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VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau ¡Bienvenidos! From Denver’s architecture to its street names, from neighborhood restaurants, shops and panaderías to local art galleries – no matter where you go, you sense the strong influence Latino culture has had on this beautiful Western city.

ORE than 35 percent of residents Min the Denver Metro area proudly claim Latino heritage. Hispanic Magazine recently selected Denver as “one of the top 10 cities in the USA for Hispanics.” But Denver’s rich Latino culture isn’t limited to Hispanic enclaves; in fact, it permeates the fabric of the community and adds to the energizing diversity that makes Denver so attractive to people of all cultures.

Denver is blessed with blue skies and sunshine more than 300 days a year, and visitors and locals alike enjoy the outdoors at many special events presenting Latino culture and all its facets. In spring, Denver hosts the nation’s largest Cinco de Mayo celebration. The event attracts more than 250,000 people to Civic Center Park for a food, dance and

A CITY OF MANY COLORS AND CULTURES A CITY OF MANY COLORS music fiesta. The annual Denver Mariachi Festival, the Latino Rhythms music and dance festival, and El Grito de la Independencia Fiesta are just a few of the other festivals that take place throughout the year.

During the winter holidays, Luminarias de Santa Fe Drive lights up the night, and the district’s monthly art walks keep this cultural district lively throughout the year. Western tradition and Latino heritage converge with the colorful Mexican Rodeo, always a high- light of the annual National Western Stock Show & Rodeo.

If you enjoy Latino music, you’ll find plenty of live perform- ances in Denver. Top talent hailing from Mexico, the Caribbean and South America perform here regularly, while the city itself boasts a number of traditional musical groups – everything from Aztec to Mexican Folklorica to Mariachi.

¿Tienes hambre? Satisfy your appetite with the top-notch Southwestern fare for which Denver is famous. While many neighborhood restaurants use authentic family recipes passed down through genera- tions, Denver is also noted for its innovative “haute Mexican” cuisine. You’ll even find restaurants and outdoor cafés where creative chefs serve up the tantalizing flavors of Cuba, the Andes, Argentina, and Brazil. Denver has become the Rocky Mountain region’s cultural center for Latino arts and it’s easy to see why. The Museo de las Américas features changing exhibits of ce- ramics, textiles, silver and basketry, as well as traditional paintings by famed artists such as Frida Kahlo.

At the Denver Art Museum (DAM), more than 5,000 pre-Columbian art works are on display. The DAM houses the United States’ finest collection of Spanish Colonial painting, sculpture, and decorative arts, including silver and furniture. Regional Latino artists showcase contemporary works for sale in the galleries along Santa Fe Drive.

And if live performances appeal to you, Su Teatro hosts the nation’s third oldest Chicano theatre group and stages productions that speak to the Chicano/Latino experience. ¡Descubre el arte!

Experience the Mile High City’s exciting kaleidoscope of Latino events, food, visual and performing arts, and discover why the locals aman Denver.

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTERS DOWNTOWN 16th & California Street COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER Main entrance at 14th & California Street DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Main Terminal Visitor information is also available at the Information Desk at Cherry Creek Shopping Center. ENVER has long been a gathering place for people of all Dcultures. First were the high plains Native Americans who followed the buffalo herds and lived throughout the Front Range. The roots of Latino Culture in Denver and throughout Colorado are almost as deep; until the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848, the U.S. Mexican border was desig- nated along the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado—about 100 miles south of Denver. When prospectors discovered gold in 1858, thousands of men crossed the Great Plains and settled in and around Denver.

Hispanic Americans have a long history in the re- gion and their influence can be felt everywhere. Today, Denver is a city of many colors and cultures, a rich tapestry of diverse and fascinating people. MILE HIGH HISTORY ENVER boasts a collection of distinctive neighborhoods where the curious traveler can find hidden Dgems, like locals’ favorite eateries, shops, booksellers and galleries.

