This is going to be a beautiful Colorado weekend, both inside and out. Head to a patio or park for sunshine and scenery; move inside to shop until you drop at Record Store Day deals.
This weekend you can learn how to set the stage (and the table) for a grown-up party that's a step up from kegs and corn chips, take a bike tour of just a few of Denver's community gardens, learn what the heck banush is (and how to make it), and bee social.
Saturday, March 13, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., online
Visit Lindita’s Kitchen and learn how to make arroz con pollo. Lindita is an iconic Denver businesswoman and founder of Lindita’s Inc. Salsa and Spices. She grew up as a migrant farmworker, and today is the host of
Lindita’s Kitchen Cooking Show, as well as a cookbook author, chef and cooking instructor who brings passion and zest to showcasing traditional Mexican food. This free program is part of the Saturday Series with CHAC, and is hosted by Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Colorado Folk Arts Council and Metro State University Chicana/o Studies Journey Through Our Heritage. Find out more here.
Join Rocky Mountain Public Media and Opera Colorado for a double-bill virtual concert featuring Tom Cipullo’s
Josephine and
The Promise of Living, followed by a talkback hosted by Keo Frazier with starring performers Laquita Mitchell and Nmon Ford, as well as choreographer Terrell Davis. Josephine, a one-act opera, shines a spotlight on jazz-age icon and civil rights activist Josephine Baker.
The Promise of Living takes audiences on a journey through American history that highlights the challenges, opportunities and successes of the Black experience. The program is free, but register in advance here. Thursday, March 11, 6 p.m., online Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo will read Laura Peniche’s story about reaching out to fellow Christians to discuss her understanding of Jesus’s teachings on mercy, as well as his commandment that “you love one another just as I have loved you.” The free program weaves in the music of Uruguayan musician Elisa Garcia and the stori
16th and Arapahoe streets
Haven t been downtown late? Here s a good reason to visit. Denver Night Lights debuted before the pandemic hit, but it continues to invite artists to create illuminating works that light up the Clocktower on the 16th Street Mall Tuesdays through Sundays after sunset. The March lineup, which is devoted to the Month of Photography, has the theme Reimagining Hope, and the work on display was created by members of Indigenous Photograph, a global community of visual storytellers who come from a diverse range of Indigenous communities across six continents. It debuted on March 2; find out more here.