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2025 Tree Lighting at Cherry Creek

Join us for an evening of holiday magic as we kick off the season with our annual Tree Lighting Celebration! Arrive early to explore the Holiday Bazaar starting at 2PM, featuring festive shopping, treats, and family fun. Beginning at 5PM, enjoy live entertainment and cheerful festivities leading up to the main event—when Santa himself flips the switch to light the tree and officially welcome the holiday season!
Dates: 
11/15/2025
2 pm - 7 pm
Location: 
Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 East 1st Avenue, Denver, CO 80206, United States
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Pumpkin Pie 5K/10K - 2025

Join us for a holiday tradition! The Pumpkin Pie 5K/10K is a flat and fast 5K and 10K held at City Park in Denver, Colorado. Start your holiday season off right with this family friendly run. All finishers will get a piece of delicious pumpkin pie, as well as top-notch chip timing, a race logo shirt, a finisher's medal, and a finish line expo with vendors and food.
Dates: 
11/15/2025
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Location: 
Denver City Park Pavilion, Steele Street, Denver, CO, USA
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Denver Arts Week 2025

Denver Arts Week celebrates the Mile High City's arts and culture scene with hundreds of events around the city. Denver Arts Week will kick off with expanded First Friday Art Walks across the city’s creative neighborhoods, followed by FREE Night at the Museums on Saturday, Nov. 8, when many of Denver’s top cultural institutions will be open for free.
Dates: 
11/14/2025
11/15/2025
11/16/2025
Times vary
Location: 
Denver, CO, USA
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The Secret World of Elephants | Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Enter “The Secret World of Elephants” to discover the remarkable science behind nature’s most lovable giants. How do elephants “hear” with their feet? What animals are their closest-living relatives? How have elephants and humans coexisted for thousands of years? Through hands-on interactions, you will feel the low-frequency rumbles elephants use to communicate, explore how they reshape their environments, and come face-to-face with some of their ancestors, including dwarf elephants. From the ancient Ice Age to the African savanna, get ready to be amazed by elephants’ incredible intelligence and fascinating history — and inspired to help protect their future. All exhibition content is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Dates: 
11/14/2025
11/15/2025
11/16/2025
9 am - 5 pm | Most Fridays 9 am - 9 pm
Location: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, United States
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Family Nature Adventure Days | Bluff Lake Nature Center

Join us for this monthly event series that gets your family outside and learning. No cost and no reservation required. Join us near our entrance for crafts, activities, guided walks, and local education partners. Weather permitting. Email questions to education@blufflake.org
Dates: 
11/15/2025
12/20/2025
Times vary--see website
Location: 
Bluff Lake Nature Center, 11255 E Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Denver, CO 80238, United States
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Prehistoric Aurora | Aurora History Museum

Aurorans know the picturesque view of the snowcapped Rocky Mountains or the golden plains with the pronghorn roaming. But what did Aurora look like one million years ago with mammoths and giant ground sloths? Or 65 million years ago when Triceratops and Tyrannosaurs travelled this landscape? The Aurora History Museum and Historic Sites will be showcasing Aurora’s oldest story in a new exhibit, “Prehistoric Aurora.” The new exhibition will open on April 22 and run through April 5, 2026. Discover the changing landscape of Aurora through time and see the kinds of creatures that would have been found in our city.
Dates: 
11/14/2025
11/15/2025
11/16/2025
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Location: 
Aurora History Museum, 15051 E Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80012, United States
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