Brandi Shigley

Westword Book Club: Jodee Champion on Candide, Catcher in the Rye and comedy

Reading is about more than following a narrative or learning facts; it can also be a profound shared experience that culminates in a better understanding of ourselves and each other. In that spirit, welcome to the Westword Book Club, a weekly feature that celebrates the books that inspire Denver art ... More >>

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, May 6-9

Experience jaw-dropping emotions without dropping a dime this week. From learning to be a more productive worker and eating free pastries at Denver Coworking Week events to appreciating art and delving into nature at PlatteForum's newest art offering to terrifying yourself at a screening of the orig ... More >>

100 Colorado Creatives: Sahar Pazirandeh

#76: Sahar Pazirandeh Sahar Pazirandeh left Iran with her family in the late '80s, when she was nine years old, in the wake of changes that followed the ancient nation's Islamic revolution. She'd spent her early years in the grip of Iran's new fundamentalist face; her own mother, a former IBM execu ... More >>

Frock Shop Spring Sample Sale offers bargain-priced apparel by local designers

At this year's Frock Shop Spring Sample Sale, savvy shoppers will get to browse though pieces by both established and up-and-coming designers in Colorado. Now in its second year, Frock Shop -- the brainchild of Colorado State University apparel and merchandising graduate Katie Gartner -- brings toge ... More >>

Meet five designers showing at Frost: Fashion Denver's Holiday Market

Over the past eight years, Frost: Fashion Denver's Holiday Market has established itself as more than a gathering place for local vendors: It's also it's a hot spot for designers looking to connect with stylish buyers. In fact, the marketplace -- going down this Sunday, December 16, at the Grant-Hum ... More >>

Now Showing: A Westword guide to the arts in Denver

Westword's MasterMind Awards for 2012

Attention, Denver designers: Scissors ready! Frock Out goes down with the Titanic in April

Here's something to ponder in 2012: The new year will mark, among other things, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. And, as Chris Loffelmacher of the Denver Public Library's Fresh City Life program points out, "How often does a shipwreck turn 100?" That's why, when Loffelmacher ro ... More >>

The Show Goes On

Sparkopolis at Anythink Wright Farms: On beyond books, with bells and whistles

Anythink Wright Farms, a library like no other.​Ever since the Rangeview Library District changed its name to "Anythink," something peculiar's been going on: The locals began to embrace their libraries like never before, and once you step inside Anythink Wright Farms, way up north on 120th Ave ... More >>

Westword welcomes its seventh class of MasterMinds

Dana Cain creates her own fun -- and makes Denver fun for creators

Danzig at the Ogden Theatre, 11/12/10

The Danzig camp enforced a strict no photos policy last night at the Ogden. Pshaw! Who needs pictures when you've got Noah Van Sciver?​ DANZIG With Withered • Toxic Holocaust • Marduk • Possessed 11.12.10 | Ogden Theatre Atlanta's Withered set the stage for much of what was to follow ... More >>

Show Your Colors

MasterMind alumni brainstorm about the state of the arts in Denver

Best Foot Forward

DAVA youth concentrate on fashion design in the latest show.

Meet the MasterMind Class of 2009

Meet the MasterMinds: Year 1

The Denver Zine Library's Kristy Fenton won the 2005 literary-arts award. Recognizing that the local arts scene needed a little fertilizer to really get going -- and growing -- five years ago, Westword created the MasterMind Awards, a program that honors five cultural visionaries who are working t ... More >>

Classic Lines

Tricia Hayworth reconstructs vintage clothes.

Class of 2008

Here are the other six artists worth keeping an eye on this year.

2001 Best of Denver Winners

Frock Out Denver: A Call for Designers

Spring Fever

The Seed show is sweet and succulent.

Photo Finish

Sorry, but Denver has nothing to apologize for.

Day-by-Day Picks

From the week of September 22, 2005