🚌 When will Denver get faster buses?

🚌 What to Expect from Denver’s Bus Rapid Transit System

Colorado transportation officials hope to begin construction next summer on the region’s first bus rapid transit system (read: WAY speedier buses). Project leaders gathered this week to go over some of the details. [Denverite]

🏛️ Gov. Calls Special Session for Property Taxes

After Coloradans resoundingly voted down Prop HH, Gov. Polis’ controversial proposal for property tax relief, the governor is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session set to begin Nov. 17 to try to develop a new solution to combat record high property tax increases next year. [CO Sun]

• Give me a recap: Here’s what Polis proposed in Prop HH. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

❌ Virginia Village Housing Site Canceled

A property owner in Virginia Village has backed out of plans to host one of the city’s micro-communities to shelter unhoused folks. It is the third site to be canceled out of the 11 originally proposed earlier this summer. The three canceled sites were also the only ones slated for private property. [Westword]

🪩 Shrek Rave | Friday | 9 p.m.

Fans of the big green ogre are invited to an evening of “Shrek”-themed fun at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom. [Five Point; $27-$32]

🍺 Beer History Tour | Friday-Sunday | Times Vary

Explore Denver’s craft brew scene from a historic point of view during this expert-guided walking tour. [LoDo; $55]

🎖️ Veterans Day Parade & Festival | Saturday | 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The city will come together to celebrate and salute U.S. veterans and military members. [City Park; Free]

🫘 Chili, Booze, & Brews | Saturday | 6-9 p.m.

Sample Colorado craft brewers and local small-batch distillers at this community chili cook-off to support children's cancer research. [Highland; GA $60, VIP $90]

🍳 Family Day Out: Weekend Brunch | Saturday | 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Make brunch and memories in this family cooking class at Uncorked Kitchen. [Centennial; $79]

♻️ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Read | Saturday | 1-4 p.m.

This local market at Western Sky Bar & Taproom is an opportunity to thrift, swap, and shop locally. [Englewood; Free]

💃 Ballet Folklórico | Saturday | 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Admire traditional dance performances native to regions across Mexico performed by a local youth dance group. [West Colfax; Free]

🥟 Dim Sum Weekends | Saturday-Sunday | Noon-4 p.m.

Broaden your dumpling horizons at this weekly dim sum brunch hosted by Colorado Sake Co. [RiNo; Reservations required]

🎙️ The Denver Dolls | Saturday-Sunday | Times Vary

In honor of Veterans Day, the Denver Dolls will bring their WWII-era vintage entertainment to the Aurora Fox Arts Theatre. [Aurora; $25]

🥂 Champagne Cascade | Sunday | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Santa, champagne, and sugar plum fairies will be in attendance at this annual fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Colorado. [Downtown; GA $35-$50, VIP $250]

🎁 Holiday Sip & Shop | Sunday | Noon-4 p.m.

Get your holiday shopping started with a cold brew in hand at this local marketplace hosted by Woods Boss Brewing. [Five Points; Free]

🎷 Jazz Jam | Sunday | 2-4 p.m.

Whether you're a seasoned saxophone pro or a budding bass player, jazz enthusiasts of all levels are invited to this community jam at Swallow Hill. [Rosedale; Donations encouraged]

Last week’s answer: Snarf’s Sandwiches in the Berkeley neighborhood off West 38th Avenue and Yates Street.

• Why does the ceiling look like that? City Cast Denver podcast host (and resident architecture fanatic) Bree Davies explains the history of this Googie-style structure in a piece she wrote for Westword in 2016:
  
  “This circus tent of a building is one of a handful of its style remaining in the city, reminders of the local chain of Big Top Auto Marts once scattered across the Front Range, Denver's answer to the Texas-born 7-Eleven. Like many Big Top buildings of present and past, this droopy roofed rotunda has lived many times over, beginning as a gas station (the first Big Top opened in 1957, a forerunner of an early convenience-store chain as well as one of the first gas stations to offer self-service pumps). Prior to Snarf's — another homegrown chain — acquiring the building in 2010, the American-style pagoda spent the previous two decades as a hair salon.”

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Why Prop HH Failed, Jumbotron Proposals, and Who’s Gonna Beat Boebert?

This week’s election may not have felt very big, but the repercussions are far from small. Today on the show, producer Paul Karolyi sits down with returning regular guest Joshua Emerson and political insider Ian Silverii to parse through the results.