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Paws To Give to help homeless pets to this holiday season
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Give to Dumb Friends League annual Paws to Give now through Jan. 4, 2015, to help homeless pets and horses in its care.
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‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ Dec. 4 – 6
Central City Opera partners with St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch to present Amahl and the Night Visitors, Dec. 4, 5 and 6.
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Dan Fong brings the legends of rock to Cherry Creek North
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“Dan Fong: The Legends of Rock” will be at Robert Anderson Gallery, 2426 E. 3rd Ave. in Cherry Creek North, through Jan. 3, 2015.
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Vol. 93 No. 51
Children from the Sun Valley Youth Center are among the first to take a spin on the Southwest Rink ice, Nov. 25, in downtown Denver.
Southwest Rink at Skyline Park now open
Southwest Airlines and the Downtown Denver Partnership announced that the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park is open for Mile High residents to take to the ice. City of Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, along with City Councilman Albus Brooks, City Councilwoman Judy Montero, Downtown Denver Partnership CEO & President Tami Door, Volunteers of America Director of Community Affairs Jim White and Southwest Airlines Denver Station Leader Danielle Reidder, welcomed children from the Sun Valley Youth Center to the Southwest Rink to be among the first to take a spin on the ice. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Southwest Rink in Downtown Denver, Southwest is extending its warm heart within the community by encouraging rink visitors to bring a donation of socks, gloves or mittens to a special Volunteers of America donation area at the rink throughout the entire season in exchange for free skate rentals. Hancock and Jim White personally kicked off the giving season by donating socks and gloves to the Sun Valley Youth Center. “The Southwest Rink at Skyline
Park is quickly becoming one of my favorite events to kick off the winter season,” said Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock. “The city’s collaboration with Southwest Airlines and the Downtown Denver Partnership is creating a new tradition for Denver that is fun and inexpensive for friends and families alike.” “We had more than 44,000 Denver residents, employees and visitors lace up their skates last year at the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park,” said Downtown Denver Partnership’s CEO and President Tami Door. “The Southwest Rink is a shining example of how activation can turn a space into a place that people “LUV”. We thank Southwest Airlines for making this a possibility and for their continued investment in the center city.” The rink is located in Skyline Park next to the historic Daniels & Fisher Tower and near the intersection of 16th and Arapahoe streets. Skating will once again be free to the public with the option to bring skates or rent a pair for $2. For more information, hours and programming, visit southwestrink.com. The rink is made possible by a public-private partnership among the City of Denver Parks and Recreation Department, the Downtown Denver Partnership and Southwest Airlines.
Mayor Michael B. Hancock welcomes skaters to the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park in Denver. Courtesy photos