Penny Saturday at MCA
2017-11-04 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | 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

Family Tour at Clyfford Still Museum
2017-11-04 10:30 - 11:30 | Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Enjoy a free art adventure for the whole family! Designed for children ages 5 through 10 and their adults, family tours are an interactive way to explore the art on view. Every tour features games, close looking, and an art project to take home. Discover a new and different theme–such as color, line, shape, movement, music, and architecture–in every tour.
[Free | Registration Required]
More info: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/family-tour-33/

Turkey
2017-11-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Central Library, 10 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Emerging from World War I as a shrunken version of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey plays a pivotal role in the world. It was a strong U.S. ally during the Cold War and is now one of the world’s largest Muslim democracies. We’ll explore Turkey’s past and current challenges, including its struggles with its Kurdish minority and its role in the Syrian Civil War.
Active Minds programs at DPL cover an array of exciting, timely topics to expand your mind.
Location: Floor 7, Training Room
[Free]
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/jennifer-d/autumn-active-minds

Bug Bites with the Butterfly Pavilion
2017-11-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
Bugs for dinner?! This program reveals how common bug-eating really is in our lives and in other cultures around the world. Journey with us as we travel across the globe, meet live animals, and – if you dare – even taste-test a bug! Bone(less) appétit! Ideal for ages 3 and up.
[Free]
More info: Bug Bites with the Butterfly Pavilion

Needle Felted Apples
2017-11-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Athmar Library, 1055 S. Tejon, Denver, CO, 80223, United States
Needle felting was 3-D printing before it was cool. Get hands-on with beautifully dyed wool roving and layer and blend to create a handsome apple still-life.
[Free]
More info: Needle Felted Apples

Free Night at the Museums
2017-11-04 17:00 - 22:00 | CO
Denver’s best museums are open late and admission is FREE between 5 and 10 p.m. FREE shuttles that make it easy to explore all evening!*
[Free]
More info: https://www.denver.org/denver-arts-week/programs/free-night-at-the-museums/
Shuttle Map
BLACK AMERICAN WEST MUSEUM
Watch African-American history come alive through re-enactments, videos and the stories told throughout this museum in Historic Five Points.
BYERS-EVANS HOUSE MUSEUM
Experience this historic landmark where expert tour guides will share the stories of the home and its residents in the 1900s.
THE CELL
Explore the interactive Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab to learn more about the issues of terrorism and public safety.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF DENVER AT MARSICO CAMPUS
Visit the museum dedicated to helping children learn through play!
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM
See Still & Art which includes more than 80 Still paintings, works on paper, photographs and sculptures in striking juxtaposition with the works of other artists.
DENVER ART MUSEUM
Check out exhibits for free, , including Common Ground: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh and Stampede: Animals in Art.
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS
See a special outdoor Day of the Dead exhibition, La Calavera Catrina, an exploration of the iconic and elegant female skeleton knows as La Catrina.
DENVER FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM
Visit one of the “hottest,” family-friendly places in town and learn about the history of firefighting. Don’t miss Collecting Fire Toys exhibition!
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE
Local artists use light, sound, movement, color and anything else that inspires them to unify the arts with nature and science in the museum’s wildlife halls during DiaramART.
FORNEY MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION
Stroll through this one-of-a-kind collection that includes a Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’ Steam Locomotive and enjoy favorites like Amelia Earhart’s 1923 Goldbug Kissel.
HISTORY COLORADO CENTER
Don’t miss Backstory: Western American Art in Context, a pairing of nearly 50 masterpieces from the Denver Art Museum’s renowned collection with History Colorado’s wealth of artifacts.
MOLLY BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM
Tour the home of Denver’s unsinkable Margaret “Molly” Brown, who was a world-renowned activist, performer and traveler. You may even see Mrs. Brown herself!

MORE MUSEUMS OPEN FOR NIGHT AT THE MUSEUMS*:
Four Mile Historic Park – Experience the Park after dark! Join in on nighttime tours, campfire tales and more from 5-8 pm.
Golden History Center – See Epic Events, an exciting multimedia timeline of major events and discoveries that shaped Golden from 5-8 pm.
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum – Enjoy cockpits, guided tours, simulators and the new Be the Astronaut exhibition!
*Free transportation shuttles are not available

Mile High Soul Club
2017-11-04 21:00 - 23:30 | Syntax: Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway, Denver, CO, 80209, United States
Denver’s monthly fill of vintage Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Popcorn, Funk, and rarities from the late ’50s to the early ’70s. DJs Tyler Jacobson, Dogboy, Steve Cervantes, and Jason Heller spin vinyl 45’s all night long.
Join the Mile High Soul Club every first Saturday at Syntax (554 S. Broadway).
Doors at 8 PM • Music Starts at 9 PM • Event ends at 2 AM
21+ ID Required
[$5 Cover]
More info: http://www.milehighsoulclub.com

