Archive for the '·Arts' Category
Happy 150th B-day Denver!
Closed Published November 22nd, 2008 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoNovember 22, 2008
Dear Denver,
Happy Birthday.
You don’t look a day over 145!
Here are some fun ways to celebrate Denver’s birthday:
Free admission to Denver Zoo, Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado History Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art — plus, the first two are serving birthday cake at noon.
Free movie for the kids at Ellie Caulkins Opera House at […]
Colorado Aloha Festival (Longmont)
Closed Published September 14th, 2008 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoOctober 12, 2008
10 AM to 8 PM
Summer is slipping away, there’s some snow in the high country, so perhaps your thoughts have turned to relaxing on a tropical beach in Hawaii. A little too pricey? You’re in luck. Just head to Longmont for the Colorado Aloha Festival!
Watch a Hula film called “Na Kamalei - The […]
Labor Day Happenings (all over Colorado)
Closed Published August 17th, 2008 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoWrap up your summer vacation with some great fun over Labor Day weekend. Here are a few of the happenings around Colorado:
Boulder - Boulder Creek Hometown Fair
August 30 - September 1, 2008
Location: Boulder Public Library Lawn & Central Park lawn (along the Boulder Creek corridor, between 13th Street and 10th Streets, in downtown Boulder). Main […]
Capitol Hill People’s Fair (Denver)
Closed Published May 23rd, 2008 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoJune 6 - 7, 2008
Civic Center Park
The year: 1979.
The place: the grounds of East High School.
I stroll among the numerous booths, admiring arts & crafts, picking up literature on every “cause” I can imagine (and many I hadn’t ever imagined), people-watching, laughing with my friends. I’m at my first People’s Fair, and it’s entertaining, surprising, […]
Rock on Ice (Crested Butte)
Closed Published January 28th, 2008 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoJanuary 31 and February 1, 2008
Rock ’n Roll meets Ice Carving — and the results are going to be a blast!
The Rock on Ice team is comprised of six world champion and certified ice carvers who thrill audiences by creating beautiful ice sculptures in only minutes with rock n’ roll music as the backdrop.
On Thursday and Friday, stroll […]
Denver Arts Week (Denver)
Closed Published October 2nd, 2007 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoOctober 5 - 12, 2007
From a “Super” version of Denver’s First Friday Art Walk to a “Play in a Day” at Civic Center Park, where actors spend a day creating a new play to perform while you watch the process for free, to a photography exhibit and more — you’ll find lots of great ways to […]
Beauty of the Beast – Tigers Facing Extinction (Denver)
Closed Published March 13th, 2007 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoMarch 16, 2007
5 - 8 PM
Reed Photo Art Gallery
833 Santa Fe Drive
Denver
Tigers. One of our world’s most beautiful creatures faces serious threats to its survival, due largely to poaching.
In the early 90’s, Time Magazine and others declared that tigers were “doomed” and predicted near extinction by the year 2000, according to Save the Tiger Fund. Although the […]
First Friday Art Walk (Denver)
Closed Published March 4th, 2007 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in ColoradoOn the 1st Friday evening of each month, all year ’round, hop on the light rail and head over to the Osage station where you’ll find a shuttle with a big, orange “Connect the Dots” circle. They’ll take you over to Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe, between 5th and 10th Avenues, where you can spend […]
Forever Free: Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation (Aurora)
Closed Published December 30th, 2006 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in Colorado
January 4 - February 23, 2007
Aurora History Museum
We recently said our farewells to a President known for his honesty and modesty: Gerald R. Ford. Yet, when we think of honesty in a President, the first man to come to mind is, of course, Honest Abe.
“Forever Free” is a traveling exhibition making only one stop […]
Ice + Snow lighting display (Greenwood Village)
Closed Published December 15th, 2006 on Colorado-for-Free - your guide to free things to do in Colorado
December 3 - 31, 2006
Daily, 6 PM - 10 PM
If you missed the Parade of Lights, or just want to get another spectacular “light fix”, you’re in luck. The Museum of Outdoor Arts presents ICE+Snow, an outdoor holiday lighting extravaganza featuring Lights, Lights, and more Lights. Yes, you’ll discover a veritable art gallery of lights.
These […]