan Saiz.
[Free]
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1724854057832566/

40s Forties
2017-01-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
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 capacity is limited and all events are first-come, first-serve.
This season’s lineup includes:
11/11 – Folked Up Karaoke (live folk band karaoke)
11/25 – Thai One On (knot tying workshop and curry tasting)
12/9 – Pop Art Tarts (pop art-inspired pop tart decorating)
12/23 – XXXMas (craft fair and erotic embroidery)
1/6 – 40s Forties (swing dance lessons and 40 oz. malt liquor tastings)
1/20 – Public Records (join musicians for impromptu performances and take home your own record)
[Free for MCA members, $5 for others]
More info: http://mcadenver.org/bsf16

Art + Lit : Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel + The Book of Genesis
2017-01-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Art Students League of Denver, 200 Grant St., Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Join the Art Students League of Denver (ASLD) and Lighthouse Writers Workshop (LWW) for a series of lectures about the intersection of literature and art. Co-presented by a writer and a visual artist or art historian, each session pairs a work of literature and a work of visual art together. The speakers discuss both, and make connections between the two. The audience is encouraged to read the book and review the visual art piece prior to each program, and invited to join the discussion during the Q & A session.
Speakers: Denver Art Museum Curator of Painting & Sculpture Timothy Standring + Professor of Bible and Ancient Systems of Thought Mark George
All are welcome, including those who have not yet read the book!
[$10]
More info and registration: https://asld.modvantage.com/Course/CourseDetail/13666/art-lit-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-the-book-of-genesis

National Western Stock Show
2017-01-07 - 2017-01-22 | National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, CO, 80216, United States
The 16-day National Western Stock Show opens Saturday, January 7, and features a BBQ Throwdown competition presented by Chevrolet, an authentic Ranch Rodeo, championship fiddle competitions, PBR bull riding, family-fun dog shows, Frontier Airlines Mutton Bustin’, Coors Western Art gallery, a nursery of baby animals, the King Soopers Petting Farm and acres of food and shopping.
Tuesday, January 10th, is FREE Grounds Admission Day, compliments of National Western Stock Show. Visit the NW box office to get a ticket and enjoy the day.
The National Western Stock Show is celebrating 111 years in Denver with nearly 30 professional rodeo performances, world-class horse shows and the “Super Bowl” of livestock shows. The historical National Western Yards will haul in 40 semi-loads of shavings, 14 semi-loads of straw, and will haul away 65 semi trucks full of manure for recycle after the 16 days. There will be more than 15,000 head of livestock and horses that pass through the grounds, with 25 different breeds of cattle and six other species, including miniature Herefords, goats, lambs, alpaca, llama and poultry. An estimated $10 million in livestock sales will be exchanged during the 16-day event.
The National Western Stock Show will drive nearly $100 million in economic impact to the Denver Metro area and raise right around $400,000 for the National Western Scholarship Trust, which distributes more than 80 scholarships to students studying in the fields of agriculture and rural medicine.
Grounds admission and event tickets are on sale at nationalwestern.com and all King Soopers locations.
[Grounds Admission: Adults: $10 – $20; Children 3-11: $2 – $3; Ages 2 and under: FREE]
More info, tickets and event schedule: http://www.nationalwestern.com/

SCFD Free Day: Denver Art Museum
2017-01-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Thanks to the Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and the citizens who support it, residents of the SCFD district can enjoy free admission at the Denver Art Museum every first Saturday of the month!
About the Denver Art Museum: http://denverartmuseum.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 (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties). 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 about SCFD: http://scfd.org
[Free]

Penny Saturday at MCA
2017-01-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
On the first Saturday of each month, Colorado residents can visit the Museum of Contemporary Art for only 1 cent! Go see some beautiful and thought-provoking contemporary art and then enjoy a beverage (coffee, sodas, beer, wine and cocktails) at the MCA’s spectacular rooftop cafe. The rooftop features indoor and outdoor spaces with lovely views of downtown.
FYI: The MCA is closed between exhibitions, so double check to be sure they’re open before you go!
[1 penny]
More info: http://mcadenver.org

Siren Song: A Pirate’s Odyssey
2017-01-08 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A comedy series for all pirates and their parents- bringing you new high seas hijinks each Second Saturday Oct.-May! Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey, an audience-suggested song launches each play-full voyage.
[$7 online ($8 at the door)]
Two show times: 1p – 2p and 3p – 4p
More info and tickets: http://buntport.com/2016/08/siren-song/