SCFD Free Day: Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys
2017-11-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, 1880 Gaylord St., Denver, CO, 80206, United States
On the first Sunday of each month from 1:00 to 4:00 the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys hosts a Community Day. On these days admission fees are waived. Instead, we ask that visitors just make a donation if they are able. Our suggested donation is $1 per person. Community Days are made possible by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, and our generous donors and members.
About DMMDT: http://dmmdt.org/CommunityDays.htm
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]

Free Tours of the American Museum of Western Art
2017-11-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-10 10:00 - 16:00 | American Museum of Western Art, 1727 Tremont Place, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
It is the mission of the American Museum of Western Art to promote the public’s understanding and appreciation of art depicting the American West from the early 1800s through the present day. The art presented is intended to give the public a better understanding and appreciation of the character, history, and beauty of the American West and the peoples, individuals, and ideas that transformed it over time.
To celebrate Denver Arts Week and the local art scene, the museum is offering free self-guided tours. An audio guide is included with your admission, so you can explore the Collection at your own pace. Galleries close at 4:30pm, so last entry is at 4:00pm.
No children under 8 years old. RSVP required.
[Free]
Reserve Tickets for November 6th Now
Reserve Tickets for November 8th Now
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More info: https://www.anschutzcollection.org

Edgar Allan Poe Is Dead and So Is My Cat
2017-11-06 20:00 - 21:30, 2017-11-09 20:00 - 21:30 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A new comedy from Buntport that is unlikely to be spooky. Unless you think podcasts and Boston Market are spooky.
[Pay-what-you-can – $20]
More info and tickets: https://buntport.com/2017/09/buntports-45th-original-show/

Pay-What-You-Can Night:
Monday — November 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm

Unwrapping the Secrets of the Mummies
2017-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
For years, the Egyptian Mummies gallery has displayed two female mummies, described as the “Rich Mummy” and the “Poor Mummy.” In 2016, a team of Egyptologists from around the country banded together to find out how today’s leading technologies could shed more light on the lives of these two women. Michele Koons, curator of archaeology, led the research, which included radiocarbon dating, isotope analysis, tree ring core sampling, portable x-ray fluorescence, and an ambulance ride for the mummies to be CT scanned at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Join Koons to get all the exciting details on the new science, which will be newly interpreted in Egyptian Mummies in October. The Marie Wormington Lecture is named for the renowned anthropologist who had an illustrious career at the Museum.
[$8 member, $10 nonmember]
More info: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/unwrapping-the-secrets-of-the-mummies/

Raconteur Denver
2017-11-07 19:00 - 21:00 | CO
Voted 2017’s best new storytelling event by Denver Westword, Raconteur Denver combines the joy of exploring new locations, meeting new people and hearing stories from Denver’s vast communities. Organizers choose three phenomenal storytellers to get the night moving and then audience members are invited to share short stories of their own.
[Free]
More info: http://raconteurdenver.com

TALES OF THE TOUR

JUL 11, 2017, Infinite Monkey Theorem

Calling all musicians, church groups, dancers, actors and anyone else who has ever gone on tour. We want your stories. Tell us all the nitty gritty details of being on the road, share the highs and the lows, the microphone is waiting! Joining you on the stage will be Stephen Brackett of Flobots, Kevin Larkin of Chimney Choir and one other stellar storyteller. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say.

PETS

SEP 12, 2017, TBA

Pets: gotta love those little puking-on-your-carpet, food-stealing, drooling fur balls! Cats, dogs, llamas – we want to hear your stories. Join 3 stellar Denver storytellers at the mic in this fur friendly Raconteur Denver event.

LOST &(OR) FOUND

NOV 7, 2017, TBA

Where did my keys get to? Oh, there they are. Let’s hear some stories of things lost and things found.. maybe the same things all at once! Step on up to the mic and join Donna Bryson and two more of Denver’s best storytellers in this evening full of tales (and beer).

Create Playdate
2017-11-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 80204, United States
Drop in for hands-on artmaking with your little ones!

