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Wed, Jul 9
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7:30 AM
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Rally for Peace
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Colorado State Capitol Building - West Steps
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FREE
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Colorado State Capitol Building - West Steps - 200 E Colfax Ave - Denver - 800-811-7647
Ongoing rally for peace in Iraq and Afghanistan and for preventing war in Iran. Bring a placard and walk with us any or every Wednesday morning between 7:30 and 8am. Takes place on the sidewalk between 14th and Colfax on Lincoln.
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Thu, Jul 10
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11:00 AM
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40th Annual Denver Queen City Horse Show
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National Western Events Center
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FREE
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National Western Events Center - 4655 Humboldt St - Denver - .
The 40th Annual Denver Queen City Horse Show will be held July 10-12, 2008 at the National Western Events Center, with 2 sessions daily (11am and 6pm). Each session lasts approx 3 hours. This charity event is a benefit for Praying Hands Ranch, a Colorado therapeutic riding program in Parker, Colorado. A feature of the show is grand entry presentation by the Westernaires at 6pm on Thurs Fri nights. Saturday night features an exhibition by Praying Hands Ranch at 6pm. Admission and Parking are free. Spectators are invited to walk around the stabling area and paddock to meet these grand horses (world class American Saddlebreds, Arabians, Morgans, Hackney Ponies and various other breeds), their owners, trainers and riders in person. It is amazing to watch the Praying Hands Ranch riders -- the joy and accomplishment reflected in their faces -- as they show how well they can ride and handle the horses. There rarely is a dry eye in the house when their exhibition is complete. Join us for good family entertainment and see these beautiful horses perform. Admission and Parking are free. Food and beverages available on site for purchase. Stacey Kipper, Stacey0975@aol.com or 303-619-8699. http://www.coloradosaddlebred.com/QueenCity.htm.
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Fri, Jul 11
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3:00 PM
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Build-a-Bike
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Derailer Bicycle Collective
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FREE
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Derailer Bicycle Collective - 411 Lipan St - Denver - 303-223-7174
This is one of the coolest things happening in Denver: The Build-a-Bike program is for Denver's bike-less population. This time in the shop gives priority to those who need a bicycle and want to go through the process of building one from the ground up, learning about all the working parts, internal mechanisms, and maintenance along the way. It is also an opportunity for people who want or need a different size or style of bike and need help building one up. If you are interested, come to Derailer during our hours and sign up. With the help of a volunteer you will pick out a frame that fits your body and preference, and begin making it your own. The process will take at least two three-hour Friday sessions to complete, during which most every aspect of a bike will be taken on, repaired or installed on the bike, including the drive train, wheels, steering and brakes. We will house the work-in-progress for you, but if you do not show up or call for two weeks in a row, your bike will return to the up-for-grabs pile. We are working towards providing bicycle helmets and locks for everyone who "graduates" from the Build-a-Bike Program. Make sure to sign up! Fridays 3 - 7 PM
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Sat, Jul 12
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9:30 AM
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Relational Workshop for Activists
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Mercury Café
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donation
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Mercury Café - 2199 California St - Denver - 303-294-9281
Relational Workshop for Activists from 9:30 am to 4 pm, at the Mercury Cafe (22nd and California Streets). This is a FREE event that will be facilitated by professional relational therapists and local activists. Donations accepted. RSVP to relationalactiv...@gmail.com. Info: relationalactivism.blogspot.com
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Sat, Jul 12
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1:00 PM
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Vigil: Community Voices for Peace
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Federal Blvd and 38th Ave
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FREE
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Federal Blvd and 38th Ave - Federal Blvd and 38th Ave - Denver - .
Bring signs in English or Spanish. Traiga las muestras escritas en inglés o español
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Sat, Jul 12
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1:00 PM
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Weekly Peace Vigil
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E 1st Ave and University Blvd
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FREE
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E 1st Ave and University Blvd - East 1st Ave and University Blvd - Denver - .
Mountain View Friends Meeting and AFSC Weekly Vigil: "The Initiative To Stop This War Must Be Ours" -- MLK, 1967. We hope everyone will be able to join us on a Saturday in this highly visible location. Parking available in the Bed Bath and Beyond parking lot southeast of the Cherry Creek Farmers Market. Signs or handouts are provided. Contact: AFSC (303-623-3464) or Paula Van Dusen (303-756-9507) if you have questions.
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Sun, Jul 13
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2:30 PM
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Hotdog Eating Contest and Benefit
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Steve's Snappin Dogs
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$25
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Steve's Snappin Dogs - 3525 E. Colfax Avenue - Denver - .
