Local Venues and Events in Denver

Place to Go in Denver and Surrounding Areas

Cultural Night Friday April  8, 2016, 700pm-1000pm

The History Colorado Center, Shuttle Service will be provided.

Conference Tour

15th Annual Cesar Chavez March Saturday, April 9, 2016 Sign up Required – Free – sign up available soon. 8:30 a.m. pick up from hotel. 1:30 p.m. return to hotel. The theme for the march this year is “Honorando Las Mujeres en la Lucha.” Buses will transport conference participants to Regis University where the march begins. A Catholic Mass at 9 a.m. opens (optional). From Regis University the march walks towards Cesar E. Chavez Park, about 2.5 miles. At the park, there is music, danzantes, food, speakers and leadership awards. Participants will be back at the hotel around 2 pm. RSVP/Contact Ramon at delcastr@msudenver.edu

Venues/Events and Organizations – Times are from Conference Cite

Chicano Humanities Arts Council – (3030) 571-0440 – http://www.chacweb.org/ – 20 min-car

Poetry-Spoken-Word – Café Cultura http://www.cafecultura.org/ – 2^nd Friday of every month

5 K – Races Denver http://www.runningintheusa.com/Race/List.aspx?Rank=All&State=CO&Page=5

Mother Cabrini – http://www.mothercabrinishrine.org/ No Bus – 45 min from Double-Tree – Sacred Grounds

The Market – Downtown Denver Coffee House – Excellent http://themarketatlarimer.com/

Museo de las Américas – (303) 571- 4401 http://museo.org/ – 20 min car

Whiskey Tours Stranahans: Colorado born Whiskey – (303) 296- 7448 – http://www.stranahans.com/

A new exhibit, curated by Arturo J. Aldama on Chican@ history in the Southwest is open for viewing in the Norlin Library at CU Boulder: highlights include the history of racism and white supremacy, Chicana leadership and social justice, and the history of Chican@ student activism at CU Boulder including a history of “los seis”, martyrs of the Chican@ movement. LINK TO FLYER

“NAACS Conference attendees get 2fer movie tickets and 2fers at the bar.  Su Teatro invites you to enjoy Denver’s premier Latino Film Festival.  The XicanIndie FilmFest,  April 7^th-10,, 2016, www.suteatro.org for screening schedule and parties.”

Children Venues:

Denver Zoo http://denverzoo.org/ – 10 min car

Denver Botanic Gardens http://www.botanicgardens.org/ – 15 min car

Indian Hot Springs – 52 min by car from hotel http://www.indianhotsprings.com/

Colorado Rockies Baseball – vs San Diego http://extras.denverpost.com/media/pdf/2015/colorado-rockies-2016-schedule.pdf