Events

Hooray! It's an SCFD Free Day! All the Free Days at Denver Zoo take place during the colder months (Jan, Feb and Nov) so don't wait for a warm sunny.... Read More

Plunge deeper than ever before into a breathtaking world of tiny creatures that have a huge impact on our planet during this special screening of Secret Ocean 3D and a live broadcast.... Read More

Before Star Wars was a cultural phenomenon, it was just a dream in the mind of George Lucas. Drawing from such diverse sources as samurai sagas, Westerns and sci-fi serials, the legendary.... Read More

Leave the winter blues behind and virtually travel with geologist Bob Raynolds and space scientist Ka Chun Yu to special islands around the world. Using immersive satellite imagery, wander the.... Read More

Join Cherry Creek North to kick-off their month-long series, I Heart Fridays, from 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Factory Design Labs (158 Fillmore 4th floor) for a cook-off between Cherry Creek North.... Read More

Warm up the winter with food, music, botany and drinks with Denver Botanic Gardens' new event series, Off the Clock. Learn the truths and myths of botanical aphrodisiacs at Off the.... Read More

This opening reception is free and open to the public. Artists: Gonzo, Caroline Pooler, Risa Murray, Rose Henderson, Carrol Reeves, Raverro Stinnett, Roosheika Seward, Sharon Morrison, Charles Tunstall, Barbara Johnson..... Read More

The museum will be open to the public from 10:00am-4:00pm, and activities will be available from 10:00am-2:00pm.  Visitors of all ages are welcome to visit the museum free of charge.... Read More

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).... Read More

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.... Read More

Hear the latest from the Red Planet from Bruce Jakosky, the principal investigator for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. MAVEN has been orbiting Mars for 18 months.... Read More

Celebrate Darwin’s birthday by spending an afternoon with the affable young Charles Darwin. Enactor Brian “Fox” Ellis is back by popular demand to bring Darwin to life. Hear humorous tales.... Read More

Join the Art
 Students League of Denver, Clyfford Still Museum, and RedLine for a special collaborative series of professional-development lectures designed to help artists enhance their business practices. Topics include.... Read More

Celebrate Darwin’s birthday by spending an afternoon with the affable young Charles Darwin. Enactor Brian “Fox” Ellis is back by popular demand to bring Darwin to life. Hear humorous tales.... Read More

Creative Mornings = Free coffee and light breakfast + inspiring speaker. Each month, Creative Morning talks take place in more than 150 cities around the world and bring together creatives,.... Read More

Forget about dinner and a movie. Grab your special someone and join one of the Clyfford Still Museum's expert gallery guides for an entertaining date over Valentine's Day weekend. Engage your.... Read More

Whether you're celebrating Valentine's or Singles Awareness Day, Denver Center's Cult Following  theater company invites you to get your deep, embarrassing and awkward secrets off your chest. Host Chris Parente of.... Read More

Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Far East Center is always fun, festive and fascinating! Enjoy cultural performances, shop for traditional decorations and feel the spirit of Chinese New Year without.... Read More

Love is in the air! Stop the History Colorado Center and explore a special presentation of romantic items from their archives, including valentines, marriage proposals, and love letters. This exhibition.... Read More

The Denver Public Library's Anti-Valentine's Day Parties are legendary. From zombie love stories to a Xanadu disco inferno. This year, they are serving love reality with a screening of Muriel’s Wedding. And to.... Read More

Forget about dinner and a movie. Grab your special someone and join one of the Clyfford Still Museum's expert gallery guides for an entertaining date over Valentine's Day weekend. Engage your.... Read More

Hooray! It's a Free Day at Denver Botanic Gardens thanks to the Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and all the citizens who support it. Go see the Orchid Showcase and.... Read More

Did you know? Denver has 10 international sister cities, one of which is Chennai, India. Join Denver Sister Cities International for an Indian movie and explore Indian culture. This event is.... Read More

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! Box office opens at 7:30, the feud starts at 8:00. $6-$8,.... Read More

One Painting at a Time is a signature program from the Clyfford Still Museum that challenges participants to look beyond their first impression and spend quality time with a single painting. This season, join the museum for explorations lead by conservation and collections staff, experts on the life and work of Clyfford Still. On February 17,.... Read More

Learning French or just love French culture? Then the J'Adore Ciné Club series is for you. There's no formal membership required, just buy your ticket to the movie and come! About the Film: A nuclear power plant serves as the setting for a forbidden romance as volatile as the facility itself in the intense, brilliantly acted.... Read More

"We curate the storytellers, but we don't know what stories they will tell; we don't make people rehearse. It's very raw and simple, and that's the part that I think makes it beautiful and very human," says Erin Rollman, co-host of The Narrators, a monthly story hour. Rollman and fellow host Ron Doyle create loose themes.... Read More

Hooray! It's an SCFD Free Day! All the Free Days at Denver Zoo take place during the colder months (Jan, Feb and Nov) so don't wait for a warm sunny day to take advantage of the chance to see the zoo for free. Bundle up, bring your coffee and go! What is SCFD? Since 1989, Scientific.... Read More