In honor of National Hotdog Month, Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs on East Colfax in Denver will host an inaugural hotdog eating contest featuring an “Elite Ate” of contestants, all of whom will have competed and qualified at one of the four qualifying events Steve’s has scheduled over the next few weeks. Proceeds of the entire event will benefit the Colorado Aids Walk and Project Angel Heart. The first of the four qualifying events will take place at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs at 3525 E. Colfax Ave at 2:30 pm on June 1st. Subsequent qualifiers will take place on June 15, 29 and July 13. The final eatoff will take place on July 27th. All contestants will receive T-shirts and the top qualifiers will receive additional prizes. The final first place winner will receive a $300 gift certificate, crowned the “Big Wiener,” receive mention in local media and a trophy. Second and third place winners will receive trophies and gift certificates at a lesser value. Cost to participate is $25 dollars. To sign up, visit Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs website at www.stevessnappindogs.com
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Sun, Jul 13
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6:00 PM
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Radical Activism and Organizing
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Left Hand Books
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$10
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Left Hand Books - 1200 Pearl St - Boulder - 303-443-8252
Radical Activism and Organizing An interactive workshop on non-hierarchical, collective organizing JULY 13, 2008 @ 3:00 PM Left Hand Books - 1200 Pearl Street #10, Boulder, CO Activists unite! You're invited to re-imagine the way radical organizing can build your community and ignite the movement for lasting, non-hierarchical, social change. Learn skills including facilitation, consensus decision-making, fundraising, conflict resolution and more. Come connect with powerful activists! Visit: http://ohmallory.wordpress.com/radact Presenter: Mallory Knodel Duration: 2 - 3 hours Cost: $5 - 10 sliding scale **This workshop is apart of a Midwest tour including Arise! Bookstore, MN (7 6), Left Hand Books, CO (7 13), Solidarity! Center, KS (7 21), Madison Infoshop, WI, New World Resource Center, IL (7 31), and Bloom Collective, MI
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Mon, Jul 14
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6:00 PM
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People's Cafe - Denver
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Heirloom Cafe
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FREE
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Heirloom Cafe - 853 E. Ohio Ave - Denver - .
Peoples Cafes are a FREE, ongoing series of cafe discussion groups in many communities. They include table conversations and group dialog. Since we meet in public cafes, efforts are made to draw other patrons into our discussions. Our commitment is to be non-partisan politically, religiously, and philosophically.
These cafe gatherings stimulate and facilitate real dialogue. Our discussions involve issues and perspectives originating from human values. And from these values, we become engaged and affect change.
Mention that you are with the People's Cafe for a 20% discount!
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Sun, Jul 20
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3:00 PM
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Unity Meetings (all are invited!)
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Unity Infoshop
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$FREE!
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Unity Infoshop - 1145 Santa Fe Drive - Denver - .
To start, this is actually a recurring event that takes place on the first and third Sunday's of each month (oposite the Derailer meetings). The Unity shop meetings are a time for anyone to come and discuss the current state of the infoshop. This is where we discuss what's recently happened and where decisions are made in terms of what's comming up. Anyone who comes to meetings has an equal voice in both discussion as well as decision making. These meetings are the best time to bring up proposals for the shop as it is a group meeting and we can collectively make decisions.
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Mon, Jul 21
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12:00 PM
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Free Day at Botanic Gardens
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Denver Botanic Gardens - York
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FREE
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Denver Botanic Gardens - York - 1005 York St - Denver - 720-865-3500
Colorado residents can enjoy a special free day at Denver Botanic Gardens, thanks to funding from the SCFD. Hours are 9am to 8pm.
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Fri, Jul 25
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6:00 PM
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Critical Mass Bike Ride- Denver
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Seal Fountain Pool
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FREE
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Seal Fountain Pool - 15th St and W Colfax Ave - Denver - .
PLEASE LEAVE ONE LANE OPEN and STOP AT ALL STOPLIGHTS - The police stated that if we do this they will not issue tickets.
"We're Not Blocking Traffic... WE ARE TRAFFIC..."
Critical Mass is growing in over 400 cities worldwide. It is an assertion of public space, a repudiation of the total domination of car culture. In the simple act of riding a bicycle and reducing the individual independence on automobiles. Please ride with us. We meet at Civic Center Park at the Seal Fountain pool (at the north end of the park) between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.
