Soup’s on
Saturday. Denver’s Westwood neighborhood continues to be one of the best places to dine on and learn about the cuisine of Mexico and other Latin American countries as it hosts festivals celebrating everything from tamales to salsa to mole. Today, Cultura Chocolate and Hecho en Westwood host their fourth annual Festival del Pozole, featuring more than 15 pozoles from both professional and community chefs in the Denver area.
Made from hominy (a form of dried corn), pozole is a soup-like dish that typically includes chicken or pork, along with a spicy sauce and toppings like avocado, lime, cabbage, peppers and radishes. The festival takes place from 2 to 8 p.m. at 3950 W. Morrison Road. Each sample costs $3, or you can get a discount on 10 samples in advance. Get tickets and info at hechoenwestwood.com.
Pickup lines
Saturday. You’ve heard of Shakespeare in the park, but how about Shakespeare in the parking lot? The Denver Center for the Performing Arts has already kicked off its springtime community tour of its popular Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program. The second of six weekly shows will be on Saturday, April 13, at noon in Arvada’s Olde Town Square.
“These stripped-down productions are centered around a pickup truck ‘set’ that travels” to various schools and other locations around metro Denver, according to a press release, and the Denver Center recorded its 700th performance earlier in April. Today’s play is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which will be performed again on May 11 in the River North Arts District and on May 18 in Lafayette. On April 20 and May 4, the actors will do “Romeo and Juliet” at two Denver locations. All shows are open to the public. For more information on dates and locations, go to denvercenter.org.
Red, white and you
Sunday. If you love Colorado-made wines, check out the fourth Colorado Wine Walk, which hosts a grand tasting event on April 14 in the Dairy Block alleyway at 1800 Wazee St. There will be 12 of Colorado’s urban and Western Slope wineries in attendance for both sampling and purchase, according to organizers at Blanchard Family Wines.
Tickets, which start at $50, include unlimited wine samples, a commemorative wine glass, discounts on wine purchases, and the ability to chat with winemakers and winery owners. There are two different sessions, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. Get info at coloradowinewalk.com.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Echo Mountain closes for the season on April 14, 2024. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)
Closing day
Sunday. “Are you tired of typical closing days focused on silly pond skims instead of KPIs and pivot tables? Well, good news! With our 360° approach to customer satisfaction, we’re going to parking-lot those ideas and take a 10,000-foot view … because our closing day is ALL BUSINESS.” That’s the tongue-in-cheek windup to Echo Mountain ski area’s last day of the 2023-24 ski and snowboard season on Sunday, April 14.
The ski resort, the closest one to Denver, is offering half off of lift tickets if you show up in business attire, along with food and drink specials and, yes, an actual CPA on hand to answer tax questions in advance of April 15 (tax day). Echo Mountain is located at 19285 CO-103 near Idaho Springs. Get more information at echomtn.com.
