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Hola, amigos!
Celebrate Mexican-American culture today with live music, art, food and an inflatable carnival for the kids at the outdoor Rocultura Mexican Cultural Fair in the courtyard behind El Diablo Restaurant, 101 Broadway. The gates open at 2 p.m. Admission is free.
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Guinness, anyone?
The arts, food, culture and history of the Emerald Isle fuel the annual Colorado Irish Festival. Today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Clement Park in Littleton. Tickets and info:
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Local and loving it
Today, the Denver Handmade Homemade Market kicks off harvest season with its first event at the Meadowlark Bar, 2701 Larimer St. Happening from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., “HaHo” spotlights small-scale, cottage-industry artisans. Each market has about three dozen vendors selling foods, apparel, housewares and more.
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What a stitch
Bring your creative ideas to the Denver Merchandise Mart today for the Rocky Mountain Sew Expo. This event offers sewing, quilting and embroidery supplies, design ideas, workshops and seminars. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 451 E. 58th Ave. Tickets: 303-292-6278 or
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Wild about Harry (Potter)?
If the ups and downs of the Boy Who Lived and his pals Ron and Hermione have ruled your wizarding world for years, the Harkins Northfield has your Hogwarts Express ticket. Forty bucks gets you into showings of the first six movies, two per night, at 7 and 10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and then “Harry Potter and the “Deathly Hallows, Part 1” at 9 p.m. Thursday and the midnight premiere of “Hallows Part 2.” Marathoners get some free popcorn and sodas in the bargain. If you just want to cap your Potter experience with the Thursday screening of “Hallows Part 1” and the premiere, it’s $18. .
Monnie Nilsson, The Denver Post