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Sat, Aug 2
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2:30 PM
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Denver Biodiesel Meet-up
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Mercury Café
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FREE
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Mercury Café - 2199 California St - Denver - 303-294-9281
For years, Denver Biodiesel has been holding meetings the first Saturday of the month in the corner of the Merc. The cooperative appears to be thriving. It's updated its website, has a site near downtown Denver, and really seems to have taken off. It's time to start looking at recycled carbon-neutral alternatives! Denver Biodiesel is your local source for everything you need to know about biodiesel, a cleaner, renewable fuel.
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Sun, Aug 3
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10:00 AM
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Sacred Path of Writing
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MoonDance Botanicals
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$65
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MoonDance Botanicals - 601 Corona St - Denver - .
Sacred Path of Writing is a workshop dedicated to finding inspiration and developing authentic voice in your writing. Through free-writing and more structured exercises, guided meditations, inspirational readings, and a supportive workshop-style discussion of your work, you will gain insight into your writing and ideas for going deeper. We will work both on writing as a spiritual practice that opens us to the Divine, and writing about spiritual subjects and experiences. Author Clea Danaan (Sacred Land: Intuitive Gardening for Personal, Political and Environmental Change) will guide you through your unique path of sacred writing, including suggestions and support for optional publication for those interested. Beginner and seasoned writers welcome. Bring a notebook, favorite pen, and a lunch. Also feel free to bring any writing you would like to share with the group. Sunday August, 3, 10-4, $65 For more information on this class, email clea at intuitivegardening dot net. ... TO RSVP FOR ALL CLASSES and WORKSHOPS AT MOONDANCE OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call 303-263-7275 or email moondance25@hotmail.com . Non-refundable payment in full is due at time of booking. If you need to cancel and give us 48 hours notice, we will credit your class fee to a future class.
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Sun, Aug 3
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3:00 PM
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Unity Meetings (all are invited!)
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Unity Infoshop
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$FREE!
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Unity Infoshop - 1145 Santa Fe Drive - Denver - .
To start, this is actually a recurring event that takes place on the first and third Sunday's of each month (oposite the Derailer meetings). The Unity shop meetings are a time for anyone to come and discuss the current state of the infoshop. This is where we discuss what's recently happened and where decisions are made in terms of what's comming up. Anyone who comes to meetings has an equal voice in both discussion as well as decision making. These meetings are the best time to bring up proposals for the shop as it is a group meeting and we can collectively make decisions.
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Sun, Aug 17
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3:00 PM
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Unity Meetings (all are invited!)
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Unity Infoshop
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$FREE!
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Unity Infoshop - 1145 Santa Fe Drive - Denver - .
To start, this is actually a recurring event that takes place on the first and third Sunday's of each month (oposite the Derailer meetings). The Unity shop meetings are a time for anyone to come and discuss the current state of the infoshop. This is where we discuss what's recently happened and where decisions are made in terms of what's comming up. Anyone who comes to meetings has an equal voice in both discussion as well as decision making. These meetings are the best time to bring up proposals for the shop as it is a group meeting and we can collectively make decisions.
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Sat, Sep 27
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12:00 PM
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Free Day at Botanic Gardens
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Denver Botanic Gardens - York
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FREE
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Denver Botanic Gardens - York - 1005 York St - Denver - 720-865-3500
Colorado residents can enjoy a special free day at Denver Botanic Gardens, thanks to funding from the SCFD. Hours are 9am to 8pm.
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Sat, Oct 4
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8:30 AM
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Colorado Art Ranch Artposium
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St. Cajetans Center
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$200
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St. Cajetans Center - 9th St and Lawrence St - Denver - 303-556-2400
Colorado Art Ranch Artposium - “What’s So Funny About Art?” Colorado Art Ranch is bringing its traveling Artposium™ to the big town of Denver. We’re setting up our yaks and yurts on the Auraria Campus October 4 to let city folks learn why humor in art is serious business. Seriously. We’ll be exploring the role humor plays in artistic expression and social discourse. Colorado Art Ranch guarantees that attendees will experience a few laughs and eight though-provoking presentations at the Artposium™. WHEN: Friday, October 3, 2008: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 2008: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. WHERE: St. Cajetan’s Auraria Campus, Lawrence Street and 7th Street Denver, Colorado COST: $200 Includes Friday reception, a breakfast, a Funny Food Lunch and a drawing for Artposium Nomad Prizes CONTACT: SIGN UP ONLINE: www.coloradoartranch.org or call Grant Pound, Executive Director, at 303.279.5198
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