Since 1986 under the Federico Peña administration, the Mayor of Denver has recognized some of the city’s most outstanding artists and cultural organizations with the annual Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Arts & Culture. In December 2024, current Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the five recipients of this year’s honors, which included the Denver Center […]
The origins of the board game MONOPOLY could come in handy for a trivia game night – or even while playing MONOPOLY LIFESIZED: Travel Edition sometime soon. The very first version of MONOPOLY was created by Elizabeth Magie Phillips, based on her political and feminist views. In 1903, she filed a patent for her “Landlord’s Game.” […]
In the mid-1990s, an official edition of MONOPOLY: Denver Edition featured some of the city’s most iconic locations. With the opening of MONOPOLY LIFESIZED: Travel Edition, DCPA Off-Center’s newest immersive experience at Broadway Park®, the NewsCenter team took a walk down memory lane to see if the nearly 30-year-old locations went boom or bust. BOOM […]
Do you like to be on the cutting edge? First in line? At the epicenter of the next “new thing”? Then you need to be at the inaugural Denver Immersive Invitational. Described as an incubator for new art and immersive experiences, the Denver Immersive Invitational gives artists a chance to create without constraints and audiences […]
DCPA Off-Center has found a new home base – for now. Broadway Park®, nestled between Denver’s West Washington Park and Athmar Park neighborhoods, is close to many bustling businesses and restaurants. Beyond the handful of restaurants that are just a stone’s throw away, the area is full of spots to visit. Plus, there is […]
The desire to understand the mysteries of life, death and fate goes back to the earliest days of humanity — Israel’s first king, Saul, allegedly used a medium to summon the spirit of the prophet Samuel for advice on an upcoming battle. (Spoiler alert: This did not end well.) But the modern spirituality movement took […]
“I’m one of the few people who won’t say, ‘Well, I grew up in a haunted house. I didn’t grow up in a haunted house,” says ghost hunter Bryan Bonner. Bonner is explaining how he ended up working on the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society, which investigates claims of ghosts and other unexplained activity across […]
Make a day of it in RiNo when you attend the immersive experience DARKFIELD. Located in The Bird Lot, DARKFIELD is near many restaurants and stores to fill your afternoon and evening with entertainment. Click below to find what you’re looking for: BREWERIES AND BARS RESTAURANTS SHOPPING BREWERIES AND BARS: DEATH & CO DENVER | […]
If you’re vacationing in Denver or simply looking for something out of the ordinary, you might consider an immersive experience. But what is an “immersive experience”? Simply put, it’s being surrounded by and part of an experience. An escape room is a type of immersive experience and Denver has plenty of those. VR, or virtual […]
The Bird Lot, home to DCPA Off-Center’s newest immersive experience DARKFIELD, encloses three white shipping containers, each with large black letters on the sides. One reads SÉANCE, one reads FLIGHT, and the last reads COMA. They’re a bit mysterious, not revealing any secrets as to what might be inside. We’ll let you in on one […]