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Create Denver Week is growing by leaps and bounds: What started out several years ago as a folksy expo for creatives has turned into a full-fledged urban-art experience, casting a grown-up light on homegrown arts and culture. Not that the Create Denver Expo that started it all has gone away -- this year's event (which takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday) has grown, too, so much that it's moved to more spacious lodgings in the Colorado Convention Center. For an affordable $10 fee, artists and creative business owners of every stripe can sample more than twenty workshops or meet with eighty exhibitors.

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Denver Metro Area

City and County of Denver
Denver, CO 80202

Category: Community Venues

Region: Downtown Denver

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• Venues Denver
• Kristin Rust
• Colorado Convention Center
• Karla Rodriguez
• Montbello High School

But if you're just seeking art adventures, the rest of the week will be a boon for you. "Everybody is so excited about it," says Arts & Venues Denver spokeswoman Kristin Rust. "We have so many new people involved this year."

Create Denver Week begins tonight at 6 p.m. at Battery 621, 621 Kalamath Street, with "Ode to Denver," a kinetic installation by local filmmakers, a melange of live music ranging from Men in Burka to the Montbello High School drumline and other experiential side trips. And that's just the beginning. Tomorrow night's Urban Encounters follows a yellow brick road of events through downtown Denver, beginning at 6 p.m.: Stops include the Beta SideShop at 1600 Glenarm Street, where you can window-shop for locally designed goods using QR codes and your smartphone; interactive environments, interactive gaming followed by SightLine video works on display on the giant LED screen at 14th and Champa streets; and flash karaoke and visuals with Magic Cyclops, Karla Rodriguez and VJ CacheFlowe.

Get up-to-date info for Create Denver Week or register for the expo at www.denvergov.org/createdenver or download the interactive Create Denver app for the latest information.
May 10-13, 2012