🥫 City boots food pantry from rec center

⚽ Denver’s New NWSL Team Announces Mile High Home Opener

Denver’s new professional women’s soccer team will make its debut with a home opener at Empower Field at Mile High on March 28, 2026. Tickets go on sale to the general public Nov. 12. After that, the team will play at its training center in Centennial until construction on its official stadium at I-25 and Santa Fe Drive is complete in 2028. [9News]

⛸️ No Ice Rink at Skyline Park This Winter

Downtown Denver’s popular Skyline Park ice rink will be closed this winter and next for a park renovation project, city officials announced. Construction is scheduled to begin mid-December. It’s the park’s first upgrade in more than two decades. [9News]

📱 The Cost to ‘Influence’ Local Politics

Is social media influencing taking the place of campaign ads and traditional media coverage? With several influencers making paid TikTok and Instagram content for the Vibrant Denver bond campaign, questions swirl around how online personalities and their work fit into the existing world of election season advertising and journalism. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🌮 Casa Bonita Performers Return to Work With Promise of Mediation

Casa Bonita’s entertainment staff returned to work Saturday, ending a three-day strike. The picket line went up last Thursday after union representatives said management “walked away” from negotiations. Following the strike, the union said they’ve now entered mediation. [Denverite]

• From the picket line: Friend of City Cast Denver and Casa Bonita performer Joshua Emerson thanked the community for showing its support through “thousands of cancelled reservations and hundreds of one star reviews.”

🥫 Beloved Community Nonprofit Booted from Rec Center

For 15 years, The Birdseed Collective has provided much-needed food access to the Globeville community. Now, the nonprofit is scrambling for a new home, after the city declined to renew the organization’s contract operating out of the Globeville Rec Center. [CBS]

The 48th annual Denver Film Festival (a sponsor of City Cast Denver, by the way) is currently underway and runs through Sunday, Nov. 9. In honor of the occasion we are celebrating some of Hollywood’s most iconic movies touting Colorado ties — how many can you name? Take our quiz to test your local movie knowledge!

Question 1

Actor Anthony Mackie starred in this 2024 apocalyptic sci-fi thriller filmed mostly in Boulder.

A. “Alien: Romulus”

B. “Elevation”

C. “A Quiet Place: Day One”

Think you know the answer? ⬇️