Michelle Obama’s Book Tour Hits Denver This Week At Pepsi Center

DENVER, CO – Michelle Obama’s book tour is coming to Denver's Pepsi Center this week – and tickets are still available. A local Denver bookstore announced that Obama will be available to sign books at a special event before the Pepsi Center show Thursday afternoon.

Michelle Obama's book, “Becoming” has sold more than 3 million copies in America and Canada alone, and the hardcover edition shot to the top spot on The New York Times bestseller list after just a week, according to People magazine.

Obama told the magazine she “couldn’t be more excited” to visit even more cities across the globe on her book tour, “Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama.”

“I’ve been so humbled by the response to the tour thus far and the overwhelming interest we’ve received from so many communities we weren’t able to visit this year,” she said. “That’s why I’m thrilled that we’re able to expand our conversations to these new settings and wider audiences. I can’t wait to continue the discussions that have been so meaningful for me and, I hope, for so many others.”

You can find tickets to her book tour and other local events here. Tickets for the Dec. 13 Michelle Obama event start at $108. Enter the coupon code “PatchTickets10” to score a 10 percent discount.

Book signing event

The Tattered Cover bookstore announced Tuesday that the store will host a "last minute, very special" book signing event Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the store's Colfax Avenue store.

A limited number of wristbands for event access will be available with the purchase of a copy of Becoming, beginning Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9 a.m. Books with wristbands will be available for purchase online only, through this link the bookstore said.

eventbrite.com/e/an-afternoon-event-with-michelle-obama-tickets-53403493286

The store will be closed to other patrons Thursday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. for security purposes, they said.

The former first lady tweeted Tuesday the conversations she’s had have been “meaningful” for her.

“I’m having so much fun with all of you on my #IAmBecoming tour that I decided to do one final round of events to see folks in some cities we missed,” she wrote.

Her memoir was released last month. She writes openly about everything from growing up in Chicago to confronting racism in public life, The Associated Press reported. You can find out more about the book on her website.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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