Colorado and Denver Thanksgiving Events

November 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008 - Mile High Holidays

Location: Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau

Description: Experience the magic of Mile High Holidays with exciting holiday entertainment, millions of twinkling lights, shopping specials and more.

November 11, 2007 - December 1, 2007 - 9NEWS Parade of Lights

Location: The streets of downtown Denver, from the front of Civic Center Park on Bannock Street at 14th Avenue

Description: This is a great annual event for the holiday season. You get lights, you get marching bands, giant balloons, floats and delightful characters.

Tickets: "Grandstand" tickets in front of the City and County Building are $15 for adults and children 13 and older while $12 for children 2 to 12, and free for the toddlers. Otherwise, it's free to be any spectator who wants to view the parade from the sidewalk. Believe me, any way to actually be there to see this parade is worth it.

Times: Friday at 8:00pm and Saturday at 6:00pm

November 23, 2007 through March 1, 2008 - The Pond Outdoor Ice Skating Rink - Begins and Ends

Location: Southlands Shopping Center at 6155 South Main Street, Suite 260 in Aurora, Co. 80016

Description: Bring down friends and family, and enjoy some great fun on the ice this holiday season. The Pond is available for private parties, company gatherings and birthday parts from Dec. 1, 2007 to February 29, 2008.

Prices: $9.00 with skate rental and $7.00 without

Times: Monday-Saturday at 12:00am-9:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-8:00pm

Theatre productions

November 1, 2007 - Theatre of the Vampires in Boulder - Ends

Location: Macky Auditorium on the Colorado University Campus

Description: This is an award-winning sexy, suspenseful performance of aerial dance. Watch vampires getting jiggy with it in this "mix of Anne Rice meets Rocky Horror Picture show."

Admission tickets: $13 to $69

Times: Wednesday and Thursday at 8:00pm

November 1, 2007 - Miss Nelson is Missing! in Arvada - Ends

Location: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities at 6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, Co. 80003

Description: This show is based on the children's book by Harry Allard and James Marshall of the same name. It should be great for the kids.

Admission tickets: $8 for a general admission and $9 for weekend reserved admission

Times: Tuesday-Friday 10:00am and 12:00, Sundays 1:00pm and 3:00pm

November 1 through November 3, 2007 - Drive My Coche in Denver - Begins and Ends

Location: El Centro Su Teatro at 4725 High Street Denver, Co. 80216

Description: It's about a young Chicano on the eve of his induction into the army as the Vietnam war rages. It stars Jesse Borrego and Valeria Hernandez.

Admission tickets: N/A at this time

Times: Thursday through Saturday at 8:05pm

November 3, 2007 - For Better in Denver - Starts

Location: Curious Theatre Company at 1080 Acoma Street in Denver, Co. 80204

Description: It's a world where no one keeps the same address for more than a few months. This farce is about love, personal relationships through re-dial and instant messaging. I imagine it should be fun and unique.

Admission tickets: $16 to $32

Times: Thursday-Saturday at 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm

Dates: Nov. 3 through Dec. 15

November 4, 2007 - Defiance in Arvada - Ends

Location: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities at 6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, Co. 80003

Description: Set on a North Carolina Marine base in 1971, this show, written by playwright John Patrick Stanley explores specifics of his life while it overlaps with major changes in the society of the country.

Admission tickets: $36 to $46

Times: Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm, Wednesday at 1:00pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm

November 4, 2007 - The London Merchant: A Tale of Sex and The Bible in Boulder - Ends

Location: University of Colorado at 914 Broadway, Boulder Co. 80309

Description: This show tells the tale of an impressionable young man who is torn between the teachings his morally strong Christian beliefs, and his attraction of Sarah Millwood, a prostitute. It's been a theater production since 1731 and became one of the longest-running plays of the 18th Century.

Admission tickets: $8 to $15 for general admission

Times: Saturday (11/3) at 2:00pm, Sunday (11/4) at 2:00pm

November 9, 2007 - The Diary of Anne Frank in Denver - Starts

Location: Space Theatre at Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street in Denver, Co. 80204

Admission Tickets: Adult: $25 to $35 and Children: $10 to $20

Times: Monday through Thursday at 6:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 1:30pm and 7:30pm

Dates: November 9 through December 15, 2007

November 10, 2007 - Some Girl(s) in Denver - Ends

Location: John Hand Theatre at 7653 East 1st Place, Denver, Co. 80230

Description: Presented by the Firehouse Theatre Company, Red Herring, the play is a biting view of love, betrayal and the search for redemption.
Admission tickets: $10 to $17

Times: Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 6:00pm

November 10, 2007 - The Night Heron in Denver - Ends

Location: The Phoenix Theatre at 1124 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Co. 80204

Description: In this engrossing and mysterious play by Jez Butterworth, a gardener with a secret is staying in an isolated cabin, recording the Old Testament onto cassette when his roommate arrives to announce the solution to all of their problems.

Admission tickets: $19 each

Times: Thursday through Saturday at 7:30pm

November 16 to December 23, 2007 - A Tuna Christmas - Begins and Ends

Location: Miners Alley Playhouse at 1224 Washington Street, Suite #200 in Golden, Co. 80401

Description: You will get a chance to spend the holidays in Tuna, Texas. It's the third smallest town in the state. Zany citizens try to cope with seasonal tramals like a bad theatre production of A Christmas Carol and a sabotaged decorating contest.

Admission tickets: $18 - $20

Times: Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm, and Sunday at 6:00pm

November 16 through December 23, 2007 - Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol - Begins and Ends

Location: Denver Victorian Playhouse at 4201 Hooker Street in Denver, Co. 80211

Admission tickets: $18 - $22 for general admission

Times: Thursday (12/13 and 12/20) at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm

November 18, 2007 - The Great American Trailer Park Musical in Denver - Ends

Location: The New Denver Civic Theatre in 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Co. 80204

Description: In what almost sounds like a comedy, this popular show about agoraphobia, adultery, '80's nostalgia, spray cheese, pregnancy and road kill has been described as a cross between "Desperate Housewives and South Park."

Admission tickets: $29.50 - $39.50

Times: Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm

Don't forget

November 30, 2007 to December 24, 2007 - The Nutcracker - Begins and Ends

Location: Newman Center for the Performing Arts at 2344 East Ilff Avenue in Denver, Co. 80208

November 24, 2007 to December 24, 2007 - The Nutcracker - Begins and Ends

Location: Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street in Denver, Co. 80204