DENVER FARMERS MARKETS OPEN FOR THE SEASON

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Farmers market season is upon us. Denver has plenty to choose from this year, each possessing a unique vibe with other attractions, like live music, food trucks and chef demos. Most markets have announced their vendor lineups for the season, which begins in May. Visit the websites below to learn more about each market.

2023 Denver farmers markets

Central Park Farmers Market

Located at Founders Green at centralparkfarmersmarket.com

Central Park, 7601 29th Ave.

Sundays, June 25 – Oct. 8 (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

City Park Farmers Market

Located at East High School Esplanade, 1600 City Park Esplanade cityparkfarmersmarket.com

Saturdays, May 13 – Oct. 28 (8 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Colorado Fresh Markets - Cherry Creek

Located at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, First Avenue and University Boulevard

Saturdays, May 6 – Nov. 4 (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Wednesdays, June 14 – coloradofreshmarkets.com

Aug. 16 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Highlands Square Farmers Market

Located at 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard highlandssquarefarmersmarket. com

Sundays, May 21 – Oct. 15 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

South Pearl Street Farmers Market

Located on the 1400 and 1500 blocks of South Pearl Street, between Iowa and Arkansas avenues southpearlstreet.com/farmersmarket

Sundays, May 7 – Nov. 12 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Union Station Farmers Market unionstationfarmersmarket.com

Located at Union Station in Denver, near 1701 Wynkoop St.

Saturdays, June 3 – Sept. 16 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

University Hills Farmers Market farmersmarketscolorado.com

Located at University Hills Plaza, 2500 S. Colorado Blvd.

Saturdays, May 13 to Oct. 28 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Mile High Happenings is a monthly column featuring community events in Denver, highlighting events in the central and central-south neighborhoods covered by the Washington Park Profile and Life on Capitol Hill newspapers.

Event submissions from community members and local organizations are welcome. Submissions should include brief details about the

April 3-June 30

April 28-May 27 event and a photo or event logo. Deadline is the 20th of each month for the event to be listed the following month. Submissions can be emailed to Christy Steadman at csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

For more Mile High Happenings, visit lifeoncaphill.com or washparkprofile.com.

PlatteForum: To Dusk, Art by Kenzie Sitterud

Time: Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; or by appointment (contact sstrand@platteforum.org to make an appointment).

Location: PlatteForum Annex Gallery, 3575 Ringsby Court #103, Denver.

Cost: Free.

PlatteForum resident artist Kenzie Sitterud replicates the landscape of the Utah desert through material metaphor. “ e exhibition merges colliding environments and cultural

Meow Wolf: Beneath the Biophony

Time: Varies.

Location: Galleri Gallery at Meow Wolf Denver, 1338 First St.

Cost: Included with Meow Wolf admission price.

“Beneath the Biophony” is a collection of artwork by Denver-based Abby Gregg, an interdisciplinary artist who teaches painting at the University of Colorado-Denver. e collection includes “paintings, sculptures and soundscapes that are imaginings of microscopic, amphibious and submerged unseen realms,” states a news release. More information/reservations: meowwolf. com/visit/denver

“Listen Closely” by Abby Gregg. Courtesy image.

May 12-13

Denver Botanic Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale

Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

May 6-June 10

Curious Theatre Company: On the Exhale

Time: 7:30 Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sundays.

Location: Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St. in Denver.

Cost: Varies.

“On the Exhale” tells the story of a liberal college professor who, after a senseless act of violence changes her life forever, begins to suspect that when it comes to gun violence, we’re all part of the problem.

May 12-14

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dance: Legacy in uences — the powerful impact the desert had on their formative memories, and the transformative impact capitalism has on us all,” states a news release.

Time: Varies.

More information/reservations: platteforum.org

Kenzie Sitterud. Courtesy photo.

More information/reservations: curioustheatre.org

Image courtesy of Curious eatre Company’s website.

Location: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, 119 Park Ave. W.. Denver.

Cost: Varies per date.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble’s spring concert, “Legacy,” will include a performance of “treasures long unseen from the richly diverse Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble’s 52 years of artistic brilliance, as well as a world premiere,” states its website. e Spring Plant Sale o ers an incredible selection of plants that aren’t found at big box stores, including vegetables, fruits, herbs, annuals, houseplants, aquatic plants and more. Many are native and low-water plants. Denver Botanic Gardens members receive 10% o purchases.

More information/reservations: cleoparkerdance.org Courtesy image.

Location: Denver Botanic Gardens’ York Street location, 1007 York St., Denver.

Cost: Free admission but advance registration is required.

More information/reservations: botanicgardens.org/events/specialevents/spring-plant-sale

Shoppers pick out plants at previous year’s Denver Botanic Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale. Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin/Denver Botanic Gardens.

May 13

Keep Platt Park Clean

Time: 9-11 a.m.

Location: James H. Platt Park,located o South Logan Street between East Florida and East Iowa avenues.

Cost: Free.

e Platt Park People’s Association (3PA), a registered neighborhood organization, is hosting its annual trash pickup and neighborhood cleanup e ort. Attendees should meet at James H. Platt Park and will then disperse throughout the neighborhood.

More information/reservations: 3pa.org/contact-us

May 13

Full Bloom Mother’s Day Tea

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location: Center for Colorado Women’s History, 1310 Bannock St., Denver.