Classics in Context: The Great Dictator
2017-01-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
The Headlines. The Music. The News Reels. The Serials. The Advertisements.
Enjoy your favorite classics presented exactly as they were upon their original release.
Presenting: The Great Dictator. Sunday, January 8th at 1pm.
USA | 1940 |125 min
Classics in Context from the Denver Film Society presents beloved classics, in a way that has not been seen in nearly seventy years. Experience walking through 1946; The Headlines, the music, the news reels, the serials, the cartoons, the advertisements, and of course, the film.
[$7 – $11]
More info and tickets: https://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=29025&FID=90

Different Voices: Exploring Music in the Plays of Quiara Algeria Hudes
2017-01-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join us for an evening of musical selections performed by the Harlem Quartet and a fascinating discussion of the use of music in the plays of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes. Hudes studied music composition at Yale University, where she earned her B.A., and playwriting at Brown University, earning an M.F.A. Denver actress, director, and musician Gabriella Cavallero, featured in two of Hudes’s plays at Curious, will provide commentary.
The event includes light refreshments (cash bar) starting at 6 PM, followed by a performance and discussion exploring the relationship between culture and music.
The Harlem Quartet is known for advancing diversity in classical music, including engaging young and new audiences through the discovery and presentation of varied repertoire that includes works by minority composers. The quartet will also be featured in concert at the Newman Center’s Hamilton Hall on Thursday night, January 12, 7:30 p.m., performing works by Mozart, Dizzy Gillespie and Brahms.
The Happiest Song Plays Last, a show featuring traditional Puerto Rican music, opens at Curious on Saturday, January 14. Hudes, a composer and musician turned playwright, has been featured in two plays at Curious over the past two seasons (Elliot: A Soldiers Fugue and Water by the Spoonful.)
Cavallero is a popular figure in the Denver theatre scene and frequent visiting actor at Curious. In an August 2016 Westwordinterview, Cavallero stated: “My way into the arts is through music. My mother is a classical pianist, and my dad is a jazz pianist. These plays come from a place of music: Elliot was based on a Bach fugue. In this play, Hudes is experimenting with the energy of jazz, specifically free jazz, Coltrane. I’m fascinated by the way the language conveys this music.”
[$10]
More info and tickets: http://friendsofchambermusic.com/archives/concerts/different-voices-exploring-music-in-the-plays-of-quiara-algeria-hudes

Buddhism in Film: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
2017-01-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
This four-week series from the Denver Film Society investigates Buddhism in film. The series will look at two Korean films that explicitly, and beautifully, visually portray monastic Buddhism in Asia today, and two films set in America which seem to carry significant Buddhist themes and references in surprising ways. Viewers are invited to consider the films as related pairs that highlight those themes through their very different perspectives.
•Week One: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring (Kim Ki-Duk) This beautiful Korean film sets a traditional Asian and monastic introduction to Buddhism in the context of a narrative that explores notions of desire and the cyclical Buddhist notion of history.
•Week Two: Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis) A clever and popular American comedy, the film explores similar questions of desire in a story that cleverly considers the possibility of improvement of the self within the cycle of life. Pairing these films enables us to discuss both the movement of Buddhist concepts into American culture and the way that a Buddhist outlook can serve as a critical lens revealing elements in a film.
•Week Three: Why Has Bodhi Dharma Left for the East? (Day Young-Kyun) This quietly powerful film meditates on questions of suffering, death and Buddhist vocation. It parallels Spring, Summer … in many ways, dealing with a master, apprentice and child in a remote monastery, but with much less interest in explaining Buddhist tenets.
•Week Four: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) A satirical black comic/drama, this Academy Award winning film engages questions about the meaning of identity and vocation.
Professor Jeffrey Mahan, who teaches religion and film at Iliff School of Theology, and Wm Jeavons, a long-time Zen meditator and chaplain, pose these questions for each other and the class about how film might illuminate Buddhism for us:
Is Buddhism simply the subject of film, or are ‘Buddhist films’ created by writers and directors whose ways of seeing or being in the world are inspired by Buddhist ideas or practice?
Can Buddhism supply a critical lens through which we might view and understand movies: Is it then a perspective, applicable across the board?
Could both of the above be true?
[$10 – $12]
More info and tickets: https://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=29030&FID=90