One of the most exciting neighborhoods in Denver is the Art District on Santa Fe, where dozens of unique galleries, shops, and restaurants can be found. The district is home to many Latino-centric locales, including the Museo de Las Américas and the Chicano Humanities and Art Council. The best time to check out all the Art District has to offer is the First Friday celebration, held every first Friday of the month, where the galleries stay open late for a festive, street party-like event. RiNo (River North Art District) is Denver’s creative hub and is "Where Art Is Made." Highlands is another hip neighborhood of outdoor cafés, shops and galleries with a distinctly Hispanic heritage.

Five Points is the center of the African- American community and the location of the Black American West Museum, the Blair- Caldwell Library and the Crossroads Theater. Trendsetters love Old South Gaylord and Old South Pearl, enclaves of see-and-be-seen restaurants and shops near beautiful

NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIDDEN GEMS NEIGHBORHOODS Washington Park. DINING AND NIGHTLIFE into the weehours. comedy clubstokeep you upandat‘em clubs, martinibars, pubs,sportsbars,and given night.And therearescoresofdance virtually everygenrecanbefound onany music fillstheair. Jazz,rock,Celtic, folk– the famousRedRocksPark& Amphitheatre, intimate clubstospectacular venues suchas When thesunsets,nightlife soars.From than 100beersbrewedlocallyeachday. Denver isAmerica’s beercapitalwithmore there’s alocalmicrobrewtowashitdown. Caribbean. Whateveryourfancy, chances are the to Brazil that captureflavorsfrom Latino restaurants South Americanand tasty eries, aswell bak- and restaurants traditional Mexican of thecity’s most some west Denver, hometo Pay avisittonorth- explore historicLoDo(LowerDowntown). outdoor caféalongthe16thStreetMallor spicy lureof“hauteMexican.”Relaxatan sushi betweenChicagoandL.A.ortothe Give intothetemptationofsomebest nation’s hotspotsforcreativecuisine. award-winning chefs,andisoneofthe paper napkins,Denverishometoinnovative, D ENVER’S From whitetableclothsto afteradayonthetown. recharge are agreatplacetorelaxand rants many acclaimedrestau- SHOPPING DENVER STYLE spas and one-of-akind boutiques. world-class shops,department stores, galleries, Center. Together, thesearehometonearly500 or exploretheupscale CherryCreekShopping Cherry CreekNorth tree-lined streetsof Francisco. Strollthe St. LouisandSan mecca between the largestshopping Shopping Districtis The CherryCreek music venues,andpubsinthecity. as someofthehottestrestaurants,clubs,live from bookstorestowineriesgalleries,aswell filled withindependentshopsandboutiques, a two-squareblockentertainmentcenter. on themall,houses50storesandrestaurantsin stores andoutdoorcafés.DenverPavilions,located long promenadelinedwith 16th StreetMall,amile- all. Take awalkdownthe local gems,Denverhasit From marquisnamesto D “retail therapy.” opportunities for a varietyof ENVER offers neighborhood is town). Thishistoric LoDo (LowerDown- Square andHistoric of trendyLarimer Victorian buildings Or, explorethe ARTS AND CULTURE oyAward Tony latest productionfromthe back andenjoythe Sit ballets, andthesymphony. operas, musicals, concerts, hosts Broadwayshows, 10 differentvenuesand D American, LatinoandAsian cinema. celebrate independent filmmakersand African- with anedge.In addition,aseriesoffilmfestivals hood theatres, which stageinnovativeproductions Denver’s diverseartsscenealsoincludesneighbor- modern Latinoart. hibits ofancient,folk,and collections andtouringex- Américas featurespermanent Additionally, theMuseodelas of internationalexhibitions. which housesarevolvingarray designed MuseumofContemporaryArtDenver, Also ofarchitecturalnoteistheDavidAdjaye- is nowoneofthecity’s architecturalicons. Hamilton building,withboldartinsideandout, Indian andpre-Columbian.Themuseum’s contemporary artincludingWestern, American an extensivepermanentcollectionofclassicaland A fewblocksaway, theDenverArtMuseumhouses the newstate-of-the-artEllieCaulkinsOperaHouse. in alsofindopera,balletandmoderndance will You Company ortheColoradoSymphonyOrchestra. OWNTOWN Complex boasts Performing Arts the Denver ® -winning DenverCenterTheatre , ROCKY MOUNTAIN DAY TRIPS Mount Evans, 14,260-foot summitof road in up thehighestpaved Take aleisurelydrive L at aluxuryRockyMountainresort. try ascenicroundofgolforenjoyspatreatment Splash downaColoradoriveronwhitewaterraft, world-class casinosintheheartofhighcountry. mining townsoroptforthemodernalternative– Idaho Springs.Try yourluckpanningforgoldinold Visit quaint,historicplaceslikeGeorgetownand meadows ofwildflowersandwildlife. awe-inspiring paradisefilledwithlakes,waterfalls, National Park,an of RockyMountain in thetranquilbeauty 800-2-DENVER • 303.892.1505•FAX 303.892.1636 1555 CaliforniaSt., Suite300,DenverCO80202 OCATED world’s mostbeautifulscenery. the ContinentalDivideandsomeof tains, Denverisaneasyhour’s drivefrom America tothe VISITDENVER.com or bask at thebaseofRockyMoun- PRODUCED BY LODO. Short DOWNTOWN DENVER 22for Lower Downtown. COLORADO DENVER This 26 square- S TAT E PUBLIC block historic 1CAPITOL. 8LIBRARY. district is filled Modeled after the Designed by Michael with turn-of-the U.S. Capitol with a Graves, this red, century warehouses gold plated-dome, blue, green and sand- DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM. that are home to the building has free stone building has 47 This world-class aquarium has 90 sports bars, tours on weekdays. miles of bookshelves 15 more than 15,000 fish, brewpubs, restau- Panoramic view from and a Western art mammals and plants in a spectacular facility rant, jazz cafés and 30 art galleries. A walk- the rotunda. collection. that holds one million gallons of water. ing tour passes 33 bronze plaques that tell www.colorado.gov www.denverlibrary.org www.downtownaquariumdenver.com the area’s history. www.lodo.org

