Art by Carlos Fresquez.
I’m a Denver native who snuck away for seven years to live in San Francisco until circumstances called me back. A lot of people thought I was plain out of my mind to come back here, where the culture just doesn’t engulf the city like that famous San Franciscan fog. But I found myself explaining again and again that you have to hit Denver’s cultural communities like you hit a vein of gold ore: They exist, richly, in wildly creative pockets -- but you have to fin
Mark MangerJimmy Sellars, master of the G.I. Joe doll, won the 2007 MasterMind for visual arts.
By the time we chose our third class of MasterMinds, we were beginning to feel like Ed McMahon. People were catching on to our sneaky fact-checking phone calls in February, wondering if they were about to get a knock on the door and a big check. But somehow, we still managed to come up with surprising new choices for our MasterMinds -- our efforts aided and abetted by two classes of MasterMind alums.
Buntport Versus, the younger cousin of the alternating-third-Tuesday Buntport Theater pastimes Pecha Kucha Night and Teacher's Pet, might just be the most compelling offering in the series. First of all, it shows off the old Buntport improvisational versatility to perfection. And secondly, it introduces audiences to Denver's underground cool factor, by showcasing a different creative opponent every three months.
The set-up? The Buntport troupe goes mano a mano against a talented someone
