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What:Denver Pavilions Grand Re-Introduction Event
There will be a celebrity escalator fashion show (including Mayor Hickenlooper), live music, giveaways, sales and more…
When: Tuesday, November 10th at Noon
Where: Denver Pavilions, 500 16th Street (at the entrance from the 16th Street Mall between Glenarm and Welton)
Check it out if you’re downtown… some pretty good deals.

A friend sent me this link today: Groupon for Denver. Essentially it’s “collective buying power” with a deal a day. If enough people sign up, you get the deal of the day. I’ve seen an art and framing deal, as well as a massage deal. Check it out if you like.

Event Mention:
Gino Velardi Fashion Show: 7pm  |  East Club Level|INVESCO Field at Mile High
• Benefits Dress for Success Denver
• Gino Velardi is a Denver native and self taught fashion designer, Featuring 100 designs – cocktail dresses, gowns, suits and coats
• Free parking, coat check, photo booth and GetFlipped!
• Cash bar
• AFTER After Party at Wicked Garden on Larimer Sq. – VIP entry, free cover, GV specials
• Ticket include Reception, Fashion Show AND After Party at INVESCO! $40 GA, $65 Second Row and $85 Front Row
• Purchase tickets online at www.ginovelardi.com
• Stay in the loop at www.facebook.com/ginovelardidesigns

Event Mention:

Colorado AIDS Project’s Red Ball – a Night of Frost & Fire to Ignite Awareness for World AIDS Day: On November 29th, 2009, 500 guests will congregate for an outrageous night of cocktails, live art, fashion and DJ grooves as Colorado AIDS Project launches Red Ball, A Night of Frost & Fire to ignite awareness for World AIDS Day. This fete is an opportunity for guests to have fun, raise money, keep the disease top of mind and bring local awareness and excitement to World AIDS Day, which occurs on December 1st each year.

Guests can visit www.facebook.com and become a fan of Colorado AIDS Project for opportunities to win tickets through
The “Where’s Red Ball?” contest running now through November 24th.

WHEN:      Sunday, November 29th 2009
6:00 p.m. VIP
7:00 p.m. General Admission

WHERE:   The Sugar Cube, Second Floor
1555 Blake, Denver

TICKETS: VIP $75, General Admission $50
Special Ticket Pricing: $30 for Under 30 (GA tickets, limited quantity)

Day of: VIP $125, General Admission $75

Tickets are available now at www.redballdenver.org.

Yelp is doing this fun little thing this week: Hawt on Yelp. It’s up to 50% off some spas in Denver.

Make sure you take a look at the spas and mention “hawt on yelp” when you make your appointment. Participating Salons include:

Accent Beauty (Denver),
Apollo Studio (Denver),
Babooksha (Denver),
Mop Factory Salon (Denver),
Salon Tres Ci (Denver),
Sensorielle Wellbeing Community Spa (Boulder),
Studio Urban Wax  (Denver),
Twig Salon and Spa (Boulder).

Let us know if you go, I’ve never been to the spas/salons participating and would like to know how they are!

Just wanted to clear something up for a moment. There are two Denver Cruiser rides for Halloween. One is on the 28th (Cruisaroo) and the other is on actual Halloween. Check em out via the links here. Last year was a blast. Don’t forget about the pillow fight in Larimar Square, either… unless I’m misinformed and it’s not happening this year, in which case you should leave a comment!

What are you doing for Halloween?

The Denver Convention & Visitors Bureau is offering a new program. It’s a 2 for 1 program to local arts and entertainment events that are cultural in nature. Examples this week are STARZ movies and some concerts in Denver. You can sign up for the email and be notified of the program here. I’m sure that if it becomes more popular, bigger and better events will be featured, so sign-up and check it out.

From the VISIT DENVER site:

DENVER 2 for 1 TIX is a free program that provides weekly 2 for 1 ticket and admission discounts for metro Denver arts and entertainment. DENVER 2 for 1 TIX is a joint program of DOCA (Denver Office of Cultural Affairs) and VISIT DENVER.

Denver Arts Week, November 6 - 14th is bookended by the Starz Film Fest and Night at the Museum Events. It kicks off with a First Friday and goes on with the fun from there.

Artsy neighborhoods participating include Santa Fe Arts District, Cherry Creek North, Golden Triangle, Downtown, RiNo, Berkeley (Tennyson St.) and Belmar.

Night at the Museums is from 5 to 10 pm and all the museums in town will be open for free, and you can take a free shuttle to the museums starting at Cherry Creek Mall.  The night of free museums includes the DAM, DMNS, the MCA, and the kid’s museum. Check out the shuttle schedules on the site as they don’t hit up each museum per shuttle.

Straight from the site:

Denver Arts Week is a weeklong celebration, highlighting the city’s visual and performing arts, taking place at seven neighborhood art districts, dozens of theaters and museums, and more than 100 art galleries. The event is organized by VISIT DENVER to help draw local and national attention to the cultural renaissance that Denver is experiencing – a renaissance that led Sunset Magazine to proclaim: “The Mile High City is remaking itself as a world capital of art and architecture.”

Enjoy!

Last night we hit up the new special exhibit on Genghis Khan at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.  The exhibit has an impressive entry, as it’s all temperature controlled to help the artifacts survive overtime. It’s also very informative and I’ve been using my new found knowledge all day - did you know that Khan is very positively viewed in some other cultures as a just ruler? Check out the passports when you’re there and the musical entertainment.

Check it out: Online here where you can also take a quiz, watch the ad from DMNS about it (which I love) or enter a coloring contest with your kids. The museum is open to visit from 9 am to 5 pm and  you can purchase tickets ahead of time online.

If you go, be sure to check out the other DMNS exhibits - my favorite so far is the Expedition Health.

What are you up to this week for Denver Beer Fest? We enjoyed Oktoberfest on Larimar last weekend and are looking forward to Great American Beer Festival this weekend, but don’t forget the mid-week specials all over town! Visit denverbeerfest.com for more ideas.