CIVIC CENTER PARK. U.S. MINT. PEPSI CENTER. 20,000-seat COORS A two square-block oasis with flower Guided public tours by reservation home of the NHL Colorado FIELD. 2gardens, Western statues and a Greek 9only. www.usmint.gov 16 Avalanche, NBA Denver Nuggets, 23 Built in amphitheatre. www.denvergov.org and the NLL Colorado Mammoths. 1995, this 50,000- www.pepsicenter.org seat stadium is DENVER home to Major ART MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY League Baseball’s 3MUSEUM. ART Colorado Rockies. The Hamilton 17 DENVER. The row of purple Building designed With a spectacular seats is exactly one by architect building designed mile above sea level. www.rockies.mlb.com Daniel Libeskind by David Adjaye, houses a famed Denver’s newest SAKURA SQUARE. The center Native-American museum offers five of Denver’s Japanese community, collection, West- COLORADO CONVENTION galleries with 24 this full square block has gar- ern art, European CENTER. This beautiful facility changing exhibits. dens, fountains, restaurants and a famed paintings and 10 offers 584,000 sq. ft. of exhibit www.mcadenver.org Buddhist temple. world-class touring space, all within walking distance of 8,400 shows. www.denverartmuseum.org hotel rooms. www.denverconvention.com LARIMER MOLLY SQUARE. BROWN BYERS-EVANS HOUSE MUSEUM. DENVER 18 A re- 25 HOUSE. Tour one of Denver’s oldest homes – PERFORM- stored section of The Victorian home of 4an elaborate 1883 Victorian mansion. 11 ING ARTS Denver’s oldest the “Unsinkable www.coloradohistory.org/hist…/ COMPLEX. The sec- street, this block of Molly Brown” who byers_evans/byers_evans/htm ond largest perform- Victorian buildings was made famous by ing arts center in the now houses restau- the Broadway musical THE world under one roof rants, shops, clubs and movie based on CELL. with 10 venues seat- and nightspots. her adventurous life. www.mollybrown.org 5The ing 10,000 people www.larimer Center for for Tony Award®- square.com KIRKLAND MUSEUM OF FINE Empowered winning theatre, & DECORATIVE ART. Living & symphony, Broadway TABOR CENTER/WRITER 26 The Learning is a road shows, opera and dance. www.dcpa.org SQUARE. An indoor and outdoor museum offers non-profit 19 shopping complex in the heart of a nationally im- institution downtown. www.taborcenter.com portant display dedicated to educating citizens on the most of 20th Century salient issue of our time – terrorism. decorative arts www.thecell.org featuring a ret- rospective of CLYFFORD STILL Colorado’s MUSEUM. A distinguished 6museum dedi- painter, Vance Kirkland (1904-1981). cated to the works of www.kirklandmuseum.org Clyfford Still, consid- INVESCO FIELD AT MILE HIGH. ered one of the most Home to the Denver Broncos, the BLAIR-CALDWELL LIBRARY. important painters of 12 Denver Outlaws, and the Colorado This African-American Research the 20th century, and Sports Hall of Fame. www.invescofield.com DENVER PAVILIONS. An enter- 27Library is the only library of its part of the first gener- tainment complex in the heart of kind between Detroit and Oakland focusing ation of Abstract ELITCH 20 downtown with 50 stores, a on the history, literature, art, music, religion Expressionist artists. GARDENS Cineplex, a retro bowling alley, restaurants and politics of African Americans in Colorado www.clyffordstillmuseum.org 13 THEME & and nightspots. www.denverpavillions.com and throughout the Rocky Mountain West. WATER PARK. www.aarl.denverlibrary.org America’s only down- 16TH town theme park has STREET BLACK more than 50 thrill 21MALL. AMERI- rides, a complete Free shuttle buses 28 CAN water adventure park, run up and down MUSEUM & elaborate gardens, this mile-long HERITAGE CENTER. shows and more. pedestrian This museum tells HISTORY COLORADO CENTER. From www.elitchgardens.com promenade, the story of the descending into a rock mine to soaring which is lined contributions that 7off a ski jump in the mountains, true CHILDREN’S MUSEUM. with outdoor cafés African Americans Colorado experiences come alive at this Fun, hands-on experiences for and shops. made in settling the immersive three-story multimedia museum. 14 newborns through eight-year-olds www.VISIT West. www.blackamericanwestmuseum.com www.historycolorado.org and their adult caregivers. www.cmdenver.org DENVER.com

