Hoping to hone a specific skill or learn a new trade in 2025? From cooking and crafting to improv and ice climbing, here are some local classes and workshops that might help get those creative juices flowing. Happy learning! 🤓
🧶 Art and Crafting
- The Denver Tool Library offers an exhaustive variety of workshops on woodworking, metalsmithing, sewing, home renovations, and automotive care.
- Try your hand at collaging, bookbinding, and letterpressing at Boulder’s Two Hands Paperie.
- Upstairs Circus is a DIY studio and bar offering a casual, low-key environment for crafters of all levels.
- Ceramics in the City is a walk-in pottery studio that also offers clay building classes for adults and children.
- Denver Botanic Gardens hosts a monthly BYOB Flower Happy Hour where you’ll take home your very own DIY floral arrangement.
- Grace Noel Art specializes in paint pouring, woodburning, and astrology.
- Find writing workshops and author lectures at Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
⛰️ Outdoor Adventure
- Sharpen your wilderness skills with avalanche training, mountaineering, and ice/rock climbing courses at Colorado Mountain School.
💃 Dance Lessons
- From ballroom and swing to tango and Lindy Hop, the Denver Turnverein teaches it all. Their weekly lessons and dance parties typically ring in at just $10 or less for admission.
- Denver’s iconic Mercury Cafe also hosts regular Lindy Hop and swing dance socials for $10-18.
- La Rumba specializes in salsa, bachata, and cumbia in its weekly walk-in classes.
🧑🍳 In the Kitchen
- Cooking classes at Create Kitchen & Bar range from $69-225 depending on the course and include curated beverage pairings.
- Stir Cooking School offers private or group cooking classes exploring cuisines from around the globe.
- Dive into the rich culture and history of coffee with Novo Coffee’s class offerings that cover everything from espresso tasting to coffee brewing to latte art.
- Master the art of mixology in the cocktail (and mocktail!) through classes at Spirit Hound Distillers or Deviation Distillery.
🎭 Getting on Stage
- Test out your improv and acting skills every Tuesday at Dangerous Theatre’s community classroom for just $5.
- RISE Comedy is training the future comics of Denver with stand-up and improv courses taught by seasoned instructors.
- Practice a new instrument at Swallow Hill Music, offering private or group lessons, ensembles, workshops, and open jam sessions for all ages.
🖥️ Technology and Computers
- Enhance your tech skills — from typing basics and Microsoft Word to coding and hacking — at Colorado Free University or Denver Public Library.
