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Denver County Fair unveils 2012 poster

Are you ready to "open up a can of Yee Haw!" at the Denver County Fair? While you'll still have to wait until August 10 for the second edition to start -- filled the National Western Hall of Education with a carnival, vendors and pavilions, and the return of the Freak Show -- the fair just unveiled ... More >>

Denver County Fair announces dates, changes for 2012

Scenes from the 2011 Denver County Fair.​It's not too early to make plans for the second annual Denver County Fair -- which has been moved to the second weekend in August, starting on Friday, August 10 and running through Sunday, August 12, with extended hours. "We won't be up against the Dra ... More >>

Event of the Mid-Century

Scenes from the 2011 Denver County Fair.​It's not too early to make plans for the second annual Denver County Fair -- which has been moved to the second weekend in August, starting on Friday, August 10 and running through Sunday, August 12, with extended hours. "We won't be up against the Dra ... More >>

Reader: I fully expected to be blown away

​The first time doing anything is always a learning experience, and certainly Dana Cain and Tracy Weil's first go at a Denver County Fair was no exception to that rule. Cain will change a few things next year, she told us yesterday -- a bigger animal pavilion, more live competitions and a less ... More >>

Was the Denver County Fair a success? Dana Cain weighs in

Weird and winning?​Throwing a county fair for the first time ever is a lot like losing your virginity, it turns out: The stakes are high and the results may be a little messy and awkward, but that doesn't mean it wasn't thrilling, and it certainly doesn't mean you're going to stop doing it. "W ... More >>

Mythica von Griffyn on the Colorado Bigfoot, Bat Boy and the tattooed, bearded lady

​Mythica von Griffyn has a long history in the haunted house business, where she first started working when she was only fourteen, and she's also known as a multi-talented poet, chalk artist and body painter. That considered, Mythica is a match made in heaven as the Freak Show manager for the ... More >>

Five local calls for entry: Don't just stand there, do something!

​Summertime and the living is easy...not. Here are five ways for local artists to stay busy during the dog days. Because -- wink, wink -- we know you're all lying around the pool sipping lemonade all summer long.

Let out your chickens! Here comes the Denver County Fair!

​Maybe you've heard about it: The buzz has been slowly growing over time. But what exactly is this Denver County Fair people are clucking and waving around their feathers about? Well, that's not an easy question to answer, since chances are pretty good there's never been anything quite like it ... More >>

Summer 2011: After years of false starts, the Denver County Fair is making its debut

​Maybe you've heard about it: The buzz has been slowly growing over time. But what exactly is this Denver County Fair people are clucking and waving around their feathers about? Well, that's not an easy question to answer, since chances are pretty good there's never been anything quite like it ... More >>

Barry Fey lured out of retirement to join Denver County Fair team as musical director

Legendary local concert promoter Barry Fey, who retired in 1997, is back in the game. We just received word from the Denver County Fair owners, Dana Cain and Tracy Weil, that Fey has been tapped as musical director. The Rockfather will be booking the talent for Saturday night's concert and will als ... More >>

The Denver County Fair welcomes legendary promoter Barry Fey into the fold

​The Denver County Fair this summer is already going to be a historical occasion -- it is, after all, the first county fair ever for Denver -- but it just got even more historic: Today, event impresario Dana Cain announced that the fair had acquired the services of Barry Fey, the near-mythical ... More >>

Over the weekend: My date with a cupcake. And another. And another...

Jeff Ball for the Colorado Chocolate Festival​I've been at Dana Cain's Colorado Chocolate Festival every year for the last few, both as a contest judge and as an appreciative chocoholic fool. There, I've tasted everything from chocolate sauces to artisan truffles, but none of it prepared me fo ... More >>

Today: Colorado Chocolate Festival

​Sweet! Dana Cain's fourth annual Colorado Chocolate Festival lands at the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, this weekend. As usual, it will feature vendors, competition, pairings, competitions and much, much more. Admission to the festival, which runs from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 1 ... More >>

Candyconomics

​Sweet! Dana Cain's fourth annual Colorado Chocolate Festival lands at the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, this weekend. As usual, it will feature vendors, competition, pairings, competitions and much, much more. Admission to the festival, which runs from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 1 ... More >>

Denver’s Got Style!

​Sweet! Dana Cain's fourth annual Colorado Chocolate Festival lands at the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, this weekend. As usual, it will feature vendors, competition, pairings, competitions and much, much more. Admission to the festival, which runs from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 1 ... More >>

Tonight: Dana Cain and Anthony Camera talk collecting photography

Courtesy of Anthony Camera​For anyone who missed the opening salvo of Denver's Month of Photography on First Friday, there's yet time (a lot of time, actually) to check out the more than one hundred venues dedicated this month to showcasing one of the more underappreciated fine arts, and tonig ... More >>

100 Colorado Creatives: Dana Cain

Dana Cain: A glittering rainbow-avalanche of arts.​If the overarching Colorado arts scene is like an awesome picture of a unicorn galloping across a rainbow -- and we're going to go ahead and say that it is -- then Dana Cain is like the glitter: essential. A tireless arts cheerleader and all a ... More >>

