Tag: Events
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
FRIDAY-SUNDAY A birders and photographers delight as the fields around Lamar turn white this weekend with the migration of thousands of snowy waterfowl. The annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival has tours and special speakers including Pat Craig, executive director of The Wild Animal Sanctuary. highplainssnowgoose.com FRIDAY Celebrate Black History Month with the Denver Art Society, 734 Santa Fe Drive, 6-8 p.m.…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond:
NEW YEAR’S EVE So many ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve all around Denver. But the perfect ending, and beginning, is the traditional downtown New Year’s Eve Fireworks over the crowds on the 16th Street Mall. Two shows, 9 p.m. and midnight. Viewing near the middle of downtown near Curtis Street. No need to worry about…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY-MONDAY Some of the beautiful holiday lights are continuing through Christmas time. Hudson Gardens in Littleton, Hudson Holidays through Dec. 31, Light Up the New Year, Jan. 2-28, hudsongardens.org/enjoy/holidays. Cherry Creek North Winter Wanderland, a million lights, through Dec. 24, tinyurl.com/558v7fzy. Union Station Denver Merry & Bright Lights, through Dec. 26, denverunionstation.com/events/merry-bright-lights-2. Mile Hi Tree, Denver, through the Dec. 31 ball…
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A year after Club Q: Events around Colorado Springs commemorate deadly attack
One year after an armed assailant unleashed a hail of bullets inside Club Q, killing five people and injuring 17 others, more than 200 people gathered outside the building to commemorate the lives lost and support the scores of people who still bear scars, physical and emotional, from the attack on what was considered an…
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An ‘everybody event’: Colorado State Fair expects to easily best 2022 numbers
Despite weather conditions that were not always conducive to outdoor activity, the Colorado State Fair hosted hundreds of thousands of people from within and outside the state, officials said. “We had three inches of rain during the fair, and we had days with triple-digit heat, but people still came out to support the state,” said…
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Top 10 Labor Day weekend events around Colorado
Labor Day weekend is here! Here’s what’s going on around Colorado: Commonwheel Artists Art Festival Join the Commonwheel Artist Co-op for its 49th annual Labor Day Art Festival in historic Manitou Springs. The festival will host a variety of artists, from potters and jewelers to painters and photographers. There will also be local musicians playing…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond: Donkey Derby Days, puppy yoga, Denver BrunchFest and more
THURSDAY-AUG. 27 Beginning this weekend, that annual opportunity to see the newest in area homes and interior design in the Parade of Homes. Sponsored by the Home Builders of Metro Denver, it’s in Aurora Highlands off E-470 and in Painted Prairie among others. Tour in person noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Or take…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY-SUNDAY Larimer Square is filled with days of a Taste of Mexico celebrating Denver’s Hispanic heritage and marking the 40th anniversary of the Denver Sister City program with Cuernavaca, Mexico. Mexican and American music, Lucha Libre wrestling, culinary events, language lessons, a pop-up art gallery, Sotol and Mezcal tastings, family activities, chalk art, shopping at the mercado and…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY They’re building a photo opportunity and the world’s largest ice cream cone, 11 feet tall, in Englewood today, noon to 5 p.m. at Walmart Supercenter, 601 Englewood Parkway. It’s launch day for Muddy Bites in Walmarts nationwide and there will be samples, you betcha. Muddy Bites are described as waffle cone snacks covered in chocolate. muddybites.com…
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Colorado lawmakers want to end speculative ticketing, other ‘deceptive’ ticket sale practices
When Madonna announced her 40th anniversary world tour last month, ticket prices on numerous reselling websites quickly climbed into the thousands of dollars — though the original tickets had not yet gone on sale. This is a common practice in the event ticket industry known as “speculative ticketing,” in which companies resell tickets they do…