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert & Humanitarian Awards
2017-01-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
The Colorado Symphony continues the time-honored tradition hosting the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert & Humanitarian Awards at Boettcher Concert Hall. Celebrating its 26th year, this annual event recognizes four humanitarian leaders who live and lead in the example of peace and equality exemplified by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Admission is free, but tickets are required for admission. Tickets are available, in person, at the Boettcher Concert Hall Box Office beginning 2 weeks before the event. All seating is general admission and a ticket does not guarantee a seat.
[Free]
More info: https://tickets.coloradosymphony.org/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=4280

Nosh & Posh
2017-01-12 11:30 - 13:30 | Civic Center Park, Denver, CO, United States
Shop boutique items, snag local gems and grab a delicious bite (to go or stay) at our monthly gathering (November – April) of food and fashion trucks on the second Thursday of every month, from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm in Civic Center Park.
[Free admission]
More info: http://www.civiccenterconservancy.org/event-civic-center-nosh–posh_89.html
The Thursday, January 12 lineup includes the following:

Arepas House

Basecamp Provisions
Colorado Pig Rig
Doppios Coffee
Ethiopian Food Truck
GreenTree Stir Fry

Matt’s Snack Shack

Pink Zebra Cupcakes

Evey K Fashionliner

Love Free Movement
The Street Boutique

Wheelhouse Gifts

Letter Writing Night
2017-01-12 18:00 - 20:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
Come write a letter to someone you love, or hate, or even to yourself. Check out inspiring and strange and beautiful letters from history, hear from people working on crucial issues about how a letter can help a cause, and find out how to go one step beyond letter writing as well.
[Free]
More info: http://www.warmcookiesoftherevolution.org/event/letter-writing-night/

Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet
2017-01-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
The next frontier in space exploration is Mars and human habitation on the Red Planet isn’t much further away. Award-winning space journalist Leonard David wrote the companion book to a new National Geographic Channel series Mars, which documents and dramatizes the next 25 years as humans learn to live on this enduringly fascinating planet. Using vivid photographs and maps, and commentary from the world’s top planetary scientists, David will take you millions of miles away to explore the science behind the mission and the challenges awaiting those brave individuals who will take the next giant leap for humankind. Book sale & signing.
[$12 – $15]
More info and tickets: https://secure1.dmns.org/products/1996-mars-our-future-on-the-red-planet.aspx

SCFD Free Day: Four Mile Historic Park
2017-01-13 12:00 - 16:00 | Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, Denver, CO, 80246, United States
Thanks to the Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and the citizens who support it, residents of the SCFD district can enjoy free admission at Four Mile Historic Park!
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 (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties). 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 about SCFD: http://scfd.org
[Free]

Music in the Galleries: Altius Quartet
2017-01-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
It’s a free Friday event on the final weekend of Clyfford Still: The Works on Paper. Altius, the Fellowship String Quartet-In-Residence at University of Colorado Boulder, return to perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Opus 131. Musicians include Andrew Giordano (violin), Joshua Ulrich (violin), Andrew Krimm (viola) and Zachary Reeves (cello).
If you share Clyfford Still’s appreciation for music, join us for this live performance in the galleries to experience his work through both sight and sound.
[Free. No registration required]
More info: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/music-in-the-galleries-altius-quartet/

Leaps of Faith
2017-01-14 13:30 - 15:00, 2017-01-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Average folks adventuring into the Unknown…
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 7:30p
More info and tickets: http://www.storiesonstage.org/store/p10/Leaps_of_Faith.html

50 Great American Places: Essential Historic Sites Across the U.S.
2017-01-16 19:00 - 20:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
From Massachusetts to Florida, from Washington, D.C., to Hawaii, 50 Great American Places takes readers on a journey through American history. Sharing the inside stories of sites as old as Mesa Verde and Cahokia and as recently transformed as Silicon Valley and the Presidio of San Francisco, each essay provides historical and geographical context for these sites. Public historian Dr. Brent Glass, former director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, connects places, people and events to reveal a national narrative that is often surprising, sometimes tragic and always engaging.
[$6.50 – $8.50]
Additional showtime at 1p
More info and tickets: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/50-great-american-places-essential-historic-sites-across-us-0
