Winter Activities in Denver , Colorado

If you are looking for things to do this winter in Denver, Colorado, you will find a lot of choices. There will be sports events, plays, symphony music, works of great photography to view, fun scientific events that will let you build your own boats, bridge, windmill, or airplane; stories for children, the chance to see Egyptian mummies, and many other events.

Starting January 6 at 7:30 p.m., you will have the chance to see the Colorado Symphony Orchestra perform the Mahler Symphony number 4 at the Boettcher Concert Hall. Andrew Littleton is the Conductor, and Jeffrey Beiegel will play the piano. Tickets range in price from $15 to $67.50 each. For more information, call (303) 623-6876 or check out the official website of the symphony at www.coloradosymphony.org.

There are plenty of plays to be seen this winter in Denver.

King Lear, by William Shakespeare, directed by Kent Thompson, will be performed at the Stage Theater from January 25, 2007, to February 24. In the classic play, King Lear's kingdom is thrown into an uproar when he tests the love of his daughters. For more information, call (303) 893-4100, (800) 641-1222, or, TTY for the hearing impaired, (303) 893-9582.

Another play this winter in Denver is The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, directed by Anthony Powell, from January 11, 2007, to February 24, 2007, at the Ricketson Theater. Ticket prices vary. In the play, a writer is questioned when the crimes in his stories and a series of real life murders are strikingly similar. For more information call (303) 893-4100 or go to the website: www.denvercenter.org.

If you have ever lived in Denver, or have an interest in Denver, one activity this winter you might find interesting is a play about Denver, How I Lost My Denverginity, by the Denver City Attractions and The Second City Troupe, a Chicago-based comedy troupe at the Garner Galleria Center, starting January 3 at 8 p.m. The play is about what it means to be a Denverite. Tickets are $20 each. For more information, call (303) 893-4100, or go to www.denvercenter.org.