Tag: Halloween
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From preserved specimens to handcrafted jewelry: Denver gets taste of the bizarre at Oddities and Curiosities Expo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Taxidermy animals, carcasses in jars, paintings of the bizarre and other eclectic arts lined the Colorado Convention Center. A spooky sight for some — an expression of weird for others. But it wasn’t Halloween, despite the placement in October. It was the Oddities & Curiosities Expo. The…
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Teen arsonist sentenced to 7 years for starting deadly Lakewood Halloween fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rochelle Valdez met eyes with the teenager convicted of killing her niece and grand-niece and had a word. “I said, ‘I forgive you. And God forgives you. There’s hope for you and I pray you do good and make good decisions,’” said Valdez, emotionally exhausted…
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A hotel of horror in an old, remote mining town of Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save VICTOR • The Victorian building sat on the corner vacant for many years, like so many buildings in this ghostly quiet town in the hills like a rolling graveyard, scattered with splintered wood and rusted metal of shafts and A-frames and other mining skeletons. In…
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Distortions Monster World, Earth Iluminated to leave 16th Street Mall after Halloween
Bigfoot, dinosaurs, aliens that can seem to take you into space, monsters that will eat you – Distortions Monster World has been a place to explore and photograph the unusual in downtown Denver. But Monday is the last day to take that journey into the unknown. After two years in the Denver Pavilions on the…
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“No tricks, just treats”: State Treasury has over $1 billion unclaimed funds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The State Treasurer’s Office has more than $1 billion in unclaimed property to return to people across Colorado. As Halloween creeps up, the office released the spookiest names on the list. Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young revealed a list of 12 Halloween-themed names of Colorado…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
FRIDAY-SUNDAY Play to your heart’s content at Rocky Mtn. Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo. Hundreds of games, classic and new. Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows, 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree. Play just for fun or in one of the tournaments. Buy your own pinball machine. Friday noon to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY-HALLOWEEN It’s a park atop Denver’s first cemetery and the perfect site for the Cheesman Park Ghost Tour. A 90-minute walking ghost tour filled with history. Scary tales prove if the park is indeed haunted…or not. $20 – $25 Tickets: denverlikealocaltours.com/ghosttourdenver THURSDAY-SATURDAY It’s a name familiar from Netflix, NPR, CPR, Conan and YouTube and comedian/social commentarian Hari Kondabolu appears at Comedy…
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Spirit Halloween stores opening, hiring in metro Denver
Boo. It’s August, so that can only mean one thing: Halloween season is here again. Popular seasonal retailer Spirit Halloween — known for offering wares like costumes, decorations and gallons of fake blood from pop-up retail stores in vacant retail spaces — has already opened several locations along the Front Range. The company expects to…