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🦓 A ‘new era’ for Denver Zoo
February 13, 2024
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🦓 A ‘New Era’ for the Denver Zoo
The Denver Zoo has announced plans to open a brand new 570-acre private facility in Weld County to expand the institution’s conservation breeding initiatives. The new space will be home mostly to ungulates (hooved animals) with zebras and Eastern Bongos likely moving in as its first residents. [Denverite]
- Dive deeper: Why the Denver Zoo is so awesome. [City Cast Denver 🎧]
🛫 Beware DIA Travel Disruptions This Month
The airport’s train that runs between concourses will be out of service overnight on Feb. 13 and 14 (this week), 20 and 21, and 27 and 28. Passengers visiting on those days between 9:15 p.m. to 3 a.m. should be aware of alternate transportation options. Airport officials recommend impacted travelers arrive at least 30 minutes earlier than usual. [FlyDenver]
- Helpful hacks: Here are some tips on navigating DIA like a pro. [Hey Denver]
❓ City Plans Audit of Commemorative Public Art
A monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus and another honoring Kit Carson were removed from Denver’s Civic Center Park area four summers ago in the midst of the 2020 racial justice protests. Now, city officials are gearing up for an audit of the rest of the park’s public art, looking into their histories and changing the conversation around commemorative monuments. [CO Sun]
I hope I don’t have to continue to argue that Columbus did terrible things to other human beings on this planet.
What To Do
Tuesday, Feb. 13
- 🎉 Mardi Gras Party | All Day | Free | Nola Jane
- 👐 Migrant Market | 3-6 p.m. | Free | Raíces Brewing
- 🦐 Mardi Gras Seafood Boil | 3-7 p.m. | $35 | Rooted Craft Kitchen
- 🎤 Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Ricky Martin | 7 p.m. | $69+ | Ball Arena
Wednesday, Feb. 14
- 🍸 Free Valentine’s Cocktail | 3-10 p.m. | Free | The Block Distilling Co.
- 💃 Beginners Tango Class | 6:30-8 p.m. | Free | Maria Empanada
- 🎤 Mortified: Doomed Valentine’s | 8 p.m. | $22 | Oriental Theater
- 🏳️🌈 Queerlesque Presents Valentine’s Gay | 9:30-11 p.m. | $15 | Sexploratorium
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Something cool: In honor of Black History Month, Denver firefighters gathered to recreate a historic photo on display at the Five Points Fire Station 3, the oldest active fire station in Denver, and the only station where Black firefighters were permitted to work until 1957 📸
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