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Our picks for the best Halloween shows and parties in Denver this weekend
This Halloween concert weekend will be one for the books, no matter what you get into. There are so many rad options, whether you want to get spendy or economize, if you want to celebrate costume day at Red Rocks, or get out of town. Here’s a rundown of the top offerings.
The Denver Gazette
Sundance announces first films of 2027 lineup for Boulder festival
Lights, camera, action in Boulder! The Sundance Institute announced the first of its film selections Wednesday as the Sundance Film Festival‘s inaugural Boulder run creeps closer. Selections are for the festival’s Legacy program, which includes groundbreaking projects from Sundance history, the institute announced in a news release. Legacy screenings will include director and cast member […]
onstagecolorado.com
Colorado Shakespeare Festival announces 2027 season
Four Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet and both parts of Henry IV, mark the festival’s 70th year. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival will return June 5 for its 70th season on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, with four Shakespeare plays split between its two venues. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed...
hoodline.com
Denver Art Museum Lands Biggest-Ever Picasso Show, 150 Works Strong
The Denver Art Museum will present its largest Picasso exhibition to date at the Hamilton Building in 2027. “Picasso: Magician” opens October 31, 2027, and runs through February 27, 2028, bringing together paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and ceramics, according to Westword. The Hamilton Building’s Design. The Denver...
clearcreekcourant.com
El Rancho’s iconic sign removed as building preps for demolition
As the sun rose on a chilly Oct. 28 morning, a major chapter in the long life of El Rancho ended. Crews disassembled the 40-foot metal El Rancho sign that has marked the restaurant site for decades, and cut holes in the roof to remove the brewery tanks. QuikTrip owns...
coloradohometownweekly.com
Sundance unveils first films for Boulder debut, revives Roger Ebert tradition
The first films of the 2027 Sundance Film Festival have been announced, and the lineup includes a slate of classic films that premiered at the festival 25 and 35 years ago. Sundance also announced this week that it will hold a “Cinema Interruptus” event in January, taking a page from the late Roger Ebert’s famed “Ebert Interruptus” that launched at the University of Colorado Boulder‘s Conference on World Affairs. The Sundance event will be moderated by Boulder film critic and author Josh Larsen, who hosted “Interruptus” on campus from 2017 to 2024.
Westword
The plot(s) thicken: local historians release new “Historic Cemeteries of Denver” book
Just before the preface of Denver historians Mark A. Barnhouse and James M. Cavoto Sr.’s new book “Historic Cemeteries of Denver,” there’s a photo of a headstone. It marks the burial place of no one person; instead, the photo marks the cemetery itself — in this case, at the Golden Cemetery, though Barnhouse says it sits in other sites as well. “This is a cemetery,” reads the stone. “Lives are commemorated — deaths are recorded — families are reunited — memories are made tangible and love is undisguised…Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, historians seek information, and our heritage is thereby enriched.”
transportationhistory.org
1945: The Opening of a Municipal Airport in Colorado
In Colorado, an airport located 3.7 miles (six kilometers) southwest of the central business district of the city of Longmont was inaugurated. The public debut of this facility, which was originally called Longmont Municipal Airport, marked a milestone for aviation in that region of the Centennial State. The opening of...
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Teacher's rare T. rex discovery revealed to public at Denver museum
A Colorado high school science teacher's discovery of dinosaur footprints during an expedition in North Dakota has led to a first-of-its-kind museum exhibit in Denver. Last year, while out in the Hell Creek Formation, Northglenn High School teacher Kent Hups went for a trek in the rugged landscape and stumbled upon a rare T. rex trackway.
Denver Post
Thornton’s Día de los Muertos Celebration Is a Family Tradition Worth Making
If your family calendar is feeling a little Halloween-heavy, here’s a beautiful reason to keep the costumes and festive spirit going a few days longer. Thornton’s 10th annual Día de los Muertos celebration returns to McAllister Park on Sunday, November 1, and it’s the kind of family outing that manages to be both meaningful and a whole lot of fun. Best of all, it’s free.
303magazine.com
Denver Is Turning Up the Volume This Halloween Weekend
From deadmau5 at Red Rocks and itchy-O’s Hallowmass to Teddy Swims and Mon Laferte, here’s your concert guide for October 30–November 1, 2026. Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, giving Denver a full weekend to make some noise. Red Rocks has back-to-back deadmau5 dates, itchy-O brings Hallowmass to Summit, and the city’s clubs and theaters offer plenty of reasons to take your costume out for another spin.
historycolorado.org
Witness at Sand Creek: The Life and Letters of Silas Soule
A review of Nancy Niero's 2025 book. Editor's note: This review comes to you from the Colorado Book Review. More reviews can be found at the Denver Public Library. Students of Colorado’s Civil War history and of the infamous Sand Creek Massacre will recognize the name of Silas Soule as the 1st Colorado Volunteer Cavalry officer who protested the action, refused to let his men fire during the fighting, testified against it in damning terms, and was murdered shortly afterward in Denver. Reverend Doctor Nancy Niero, a United Church of Christ pastor and hospice chaplain, has been drawn to Soule’s story since she first heard of it at History Colorado 30 years ago. She is among the organizers of the annual Spiritual Healing Run from the Sand Creek Massacre to Soule’s grave at Riverside Cemetery. For this book, Niero assembled 25 of Soule’s letters from the National Archives, History Colorado, Denver Public Library, Library of Congress, and his descendants.