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Denver City Council to consider $9.5 million in spending for healthy food for kids, rental assistance
The Denver City Council has a busy schedule for Monday’s meeting and will consider millions in spending on healthy food access for children and rental assistance. The agenda for Monday’s meeting includes just over 40 resolutions for the council to approve, question or amend and 15 bills being introduced or that are on final consideration. There's also several required public hearings — including two for the Ball Arena Redevelopment project, an ambitious undertaking that will dramatically change what is currently several massive parking lots in the heart of Denver.
Tech Center office building eyed for residential conversion
The latest attempt to convert an office space into housing is banking on city financing. The big picture: Denver wants to issue $29 million in bonds to pay for the conversion at 4340 S. Monaco St. into affordable units in the city's Southmoor Park neighborhood. Why it matters: Office-to-residential conversions...
Denver annual arts event named the best festival in the world
DENVER — An annual Denver event has been named the best festival in the world, beating out big gatherings in other cities, states and countries, such as the Kentucky Derby, Rome Future Week, and the Huangling Shaiqiu Cultural Festival in Shangrao, China.
Denver-bound actor David Hyde Pierce on importance of live theater
It happened after seeing a powerful play by a small Denver theater company in 2009. It was the story of an elderly Black woman who had been sexually abused by her evangelical father throughout her childhood – and no one did anything to stop it. At the talkback following the performance, another Black woman rose to speak softly through her tears. With her head bowed, she whispered her confession to the hushed crowd: "For the first time, I know how my daughters feel.” ...
Children dive for Halloween in annual Pumpkin Plunge
Not all Halloween activities need to involve frightening ghosts and zombies. Some can just involve bobbing pumpkins in an indoor pool. South Suburban Parks and Recreation held its annual Pumpkin Plunge on Saturday at the indoor pool at Buck Recreation Center in Littleton, giving kids between 3 and 12 an opportunity to dive into a sea of buoyant pumpkins, picking a few that they were then able to decorate with new friends and families.
Denver area events for Oct. 19: TroyBoi at Red Rocks and more
If you have an event taking place in the Denver area, email information to carlotta.olson@gazette.com at least two weeks in advance. All events are listed in the calendar on space availability. Saturday. Westy Fest — Fall festival with carnival games, trick-or-treating, hot air balloon glow, live musical, food trucks, jumping...
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