Second Wednesday of the month
10 am–1 pm
extended summer hours in June, July, and August from 10 am–2 pm (Note: Create Playdate is not offered in September)
Meet in the Just for Fun Family Center (North Building, level 2, Duncan Pavilion)

This playful program for toddlers and their parents, grandparents, or caregivers includes:

a fun new art project each month inspired by artwork in the museum
storytime in front of the artwork
instructor-guided close looking to explore the artwork

The Denver Art Museum’s family and community programs team has designed these projects especially for preschool-aged children to build growing minds and inspire lifelong creativity. Some months include special guests from other cultural organizations, music, movement, and songs.
Create Playdate is best for ages 3-5, but older and younger siblings are welcome!
This program is included in general admission, which is free for kids and free for members. Create Playdate is a bilingual program (available in English and Spanish).
[Free with museum admission]
More info: http://denverartmuseum.org/programs/create-playdate

Cedar Book Boxes
2017-11-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Denver Public Library – Smiley Branch, 4501 W. 46th Avenue, Denver, CO, 80212, United States
​Come make noise at the library! That’s right. Pick up a hammer and nails to create your own book bin using plywood materials. The team from The Craftsman & Apprentice will provide all the tools, supplies and skills you’ll need to assemble and decorate a special place to stash your favorite books. Ideal for ages 6 and up with an adult helper.
[Free]
More info: Cedar Book Boxes

Cooking Class for Children
2017-11-08 16:30 - 17:30 | Woodbury Library, 3265 Federal Blvd., Denver, CO, 80211, United States
Try some delicious no-cook recipes. Ideal for ages 3-8 with an adult helper.
[Free]
More info: Cooking Class for Children

Taxes 101
2017-11-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Green Valley Ranch Library, 4856 N. Andes Ct., Denver, CO, 80249, United States
Susan O’Grady from Equipoise Wealth Management will discuss methods and strategies for, organizing your tax records, reducing tax liability, avoiding mistakes, identifying tax scams, paying as you go and understanding graduated tax rates. Light Refreshments will be provided.
[Free]
More info: Taxes 101

Keeping it Real: How to Survive Thanksgiving Dinner
2017-11-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Ross-Cherry Creek Library, 305 Milwaukee St, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
The second in a series with critical race theorist and skilled facilitator Dr. Gregory Diggs on having uncomfortable conversations about race. We’ll talk about how deal and/or engage with your relatives in a constructive manner at your Thanksgiving dinner.
[Free]
More info: Keeping it Real: How to Survive Thanksgiving Dinner

Indigenous Film: Four Faces of the Moon and Ishi's Return
2017-11-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is pleased to partner with the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management and the Denver American Indian Commission to present Indigenous Film, a monthly indigenous film series.
The film will be screened at the Museum’s Phipps Theater. Doors open at 6 p.m., films begin at 6:30 p.m. Please use the IMAX Evening Entrance on the east side of the Museum. Admission is free. Concessions are available for purchase.
Wednesday, November 8
6:30 p.m.
Four Faces of the Moon and Ishi’s Return
Four Faces of the Moon, Director Amanda Strong (Michif/Cree/ Anishinaabe). This intricate stop-motion animation interlaces Canada’s colonial past with Strong’s personal history, and illuminates Cree, Métis, and Anishinaabe reclamation of culture, language, and nationhood. In Cree and French with English subtitles. (Winnipeg Film Group, 2016, 13 min.).
Ishi’s Return, Director Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho). In 1911, when Ishi emerged from the woods in Oroville, California, he became a national sensation known as “the last wild Indian.” Ishi’s story demonstrates the insidious power of purposeful forgetting. For a country determined to forget its treatment of American Indians, it was expedient to promote the myth of “vanishing Indians” and relegate them permanently to the past. How, then, was it possible that 80 years after his death, it was Ishi’s descendants who compelled the Smithsonian to repatriate his remains for a proper burial? The film travels an emotional path from Ishi’s first encounter with modern society, the dehumanizing manner in which he was poked, prodded and displayed, to the triumph of his descendants who had the audacity to continue to exist. (Katahdin Productions, 2016, 38 min.).
Audience discussion and Q&A will follow the film screening.
[Free]
More info: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/indigenous-film/
2017 Schedule
No screening in December
Stay tuned for the 2018 schedule!

Brewery Tour at the Copper Kettle
2017-11-08 19:00 - 20:00 | CO
Get a behind the scenes look at this Southeast Denver brewery @ Copper Kettle 1338 S Valencia St, #100
[Free]
More info: Brewery Tour at the Copper Kettle

Active Minds: South Korea
2017-11-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Hampden Library, 9755 E. Girard Ave., Denver, CO, 80231, United States
The Korean peninsula is a challenging part of the world. While North Korea gets a lot of attention for their nuclear ambitions and anti-western rhetoric, their neighbor to the south is making headlines of their own. The recent election of Moon Jae-in as President of South Korea is likely to bring some significant shifts in regional policy and create ripples throughout the world. Join Active Minds as we explore the country of South Korea, past, present and future.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: South Korea