Fantastic Voyage: A Year-Long Tour of the World at Ross-University Hills Branch Library. In 2016, journey around the world from the comfort of the library! Join DPL as Active Minds whisks you away to a different location on the third Thursday of every month at 3 p.m. Get your “passport” stamped at as many Fantastic Voyage events.... Read More

Meet up with other young professionals and enjoy a risqué look at life in the era of the unsinkable and outspoken Margaret “Molly” Brown. Exploring topics too taboo to talk about in the daylight, this bi-monthly speakeasy features signature cocktails and salacious vignettes perfect for history geeks and gossipmongers alike. For ages 21-45, must be 21+.... Read More

Enjoy 60s-themed appetizers and nonalcoholic beverages, tours of the conservatory, a panel discussion and more. The Gardens’ Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory was completed in 1966. The building has been a midcentury architectural landmark for 50 years. Designed by architects Victor Hornbein and Ed White, the 11,500 square foot building took two years to build and.... Read More

This winter, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) welcomes to its galleries four artists: Brian Bress, Lanny DeVuono, Laura Shill, and Arne Svenson. Solo presentations of each artist’s work open at the museum with a celebration on February 19, 2016, and run through late spring. A survey of Bress’s work includes video, sculpture,.... Read More

A lecture by Dean Sobel, Director of the Clyfford Still MuseumAs the exhibition Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studiodemonstrates, various forms of innovative representational art thrived during this same period and, since the 1960s, have risen to make “realism” a dominant force in recent art. This slide-illustrated discussion presented by Dean Sobel, director of the.... Read More

Together with the Central City Opera, the Molly Brown House Museum presents the 3rd annual How the West Was Sung, a toe-tapping day bringing western history alive. Paired with a tour of the Museum, it is a musical journey performed by the Central City Opera Ensemble Artists. Suitable for ages 6 and up. Tickets: $18 -.... Read More

Together with the Central City Opera, the Molly Brown House Museum presents the 3rd annual How the West Was Sung, a toe-tapping day bringing western history alive. Paired with a tour of the Museum, it is a musical journey performed by the Central City Opera Ensemble Artists. Suitable for ages 6 and up. Tickets: $18 -.... Read More

Tillandsia, better known as “air plants” are evergreen, flowering perennials that are fun and easy to keep. Craft an attractive and modern magnet plant holder and discuss proper care of these wonderful plants. Free class! More info: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/engage/air-plants-2

After selling out the first showing of this film during the Star War Origins of the Force film series,  Denver Film decided to add an encore showing. Grab your ticket! Co-presented by Alexandre Phillpe (The People vs. George Lucas) as a part of our Star Wars: Origins of the Force film series. About the Film: This.... Read More

Join Jeffrey Keith to explore artist Clyfford Still’s use of color. Guided by featured quotes from Still—and questions posed by Learning to See Color, a survey exhibition currently on view at the University of Denver (DU) Vicki Myhren Gallery through March 6—the Clyfford Still Museum installation invites visitors to think about color in new ways.  If.... Read More

10-Course Banquet, Lion Dance, Silent Auction & Prizes! Come Celebrate the Year of the Monkey! Banquet Menu: Selected Dim Sum Items Seafood Tofu Soup Peking Duck Mushrooms with Vegetable Seafood Birds Nest Shrimp with Walnuts Black Pepper Filet Mignon Peking Style Pork Chop with broccoli Empress Fried Crispy Chicken House Special Fried Rice 4:30 pm: Cash.... Read More

Keep a Light in Your Window highlights the life of Daddy Bruce Randolph, a social entrepreneur with a heart of gold. At the age of 63, he started a restaurant in Denver and began giving away food to those who were less fortunate. Even though Daddy Bruce died broke, he accomplished a lot in his life..... Read More

Free Screening! Monday, February 22, 7:00pm. With co-director Bryan Carberry in-person Recovering addict and amputee John Wood finds himself in a stranger-than-fiction battle to reclaim his mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur Shannon Whisnant, who found it in a grill he bought at an auction and believes it therefore to be his rightful property. USA, 2015, 82 Minute Running.... Read More

The BookBar invites any and all to come out and mingle over the book The Revenant by Michael Punke while enjoying a FREE DRINK! BookSocial is meant to be a gathering of individuals who have all read the same book--a relaxed social event for the neighborhood and readers throughout the city. No facilitators, no guided discussions, just.... Read More

Free Screening! Tuesday February 23rd, 7:00pm. Director Ilinca Calugareanu in-person. In 1980s Romania, thousands of Western films smashed through the Iron Curtain opening a window into the free world for those who dared to look. A black-market VHS racketeer and a courageous female translator brought the magic of film to the people and sparked a.... Read More

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. Please use the evening entrance on the west side of the Museum. 60 Minutes in Space is a FREE monthly event at the museum. More info: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/after-hours/60-minutes-in-space-february-24/  

ANDERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY LECTURE SERIES: A CONVERSATION WITH DANNY SINGER Canadian photographer Danny Singer roams the North American prairie from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to the plains of Texas, making pictures.... Read More

