Thursday, Nov. 26 - City and County of Denver offices will be closed for the day in observance of Thanksgiving Day. On Friday, November 27, most City and County offices will aslo be closed as Employees are taking a furlough day to help the City create budget savings during these challenging economic times. Please see details here for specific information on how the closures may or may not affect City functions.

Top Headlines Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 38.0° Partly Cloudy Denver Update: Weekly News Summary November 13 - 19, 2009 (Review by Denver 8 TV) Review current events in the City and County of Denver. Visit the Denver Update webpage, or click the icon to watch the program. 2009 Mayor’s Design Awards Announced Mayor John Hickenlooper celebrated the growing number of Denver’s homeowners, small business owners and developers who have made design excellence a priority in their community at the fifth annual Mayor's Design Awards. The program honored 15 diverse projects that enhance the city.        News Archives           Current Headlines 1 2 3

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Public Art Tours Public Art Tours This winter, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs introduces its Public Art Tours—free, one-hour tours of small segments of the City’s Public Art Collection.  While much of the City’s collection is out in plain view to see and experience every day, some incredible pieces are housed indoors.  These guided tours will give citizens and visitors the opportunity to venture inside venues such as the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and Colorado Convention Center to view works and hear the intimate details of their creation and installation.   Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC), 14th & Curtis Tour highlights include artwork in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Dale Chihuly, Herbert Bayer, Stephen Batura and John DeAndrea), the Buell Theatre (George Woodman and Vance Kirkland), atrium and exterior artwork (Fernando Botero, Victor Contreras, Jonathan Borofsky, Marcus Akinlana and John Powell) and others.  This tour will gather in the atrium near the Contreras sculpture (large abstract bronze in the center of the complex) fifteen minutes prior to start time. Saturday, October 27, 12:00 p.m. Friday, November 16, 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 1, 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, 1:00 p.m.    Colorado Convention Center, 14th & California Tour highlights include artwork by Lawrence Argent, Jonathan Bonner, Barbara Jo Revelle, Eric C. Johnson, Jim Green, John McEnroe, Kirk Johnson and Jan Vreisen, William Mathews, Trine Bumiller and Bernar Venet. This tour will gather in front of I See What You Mean (a.k.a. the Big Blue Bear) fifteen minutes prior to start time.   Saturday, November 24, 12:00 p.m. To sign up, please contact Rudi Cerri or call 720-865-4307. Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Return