52 fun-filled Saturdays
January
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You’ve decorated, you’ve celebrated, maybe you’ve even been inebriated. Now it’s time to put away the ornaments and lights, clean the house, and empty out a closet or two to make room for your new stuff. Take donations to your favorite local charity, cook up the recipe Carrie Baird created to beat Bobby Flay for a relaxing lunch (see page 50), put your feet up, and start planning some of the 51 fun Saturdays ahead.
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Layer up and lace up to enjoy one of only a few ice trails in the country, the Parker Ice Trail at Discovery Park. Bring your skates or rent some, glide to your heart’s content, and warm up with a steaming cup of cocoa (or one of the adult beverages featured in our December issue) while defrosting your toes near one of three fire pits scattered along the trail. parkerrec.com
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Give the winter doldrums a jolt with a night of dancing. Country and western lovers, see if you can find room on the floor at the GRIZZLY ROSE, where Craig Morgan is set to perform tonight at 8:30 p.m. Grizzlyrose.com Or, if ballroom dancing is more your thing, hit the 5,280-square-foot Denver Turnverein dance floor for the Ballroom Dance Bash and Class tonight. Lessons at 7 p.m., dancing from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. $15 for nonmembers. denverturnverein.org
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It’s closing weekend for the Western Stock Show and Rodeo, so don your cowboy hat and boots and saunter on over to the National Western Complex for some lassoing and bull riding. If that’s not your thing, you might enjoy The Good, The Bad, and The Devine tonight at DAZZLE, where Dave Devine’s septet interprets the spaghetti western scores of Ennio Morricone.
