The Denver Zoo will hold a free day for Colorado residents on Wed. Nov. 11, 2009. The zoo at 2300 Steele St. in City Park will be open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and visitors should bring their driver's license or other Colorado ID. While you're out and about enjoying the zoo, visit other Things to Do in City Park Neighborhood.

• Denver Zoo Profile
• Things to Do in City Park Neighborhood

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As part of the third annual Denver Arts Week, several Denver museums will offer free admission and extended hours on Sat. Nov. 7, 2009. The 11 museums listed below will offer free admission from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. as a special Saturday Night at the Museums.

1. Black American West Museum
2. Byers-Evans House Museum
3. Children's Museum of Denver
4. Colorado History Museum
5. Denver Art Museum
6. Denver Museum of Nature & Science
7. Forney Museum of Transportation
8. Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art (Children under 13 not admitted)
9. Molly Brown House Museum
10. Museo de las Americas
11. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

The 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival brings independent film to the Mile High City next week. The festival runs from Nov. 12 - 22, 2009 at the Starz FilmCenter. Tickets for most films are $12. Last year, the festival premiered "Slumdog Millionaire" in Denver. "Precious" is this year's opening night film, pictured at right, and stars Gabourey Sidibe as a 16-year-old girl in 1980s Harlem.

• Starz Denver Film Festival 2009
• Photos of Starz Festival Films

Photo courtesy of 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival

A reader responded to the wording about crime in the Capitol Hill Profile:

"I was just reading the neighborhood profile. I think it should be updated or changed in regards to the sentence 'pockets of crime and vandalism still exist.'

This ambiguous statement is true of any neighborhood in any city. Statements like that do not paint a profile of that neighborhood unless it is seriously crime-ridden, think Detroit.

What about discussing the numerous changes that have been made by those that live here and the organizations making those changes: CHUN, CBID, etc. How about talking about the neighborhood block parties or sundae socials, etc.

Finally, everyone should be careful after dark on any street in any city.

Thank you for listening."

-- R. Jonathan Jonas

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