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10 W. 14th Ave. Denver, CO 80204

720-865-1111

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Best Breakthrough in Open Government
Award Winner 2011

Hours: 11 a.m. daily except Wed. and Sun.

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Free guided tours pointing out highlights of library architecture and artworks.

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Help deliver top-quality service at the Central Library or one of the 22 Denver branch libraries.
Read Aloud

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Looking for volunteers to read stories once a week to economically at-risk children enrolled in Denver Head Start centers.
Book Sorters

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Seeking adult volunteers to assist with donations.
Children's Resource Volunteer Program

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Seeking volunteers for the Children's Resource Volunteer Program.
Anne Evans: Colorado's Cultural Visionary

Daily from May 4 until August 31

Three-part exhibition featuring the life and work of Colorado artist and cultural figure Anne Evans.

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2011 | Best Breakthrough in Open Government

Libraries are changing quickly to meet the demands of an online age, but one welcome development at Denver's Central Library is oddly retro. DPL now allows patrons to check out items from its vast repository of government documents, so that the determined researcher can take home such pre-Internet jewels as Know Your 8-Inch Howitzer and Identifying Sheep Killed by Bears. Of course, the collection also includes considerable information on public lands, congressional hearings and reports on... More »
2010 | Best Literacy Program for the Really, Really Precocious

Because "it's never too early to start reading to kids," the Denver Public Library has extended its popular storytime offerings to include a language-enrichment program for infants from six months to two years old. There are rhymes, games and music on hand for these early bloomers at the main library and select branches, with some fare tailored to "pre-walkers" and other, weightier readings reserved for "early walkers." One baby per adult, please -- and sorry, no drop-off service. More »
2008 | Best Art Gallery Near the Denver Art Museum

The hoopla over the new DAM complex shouldn't drown out the props due to the downtown library as a vibrant art source all its own. Quite apart from the permanent offerings in and around the DPL that have survived the endless construction next door -- Daniel Lipski's little horse on a big chair, the Edward Ruscha murals -- the library continues to offer an impressive roster of exhibitions at its Western Art Gallery and Vida Ellison Gallery. Recent shows have featured the work of... More »
2007 | Best Historic Photo Show -- Group

You knew the show at the Denver Central Library was serious simply by noting the word count of the title: From Nordenskiold to Nusbaum: Archaeology, Photography and Tourism in the Early Years of Mesa Verde National Park. Whew, seventeen! The Nordenskiold part refers to Gustaf Nordenskiold, who explored Mesa Verde in 1891, and the Nusbaum part addresses Jesse Logan Nusbaum, who became an early superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park. Their photos were supplemented with images by William... More »
2007 | Best Denver Flashback

A benchmark of Beat-era lore, Jack Kerouac's famous On the Road manuscript was typed in just twenty days on a 120-foot-long scroll. Kerouac embodied the movement's spontaneous and obsessive nature in one burning semi-autobiographical swoop. And because the alleys and byways of Denver lurk all over the ragged-edged tome, it was only appropriate that it should lie in state all winter at the Denver Central Library, honoring the novel's fiftieth anniversary. "I counted minutes and subtracted... More »
2006 | BEST FREE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE

Take the customary author readings and book signings, add popular film series such as "Dueling Divas" (a hiss-off between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis), then throw in cooking demos, knitting and journaling classes, theater, concerts, lectures and oddball do-it-yourself events, and you might come up with something as invigorating as Fresh City Life, an ongoing celebration of arts both fine and domestic. And yes, every event is free, though some require advance registration through... More »
2006 | BEST VIEW OF GOVERNMENT IN ACTION

From the street, Civic Center Park may just look like a good place to score cheap dope and tweak out, but climb to the seventh floor of the central branch of the Denver Public Library, step out onto the deck -- and it's as if you're Eva Peron, staring down at a world of graciousness and beauty. In the summer, the trees form a soft, green canopy over the park and frame all of Colorado's governmental power institutions; in winter, the branches make the view look like an abstract-expressionist... More »

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, May 11-13, 2012

By Robin Edwards | Fri, May 11, 2012

Going out doesn't have to mean going for broke -- seriously. This week there are plenty of inexpensive entertainment options, from karaoke on the 16th Street Mall to a food-themed photography show to ... More »
Nearer, My God, to Thee

By Susan Froyd | Thu, April 19, 2012

Last time out, the Denver Public Library's Frock Out fashion fete went a little wacky, with a side-show theme that rocked the Denver Central Library's Schlessman Hall with drag queens, freaks and roller derby girls. But this year, which also happe... More »
Brunch on Deck

By Susan Froyd | Thu, April 12, 2012

Everything's coming up Titanic at the Denver Central Library, where in commemoration of that tragedy a hundred years ago today, guests will gather in the B2 Conference Center for a Titanic Survivors Brunch, reminiscent of one that might have taken... More »
The top five Titanic film flubs

By Josiah M. Hesse | Thu, April 12, 2012

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is one of those reliable touchstones that can always be used as a time-keeper for historical fiction. Although only the fifth most deadly shipwreck of all time, it is un... More »
It's sink or swim for the twelve designers in Frock Out 2012: Come Undone

By Susan Froyd | Wed, April 4, 2012

Half the fun of Frock Out is just getting there: The occasional fashion extravaganza hosted by the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation and Fresh City Life will return on April 19 with a romantic ... More »
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streetsignartist | Denver, CO | 193 Reviews

| Fri, January 1, 2010

read a book!
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JaclynA | Los Angeles, CA | 73 Reviews

| Mon, March 30, 2009

One of my favorite architects and designers is responsible for this Denver beauty.
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Artabanus | Aurora, CO | 69 Reviews

| Sun, July 11, 2010

This library is huge and the kids room is so much fun!! They have giant stuffed animals for the children to sit on. There is also this beautiful quote on the outside of the building that says, "I had always imagined paradise as a kind of library."
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2011 | Best Breakthrough in Open Government

2010 | Best Literacy Program for the Really, Really Precocious

2008 | Best Art Gallery Near the Denver Art Museum

2007 | Best Historic Photo Show -- Group

2007 | Best Denver Flashback

2006 | BEST FREE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE

2006 | BEST VIEW OF GOVERNMENT IN ACTION

By Robin Edwards | Fri, May 11, 2012

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By Susan Froyd | Thu, April 12, 2012

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Artabanus | Aurora, CO | 69 Reviews

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