Meet the MasterMinds MasterMinds, including cover girl Dana Cain, at Artopia

Dana Cain​Seven years ago, Westword introduced the MasterMind program, which every year awards cash prizes to five artists or arts institutions that are changing the cultural landscape of Denver. This week, we revealed the 2011 winners, who will be honored Saturday night at Artopia. The next c ... More >>

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

Dana Cain​Seven years ago, Westword introduced the MasterMind program, which every year awards cash prizes to five artists or arts institutions that are changing the cultural landscape of Denver. This week, we revealed the 2011 winners, who will be honored Saturday night at Artopia. The next c ... More >>

Dana Cain's top ten things needed for a successful county fair

Dana Cain​Seven years ago, Westword introduced the MasterMind program, which every year awards cash prizes to five artists or arts institutions that are changing the cultural landscape of Denver. This week, we revealed the 2011 winners, who will be honored Saturday night at Artopia. The next c ... More >>

Last chance! The Art District Best of 2010 closes next week

Dan Ellier ChapmanSo wait. What art should I like?​If you read Westword with any regularity, you will know that we've got a boner for compiling "best of" lists. It's a win-win situation. It's our job to keep up on this stuff, so they're easy for us to put together; you have a real job and not ... More >>

Tonight: DADA and Dana Cain launch an Art Collectors Summit series

Mark Penner Howell, "ONE," acrylic, ink, and spray paint on three canvas panels.​ Dana Cain makes no secret of her blossoming identity as a collector of works by local artists, and is always looking for ways to share her fervor: Her latest, the Art Collectors Summit series, debuts this evening ... More >>

Today: Holiday Chocolate Festival in Colorado Springs

​The Broadmoor, 1 Lake Circle in Colorado Springs, will present Dana Cain's Holiday Chocolate Festival, with truffle competitions, booths and vendors, live music, demonstrations and more. It starts at 11 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m.; admission is free, and taste tickets are ten for $10. For more ... More >>

Denver County Fair announces time and place

​Local events promoter Dana Cain has locked down the time and place for the brand-new Denver County Fair. The event, envisioned as a hip, urban version of the classic rural-style county fair, will be held July 28-31 at the National Western Stock Show complex. Cain and cohorts Chandler Romeo a ... More >>

The Pride of Santa Fe

​Local events promoter Dana Cain has locked down the time and place for the brand-new Denver County Fair. The event, envisioned as a hip, urban version of the classic rural-style county fair, will be held July 28-31 at the National Western Stock Show complex. Cain and cohorts Chandler Romeo a ... More >>

Dana Cain's Art Collection: Edward Marecak, Lindsay Pichaske and Steve Antonio

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

Dana Cain's Art Collection: Mark Penner Howell

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

Bier here! Don't get your lederhosen in a bunch: Oktoberfest is still kickin' at 41

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

The Modern World

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

Long Row(d) Home

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

PAPER PLAIN

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

POP PANDEMONIUM

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

Today: Take a bite of the third annual Colorado Chocolate Festival

A Flickr photo.​Chocolate is probably the closest we'll ever come to the food of the gods -- and Dana Cain celebrates the delectable confection every year with the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which today returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, with celebrity guests, ven ... More >>

Catch Some Waves

A Flickr photo.​Chocolate is probably the closest we'll ever come to the food of the gods -- and Dana Cain celebrates the delectable confection every year with the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which today returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, with celebrity guests, ven ... More >>

Show Your Love

A Flickr photo.​Chocolate is probably the closest we'll ever come to the food of the gods -- and Dana Cain celebrates the delectable confection every year with the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which today returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, with celebrity guests, ven ... More >>

He’s Eligible!

A Flickr photo.​Chocolate is probably the closest we'll ever come to the food of the gods -- and Dana Cain celebrates the delectable confection every year with the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which today returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, with celebrity guests, ven ... More >>

High Flying

A Flickr photo.​Chocolate is probably the closest we'll ever come to the food of the gods -- and Dana Cain celebrates the delectable confection every year with the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which today returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, with celebrity guests, ven ... More >>

Modern Mart

Everything new is old again at the Denver Modernism Show.

Totally Sweet

You’ll melt for the Colorado Chocolate Festival.

Give Paint a Chance

Celebrate Lennon’s birthday with acrylic and oil.

Modern Made Fun

Dana Cain hosts the Denver Modernism Show.

Independents' Day

Four art galleries celebrate the Fourth of July in creative style.

Death by Chocolate

Dana Cain's festival celebrates the sweetest thing.

High Voltage

Find vintage deals at Dana Cain’s electronics expo.

Modern Made Fun

Dana Cain hosts the Denver Modernism Show.

Almost Paradise

Dana Cain hosts the Denver Modernism Show.

High Voltage

A new expo showcases vintage electronics.

Athena Rising

A new expo showcases vintage electronics.

Old Style

Go back to the future at the Denver Modernism Show.