Leonardo Da Vinci

Renaissance Festival in Larkspur safe from wildfires and open this weekend

The Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur is safe from wildfires and will be open with free admission for children 12 and younger this weekend only. We'll be there photographing our favorite costumes and chowing down on our latest obsession, turkey legs. Festival-goers can enjoy a 16th century ... More >>

DaVinci machines exhibit energizes the Denver Pavilions

Get in gear! Discover the DaVinci In You, an exhibit of machines and inventions created by Leonardo DaVinci, has moved into the former Virgin Records space in the Denver Pavilions. It's not quite the stuff at nearby Victoria's Secret, but it's definitely a miraculous body of work. The exhibit, on l ... More >>

Reach for the stars at the Mizel Museum with artists Monica Aiello and Martin Mendelsberg

Detail, "Many Faces of Pele," Monica Aiello. ​Though we don't often give it much thought, art has been locked in a love-clutch with science since the first caveman picked up a cinder and used it to draw on a wall. And while a lot of that has to do with things like chemical reactions, makeup o ... More >>

Inventing the Wheel

Smell-o-vision: Sense BMoCA and the aroma of art

What is that smell?​Using the works of Stephen Batura as inspiration, perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz will combine sight and scent for a live audience tonight at Sense BMoCA, where she will mix up new perfumes on the spot toward the end of answering one of life's most persistent questions: What ... More >>

Prayer One: Behind the scenes with Jeff Puckett and Denver's holiest helicopter

Jeff Puckett, pilot.​ Our latest Westword feature article, "A Wing and a Prayer: Jeff Puckett's Helicopter Gets Denver Closer to God," tells the story of Prayer One, a helicopter ministry started by local businessman Jeff Puckett and his friends five years ago. Now, in this blog post, we bring ... More >>

Arcade Fire takes its time to get where its going as it makes its way through The Suburbs

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Merge)​Montreal's Arcade Fire, whose Grammy-nominated 2004 debut LP Funeral was the indie hit of the last decade, throws somewhat of a curveball on its new, sixteen-cut album, The Suburbs. Thirty-year-old Win Butler earnestly -- and patiently -- comments on modern ... More >>

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