Active Minds: Buddhism
2017-11-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Ford-Warren Library, 2825 High St, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
Buddhism is the sixth largest religion in the world with estimates of over 350 million followers. Join Active Minds for an examination of its origins, teachings, beliefs and practices. We will discuss the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) and discuss the various types of Buddhism, including Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and others.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: Buddhism

TEENS: Cupcake Decorating
2017-11-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Green Valley Ranch Library, 4856 N. Andes Ct., Denver, CO, 80249, United States
Church of Cupcakes will be here, teaching our teens cupcake decorating basics! Limit 20 participants. Grades 6-12.
[Free]
More info: Cupcake Decorating

Opening Party: Dream Delivery Service
2017-11-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Understudy, 890 C 14th St., Denver, CO, 80202, United States
Join us for the kickoff of the Dream Delivery Service’s residency at Understudy, including a brief reading of dreams Mathias Svalina has written for the service.
With the Dream Delivery Service, Svalina writes & delivers dreams to subscribers every day for a month. To nearby subscribers, Svalina hand-delivers the dreams—brief surrealist narratives he writes & encloses in small pink envelopes–to their doors, biking through the empty streets of Denver before dawn.
Svalina started the Dream Delivery Service 2014, hoping to devise a new sort of relationship with a reader, a new kind of reading intimacy. In addition to his delivery service, throughout November Svalina will meet visitors & transcribe their dreams to collect in The Big Book of Denver Dreams, & host events of embodied dream-logic in the Understudy space, bringing the personal framework of the dream into social settings:
11/16: The Denver Dream-In: Open-Mike Storytelling for Dreams
11/21: Dreameaning: A Night of Collaborative Dream Divination
11/30: The Dream Feast: Surrealist & Visionary Recipes to Close Out the Residency
This event is a part of the Dream Deliver Service’s November residency at Understudy. You can subscribe to a month of daily-delivered dreams at dreamdeliveryservice.com
Understudy is located at the Colorado Convention Center / Theatre District light rail stop near 14th and Stout. Look for the B-Cycle station next to the light rail tracks or Shantell Martin’s art bench.

Lecture: Veterans Day
2017-11-09 18:45 - 19:45 | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
Veterans Day originally honored the military personnel who served in WWI. Currently the holiday celebrates the contributions of all living U.S. veterans, of whom there are over 20 million. Come explore the significance of this holiday and the issues and contributions of those who have served our country in war and peacetime.
Active Minds programs at DPL cover an array of exciting, timely topics to expand your mind.
Lecture dates/locations: Thursday, Nov. 9, 3 p.m. @ Hampden
Thursday, Nov. 16, 6:45 p.m. @ Sam Gary
[Free]
More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/blog/jennifer-d/autumn-active-minds

Active Minds: Veterans Day
2017-11-09 18:45 - 19:45 | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
Veterans Day originally honored the military personnel who served in WWI. Currently the holiday celebrates the contributions of all living U.S. veterans, of which there are over 20 million. Join Active Minds as we explore the significance of this holiday and the issues and contributions of those who have served our country in war and peacetime.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: Veterans Day

SCFD Free Day: Four Mile Historic Park
2017-11-10 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]

Black Sheep Friday
2017-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
The final Black Sheep of the season on January 19, is going to be a full museum takeover!! Not only will the first 100 people through the door get a free Ratio Beerworks brewski (21+), but there will be a youth mariachi band, Casa Bonita musicians, and grilled snacks on hibachi grills throughout!
This season of Black Sheep Friday is going to be absolute bananas. That’s right. B.A.N.A.N.A.S. You’re going to learn everything you never knew you’ve always wanted to know. And do everything you never knew you’ve always wanted to do. It’s malarkey at its finest.
Visitors are encouraged to drop by at any time and participate. All events are first-come-first-served. Capacity can be limited.
Happy Hour 5-7PM | Event 7-9PM in the MCA Cafe.
The museum is open until 9PM on Fridays
[Free with $5.00 museum admission (Members free)]
More info: https://mcadenver.org/events/series/black-sheep-friday
The 2017 Lineup:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY LUCKY 13

CHARM MAKING TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY EXTREME GLAMOUR SHOTS

GLAMOUR SHOTS WHILE DOING SHOTS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY CUPPING EXPRESS

COFFEE TASTING AND CUPPING THERAPY

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY ¡PINCHE LOTERIA!

LEARN TO CURSE IN SPANISH, BINGO STYLE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 08: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY LET’S GET METAPHYSICAL

CREATE A SIGIL AND PRACTICE CHAOS MAGICK

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY
XXX-MAS CRAFT FAIR

FRIDAY, JANUARY 05: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY TEEN EDITION

BY TEENS, FOR EVERYONE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19: BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY HIBACHI MARIACHI

SABER ACOMODAR CLOSING PARTY