Join the Sundance Institute, Clyfford Still Museum and Denver Film Society to cap off the 2016 Denver edition of the Sundance Film Forward Program with a panel discussion featuring visiting filmmakers Bryan Carberry, director of Finders Keepers, and Ilinca Calugareanu, director of Chuck Norris vs. Communism. The panel focuses on both of the filmmakers’ work and process, as.... Read More

In conjunction with an exhibition at the University of Denver's Vicki Myhren Gallery called "Learning to See Color," explore the musical aspects of color. The Colorado Symphony will be joined.... Read More

Does color exist, or is it just a perception? In conjunction with the exhibition Learning to See Color at the Vicki Myhren Gallery at University of Denver (January 14 through March 6, 2016),.... Read More

DYK? The Clyfford Still Museum offers free admission every Friday from 5p-8p and ALL DAY on the last Friday of the month! Go check out the stunning modern art and.... Read More

The Stompin’ Ground Games, a monthly series brought to you by Warm Cookie of the Revolution, comes to central Denver’s neighborhoods of Uptown, Capitol Hill, Congress Park, Cheesman, and West.... Read More

Boxwood Bill, the wizard of Boxwood Pinball, will show kids and their families the secrets behind his crazy contraptions. Play Pinball and get inspired to create your own games. Free event..... Read More

Join special guest former astronaut Bruce McCandless for a post-screening Q&A on Saturday, February 27th at 7pm. Bruce was a member of the Apollo program and flew 2 shuttle mission, including one that launched the Hubble Space Telescope and made the world's first untethered "space walks" using the Manned Maneuvering Unit, which he helped design..... Read More

Tillandsia, better known as “air plants” are evergreen, flowering perennials that are fun and easy to keep. Craft an attractive and modern magnet plant holder and discuss proper care of.... Read More

Join the Denver Sister Cities International Akureyri committee to watch "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". This is a free event and open to all. There will be Icelandic snacks.... Read More

FREE! Oscar® Viewing Party with Denver Film! Free and open to the public. Ballots will be available for a suggested $10 donation, prizes available. Drink specials all night long, including.... Read More

Panel discussion with Pulitzer Prize-Winning cartoonists Jim Borgman, Mike Keefe, and Signe Wilkinson with moderator Professor Arthur N. Gilbert. Topics of conversation will include technology, censorship, and involvement in the cartoonist field. Free event. RSVP: [email protected] More info: http://www.msudenver.edu/cva/

Everyone marvels over images from space, but have you ever wondered if the colors you see are true? For more than 20 years, Travis A. Rector, an astronomer at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, has created color astronomical images using some of the world’s largest telescopes, including Kitt Peak, Gemini Observatory, and Hubble. Rector.... Read More

Activism: Women + Hunger: Hunger Free Colorado’s project “Through My Lens” provides cameras to women to document their lives, using art as a means to illustrate the very real struggle of Coloradans who don’t have sufficient access to nutritious food. This project helps illustrate the struggles of the thousands of men and women who go.... Read More

CONVERSATION WITH CURATOR: AUDACIOUS: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS SPEAK OUT Join curator Becky Hart for a look at Audacious: Contemporary Artists Speak Out, a new installation that features the Denver Art Museum’s collection of contemporary art and signature loans from local collectors. Conversations with Curators feature lively discussion with different curators on the first Friday of the month..... Read More

UPDATE: SOLD OUT! Next Off the Clock event is April 1st, "Vintage Victorian" Celebrate the British Isles and the return of all things green at Off the Clock: Kilts and Clovers. Takes place in the lush Orangery, tropical Marnie’s Pavilion and Boettcher Memorial Center. Enjoy sounds of traditional Irish music Listen to tales of myth and.... Read More

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.... Read More

Come and be inspired by women in science! The Denver Museum of Nature & Science and CBS4 are excited to host a Girls and Science event on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Explore a variety of Science Clubhouses, where girls will meet women scientists and experience the many diverse opportunities a future in science, technology, engineering,.... Read More

Free First Saturdays are a great time to try out the Denver Art Museum! Celebrate creativity and Latin cultura at CelebrARTE on Free First Saturdays with bilingual activities for toda la familia. The Denver Art Museum offers free general admission on the first Saturday of the month, made possible by Your 6 Hometown Toyota Stores and the citizens who support.... Read More

That's right, admission is only 1 penny on the first Saturday of the month at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Grab some pennies, call your pals and go see some art! More about MCA: http://mcadenver.org On View until July 3rd: Brian Bress: Make Your Own Friends surveys the last ten years of the artist’s practice, bringing together.... Read More

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.... Read More

Every 1st Sunday of the month, DMMDT offers free admission thanks to the support of the Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and the citizens who support it. Go check out the tiny treasures housed in this museum if you have never been! More about the museum: http://dmmdt.org More about SCFD: http://scfd.org

No cover. Movie-themed cocktails for only $6 and complimentary snacks. More info: http://www.thesourcedenver.com/#events