Denvers Blockbuster Summer comes to a close with a big Labor Day weekend filled with fun (and free) festivals, professional sports, live music, and plenty of family friendly activities, not to mention great hotel deals.
The free, four-day event Taste of Colorado attracts more than 500,000 foodies to Civic Center Park to enjoy the offerings of more than 50 area restaurants, in addition to 250 marketplace artisans, vendors, and educational programs promoting the diverse cultural and western heritage of the region. The festival also features seven stages of live music, with big name national acts planned for 2010.
New this year: Adventure Base, an interactive exhibit celebrating the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary; KidzStage and KidZone featuring play equipment and hands-on craft activities; the Festival of Mountain and Plain area, where families can learn about the states pioneer past, nature, and the environment
This Fall at the Hotel Boulderado – The Mystery Returns!
Combining thrilling mysteries, stellar performances by ‘Til Death Do Us Party, and Chef Pete’s delectable cuisine, the Hotel Boulderado Murder Mystery Dinner Series remains a hit in Boulder and beyond.
For just $64 a person, the evening includes the Murder Mystery performance, a buffet dinner, one drink of your choice, valet parking, taxes and gratuity. The murder mystery series will take place on Sept. 10, 17 and 24.
MURDER 1958: Life’s a Bitch and Then You Die(more…)
Don’t Wait Another 30 Years to Meet King Tut! Enjoy the King Tut Exhibit Package at The Westin Tabor
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs will come for its Denver debut, as a blockbuster exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. In honor of King Tut’s visit to the United States 30 years ago, both The Westin Tabor Center is offering a King Tut Package, which includes an overnight stay as well as two VIP tickets to the exhibit- allowing guests immediate entry to the exhibition and an opportunity to view the exhibit any time during exhibition hours, even when the exhibition is sold out. (more…)
FROM THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TO THE POIGNANT PLOT, discover why millions of people are still falling in love with Madama Butterfly year after year. A devastating clash of East vs. West ideals in turn of the century Japan leaves heroine, Cio-Cio San, with only one tragic solution to restore honor in her life.
Discover Denver’s thriving creative community during a First Friday celebration, held every first Friday of the month, during which galleries in Denver’s art districts stay open late for a festive, street party-like event.
Larimer Square’s Italian street-painting festival is a two-day pavement painting in Downtown Denver. More than 200 artists come down to turn the streets of the Mile High City’s oldest street into a virtual museum of chalk art. (more…)
Grand Junction will be the host city for the International Solution Mining Research Institute’s Technical Conference April 25-28 at the DoubleTree Hotel. In previous years, this conference has been held in Krakow, Poland, Leipzig, Germany, and Switzerland. Approximately 200 people are expected to attend this year’s conference in Grand Junction; of those, nearly one third are traveling from Europe, with the remainder coming from locations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. One of the mining sites the group will visit during the conference is the Intrepid Potash Cane Creek Mine near Moab, UT.
Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI) is a non-profit, worldwide organization with over 150 member organizations. They view solution mining as the process of mining underground, water-soluble minerals by dissolving the minerals with water (not by using acids). SMRI is primarily interested in the production of salt brine, but is also involved in solution mining of potash and soda ash. The caverns that are created as a result of solution mining are utilized as underground storage for oil, gas, chemicals, compressed air, and waste.
