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3 things to do for free in Denver this week, May 20-23

Free fun isn't hard to find in Denver this week: You can learn about Jewish culture at the Mizel Museum, catch a zany improv show, or serenade a bar crowd at karaoke. Share more free events in our comments section below, and check out the Westword calendar for a full listing of events. See also: ... More >>

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, February 18-21

The extended Valentine's holiday is over and the wavering Colorado weather is threatening some overdue winter snow, but that's no reason stay in this week. From a day of exploration at the Mizel Museum to a classic pre-talkie Clara Bow film and a night of Do-It-Yourself DJing, there are several fun, ... More >>

An opera's survival of the Holocaust inspired A Journey of the Human Spirit

Running two nights only -- tonight and tomorrow at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts -- A Journey of the Human Spirit is an incredible three-part look at life before, during and after the Holocaust. Based on composer Viktor Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien's fifty-minute opera The Emperor o ... More >>

Holiday Gift Markets: Shop local all weekend...and beyond!

It started a few years ago with a slight buzz, but the concept of buying local has become a resonant holiday-season mantra for urban forward-thinkers. In its wake, handmade holiday markets are thriving, all packed to the rafters with the work of regional crafters, jewelers and artisans. A slew of sa ... More >>

Use Your Noodles

A toast to French and Jewish cuisine, beer dinners and more on the culinary calendar

Happy Monday! There's more than one reason to look forward to hump day this week, including commemorative birthday celebrations for one of our country's most influential foodies. Here the rest of menu:

Joe Wandell on finding his mother, and writing Mekong Joe

Joe Wandell spent a large part of his life wondering who he was, and in his one-man show, Mekong Joe, he invites you in on the search. This isn't one of those all too common protagonist-finding-himself stories, because Wandell's story is anything but common. In 1976, during the U.S. withdrawal from ... More >>

Passage to India

Aurora's not exactly a tourist trap, but you might just visit it anyway

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 >>

Happy New Year: A few artistic resolutions from my FB friends

I never make resolutions or even expect to be able to stick to one; it's my nature to veer, day-to-day, with the winds and the waves. If I'm hungry, I eat. If I want to be alone, I cocoon. That's just me, but I'm not at all against the idea of others making and keeping their own. So because I'm nosy ... More >>

Reel Meets Real

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: An Aquaponic Feast; Blues, Brews and BBQ; and more

​American Craft Beer Week is over, but that doesn't mean all the food-and-drink fun has left the building: Between the annual Blues, Brews and BBQ festival at Beaver Creek Resort and dozens of events closer to home, there's plenty to fill your calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Blog, Blog, Blog

Creating a self-portrait in cyberspace.

Why Dean Singleton's critics should applaud his Mizel Museum award last night

Dean Singleton. Dean Singleton haters, of which there are many, likely gagged on their Cocoa Puffs this morning while reading "Post Owner Gets Honors, Ribbing," a laudatory account of last night's Mizel Museum dinner, during which the MediaNews Group CEO and Post publisher was given the organizatio ... More >>

Today's featured event: Get face to face with the Mizel Museum Artist Alliance

The newly renamed Mizel Museum Artist Alliance wears its modern moniker with pride. Formerly known as the Colorado Jewish Artists Guild, the organization chose its altered designation in order to reflect a more international membership and scope of work. In celebration, the inward-looking art of s ... More >>

Dean Singleton to be honored with 2009 Community Cultural Enrichment Award

MediaNews Group vice chairman and chief executive officer/Denver Post publisher Dean Singleton faces the same kind of bleak economic outlook as any newspaper magnate, albeit with a number of intriguing twists -- among them the potential closure of the Rocky Mountain News, the Post's joint-operatin ... More >>

Musical Medicine

Light From the Desert is a harmonic bid for peace.

Exploring terrorism at the CELL with Governor Ritter

Animal Attractions

Symbiosis examines progress versus nature.

Eyewitness Reports

The message is in the medium at the Mizel Museum's new show.

Round Up

Denver is buzzing with interesting, worthwhile shows.

Unfolding Realities

There's new realism at the Mizel Center, a new spot for the Mizel Museum, and news at the DAM.

Social Studies

Art and politics mix it up in the season opener at Denver's MCA.

Under the Influence

Beauty at Cordell Taylor, ties at RMCAD, trouble at Mizel and an insult hurled at the DAM.

Summer Breaks

Big changes are coming up in Denver's art and architecture ranks.

Detective Stories

A pair of forgotten Jewish artists are rediscovered in Denver.

Sounds Like Fun!

Moonlight Safari

Holy Daze

Combining the Bible with contemporary art gets mixed results at the Singer Gallery.

One of the Righteous

Night & Day

September 10 - 16, 1998

The Great Escape

Thrills for the week

DON'T SAY "CHEESE"

THRILLS