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7 6 5 BELMAR. The down- AA Otown district AA for the City of Lakewood features shops, restaurants, outdoor cafés, cul- tural art amenities, a movie theatre, a 2.1 – acre park and public plaza. www.belmarcolorado.com

THE STREETS AT SOUTHGLENN. For the perfect mix of retailers, restau- Z Prants, entertainment and essential services, visit The Streets at SouthGlenn. J www.shopsouthglenn.com

COORS BREWERY. QThe largest single brewery in the Y world offers free tours – and samples! www.MillerCoors.com

COLORADO W BB RAILROAD RMUSEUM. Visit Colorado’s X largest railroad exhibit with more I than 100 historic cars and locomo- H tives. www.ColoradoRAILROADMuseum.org

G BUFFALO BILL F R MUSEUM & GRAVE. The A S Q B final resting spot of the West’s most S C famous scout and E D showman is located O on top of Lookout U V Mountain. A mu- K seum tells his life story. www.buffalobill.org

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RED ROCKS PARK & AMPHITHEATRE. L This fantastic 9,000-seat arena has Tbeen carved from huge red rock boul- ders and offers a summer concert and film M series, a museum, visitor information center, restaurant and hiking trails. www.redrocksonline.com

CENTRAL CITY & BLACK HAWK. These old gold mining towns have come Ualive with casino gambling and now have more than 30 casinos with over 10,000 N slot machines. www.centralcitycolorado.com, www.blackhawkcolorado.com

GEORGETOWN. One of the prettiest villages in Colorado, Georgetown has Vmore than 200 restored Victorian homes. www.georgetowncolorado.com