Cost: $30 members, $35 general public is tea event will o er a tea seating with food prepared by an o site caterer and a tour of the Center for Colorado Women’s History, an historic home. Seatings and tours are o ered at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. and are selected at the time of booking.

More information/reservations: historycolorado.org

Image courtesy of History Colorado’s website.

May 14 & June 4

¡Viva! Streets

Denver

Time: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location: Broadway from Alameda to 20th Street, and Welton Street from 20th Street to Five Points.

Cost: Free.

Being put on by the Downtown Denver Partnership and the City and County of Denver, this new, family-friendly event entails closing about 3.5 miles of Broadway and Welton Street so people can enjoy local neighborhoods, businesses and entertainment while walking, biking, rolling, jogging, scooting and dancing in car-free streets. ¡Viva! Streets Denver dates are May 14, June 4, July 9 and Aug. 6.

More information/reservations: vivastreetsdenver. com.

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May 22

Colorado Preservation, Inc.: 33rd annual Dana Crawford and State Honor Awards Celebration

Time: 5-9 p.m.

Location: Freyer-Newman Center at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver.

Cost: Starts at $100.

Colorado Preservation, Inc. will recognize the accomplishments of individuals and projects that exhibit excellence in the areas of preservation, rehabilitation, advocacy, philanthropy and leadership. Visit Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s website to learn about the 2023 award recipients. More information/reservations: coloradopreservation.org Courtesy logo.

May 13

Sober Sessions concert: El Javi, Alysia Kraft, Kayla Marque

Time: 3-6 p.m.

Location: The Phoenix, 2239 Champa St., Denver.

Cost: Free. (Attendees should have 48 hours of continuous sobriety from alcohol and nonprescription drugs.)

Sober Sessions is a musical experience that builds a judgment-free, sober community for people who nd di culties participating in an industry that’s dominated by, and heavily rooted in, alcohol and substance misuse. It is expected that two Sober Sessions will take place in Denver this summer. e rst Sober Sessions concert on May 13 features live performances by El Javi, Alysia Kraft and Kayla Marque, and a panel discussion about the important role music plays in one’s recovery, mental health and

May 14 & June 4

Taste of Colorado is year, the Taste of Colorado event will take place during the four ¡Viva! Streets Denver events. It will still o er the longtime event favorites — including food and drink options, entertainment and live music, children’s activities, local artisans and vendor booths, and public art displays — as in past years. Taste of Colorado dates physical health. It is made possible through a partnership between Music Minds Matter, e Phoenix and the Denver Music Advancement fund provided by Denver Arts & Venues.

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Location: Civic Center Park, 101 W. 14th Ave., Denver.

Cost: Free admission.

More information/reservations: musicminds.org/sober-sessions

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Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Location: University of Denver’s Fritz Knoebel Events, 2044 E. Evans Ave., Denver.

Cost: Free, advance registration is highly recommended.

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is hosting a free Alzheimer’s & Caregiving Educational Conference for Colorado residents. The free conference is open to everyone and will allow participants to learn are May 14, June 4, July 9 and Aug. 6. More information/reservations: atasteofcolorado.com Courtesy logo.

Advance Care Planning for the Person with Dementia; and Navigating Alzheimer’s, a Mile at a Time. Attendees will also be able to participate in free, confidential memory screenings will be conducted throughout the day.

More information/reservations: alzfdn. org/tour

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is hosting a free educational conference on May 17. Photo courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

Denver Art Museum show runs through May 29

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism” is open in the Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum through May 29 and is lled with stories, color and historic interpretations that may be a bit skewed at times.

It includes more than 80 artworks that explore the ways artists were in uenced by the style of French Orientalism as they explored ways to portray the story of the American West, its landscapes and inhabitants ... including indigenous people and those more recently arrived ...

Curated by Jennifer Henneman, director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum, the exhibit ranges from works by French artists, who were exposed to life in exotic Algiers and American artists, some of whom were trained in France, re ected. e market for those American artists was mainly on the East Coast and a number of them lived and painted in Taos, New Mexico, depicting the scenes in and around Taos and neighboring desert landscapes as well as scenes from an artist’s imagination.

A visitor will see images of Taos Pueblo and its residents, and African battles that involve lions. ere are elaborate Oriental interior scenes, with brightly-costumed characters, desert vistas and pueblo architecture that resembles the sunbaked locations in the Arab world.

An amusing pair of drawings by Charles Russell show two views of his studio: the rst, as his mother imagined it: with a neatly dressed artist entertaining a fashionable woman, posing on elaborate furniture. e other, depicts the artist and his Native American buddy seated in a bare-bones mountain cabin as the painter, sitting on a wooden crate, draws from his imagination ... French Orientalism and Western American art “re ect fears, desires and curiosities about unknown lands during the process of colonization” in the western part of North America and in Africa and the Islamic world. is collection of big, colorful paintings really takes the visitor on a trip ... Oriental scenes may include lions ghting mounted horsemen, as well as exotic women with owers in their hair and pilgrims on camels, bound for Mecca ...

Imagination was alive and well in the mid-19th century on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, even though we read of excessive focus on proper behavior in the cities and small towns.

And the painterly skills were at front and center of these works, with swooshes of brilliant color, exotic costumes and a sense of humor as well.

Admission to “Near East to Far West” is included with general admission and is free for members. e Denver Art Museum is open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday evenings, and is located at 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway in Denver.