BUTTERFLY PAVILION W& INSECT CENTER. This ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL enclosed tropical NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. Home to paradise has more METRO DENVER Imore than 330 species of animals, as than 1,200 free- DENVER MUSEO DE well as nine miles of hiking trails and a tram flying butterflies. MUSEUM LAS ride that offers wildlife viewing opportunities. www.butterflies.org AOF NATURE EAMÉRICAS. www.fws.gov/rockymountainarsenal & SCIENCE. Denver’s museum WATER The fourth largest of Latino art, THE WILD WORLD. museum of its culture and history ANIMAL XThis is kind, this museum with exhibits and JSANCTUARY. America’s largest is a maze of diora- programs to cele- The oldest and family water park mas, dinosaurs, brate the rich largest carnivore featuring 42 at- gems and treas- cultural diversity of Latin American countries sanctuary in the tractions on 60 ures from around and the southwestern U.S. www.museo.org U.S. for animals beautifully land- the world. Includes an IMAX theatre and including tigers, scaped acres. www.waterworldcolorado.com planetarium. www.dmns.org FORNEY MUSEUM OF lions, bears, leop- FLATIRON CROSSING SHOPPING TRANSPORTATION. ards and wolves, MALL. One of the largest malls in DENVER FExplore the history of transportation all of which have metro Denver boasts an indoor shopping ZOO. with over 500 been confiscated Y paradise and an outdoor street lined with stores BHome to exhibits includ- from illegal or abu- and restaurants. www.flatironcrossing.com more than 4,000 ing antique cars, sive situations. www.wildanimalsanctuary.org animals, this is locomotives, rare BOULDER. the fourth most & exotic vehi- MIZEL MUSEUM. This beau- popular zoo in cles, and more. This museum features changing tiful col- America. www.forney Kexhibits on the history, culture and art Z lege town is www.denverzoo.org museum.org of Jewish heritage around the world. www.mizelmuseum.org home to the University of DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS. NATIONAL Colorado and Considered one of the best botanical WESTERN PARK the Pearl Street gardens in COMPLEX. MEADOWS C G Mall, a brick the nation with Home to the LRETAIL pedestrian mall lined with outdoor cafés and the 10th largest National Western RESORT. Built to shops. www.bouldercoloradousa.com conservatory; Stock Show & resemble a ski this is the most Rodeo held annu- lodge, this shop- ping emporium ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL tranquil spot in ally in January. PARK. One of the most scenic the city with a Also, is the site of features wood beam ceilings, AAspots in America has 412 square Japanese garden, numerous events fireplaces and miles of lakes, wild-flowers, meadows and rose garden and throughout the mountains. www.nps.gov 15,000 varieties year. www.nationalwestern.com 115 department stores and shops. of plants. www.botanicgardens.org www.parkmeadows.com

CHERRY CREEK SHOPPING DISTRICT. THE WILDLIFE With nearly EXPERIENCE. D500 shops MWelcome to a and restaurants, world-class collection this is Denver’s of wildlife art and natural history largest indoor and DENVER INTERNATIONAL exhibits, interactive outdoor shopping AIRPORT (DEN). The 5th galleries and an paradise. Shop busiest airport in North America, IWERKS giant screen BB in the enclosed, DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK. 10th busiest in the world, with nearly 1,700 theatre. www.thewildlifeexperience.org upscale Cherry Home to the MLS Colorado Rapids daily flights offering nonstop service to more Creek Shopping Hprofessional soccer team, the park than 160 worldwide destinations. OUTLETS AT CASTLE ROCK. Center or the includes an 18,000-seat stadium and 24 www.flydenver.com tree-lined streets of Cherry Creek North. soccer fields, the largest soccer complex in Colorado’s largest outlet mall is just www.shopcherrycreek.com, the nation. www.dickssportinggoodspark.com N25 minutes south of downtown For a complete listing of attractions, www.cherrycreeknorth.com Denver on I-25. www.outletsatcastlerock.com visit www.VISITDENVER.com.