University of Colorado at Denver

Sugar daddies really are sexy and rich, says dating website CEO

We recently shared a study by University of Colorado academics whose results contradicted sugar-daddy-and-cougars stereotypes. Their analysis suggested that people who marry much older or younger partners are seldom either wealthy or attractive. Au contraire, insists Brandon Wade, CEO of SeekingArr ... More >>

Womenswear Wednesdays: Snow day street-style spectacular

With the recent onslaught of snow hitting Denver, many people are dressing for warmth and comfort instead of a stylish spring. Still, a few women managed to inject some fun into their snow-day looks. Continue reading to see a sampling of frosty female fashion, and what practical accessories these la ... More >>

Tomorrow's Iron Pour promises hot art

Since 2005, the CU Denver Iron Pour has been an "annual rite of spring," with professional and student artists crafting tile sculptures carved with molten iron. Not only does the Iron Pour result in pieces that viewers can take home with the, but it also gives them an amazing look at the creative pr ... More >>

Auraria neighborhood "doomed," predicted 1975 campus impact study

Strange things happen when you poke around the "Ghosts of Auraria," as we did in this week's feature on whether certain promises, supposedly made to the community when the college campus was built, were ever kept. This week, one alert reader presented us with a rare copy of a study generated 38 ye ... More >>

Photos: American Indian groups protest at 16th Street Mall, bombard Canadian Consulate

It was quite cold in Denver today where hundreds of people gathered just outside the Canadian consulate to stand in solidarity with indigenous groups in that country who are fighting with the government there over a wide range of issues. But organizers of the local protest said supporters of First N ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street enters the classroom at UCD next semester

Hey, remember Occupy Wall Street? The almost-revolution that rallied Americans to address our ever-widening income gap, yet ultimately splintered into obscurity due to idealistic infighting? Yes, that one. While the movement is mostly behind us, it played a major role in the last election. And that' ... More >>

Director's pick: Four feature films in the Silent Film Festival and why they're great

The 35mm films are in place, and the University of Colorado Denver music students have their instruments ready. The Denver Silent Film Festival runs tomorrow through Sunday at the King Center on the Auraria campus, with screenings of silent-era classics and some lesser-known gems. We asked artisti ... More >>

Before the Talkies

Marijuana: Amendment 64 support letter signed by more than 100 college professors

As Barack Obama was visiting CSU, where he was greeted by 13,000 supporters and an attack sign with a typo, the folks behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, released a letter with an academic flavor. It features the signatures of 100-plus professors who back the measure, inclu ... More >>

Photo: Young man shows off wounds he says he got at Aurora theater shooting

The front page of Reddit.com right now is topped by this story: "i am one of the 50 wounded in the aurora theatre shooting. here are a few photos of my very lucky but nonethless terrifying brush with death. my thoughts go out to those less fortunate than me." Below are photos he shared with the onl ... More >>

Marijuana study latest evidence MMJ doesn't boost teen use, advocate says

A just-released study associated with the University of Colorado Denver finds no link between teen marijuana use and the legalization of medical marijuana; read the report below. Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente sees these results as more evidence that regulating pot actually causes a decrease in ... More >>

UCD's new conservatism class is funded by...conservatives

A Date with an Artist

Reader: Metro State's $95,000 payment for a new name hardly unprecedented

The revelation, from a Kyle Garratt post, that Metro State spent six years and $95,000 to choose a new name only one word different from the old one didn't come as a shock to one reader. She offers another example of how much a word can cost.

Matt Toole offers iron performance and lecture at UCD

The University of Colorado Denver is firing up its College of Arts & Media this week by bringing in iron sculptor and performance artist Matt Toole for a lecture tonight and live pour tomorrow.

Tantric Picasso: "That alchemy is so precious and nurturing"

Tantric Picasso (due Thursday, February 2 at the Bluebird Theater) started in 2008 among a group of friends who met at school, which is typical enough, but in naming the band, the fivesome created a personal mythology (partly detailed below) that is somewhat embodied in the name with hints of the es ... More >>

Colorado Business Committee for the Arts announces finalists for 2012 awards

Supporting the arts is just good business. That's the basic message of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, which was founded in 1985 and has grown to over 130 members, just announced the finalists for the 25th annual CBCA Business for the Arts Awards. And not only does this award come with ... More >>

Gene Sobczak returns to head the Colorado Symphony Orchestra

​Gene Sobczak, who was a VP and marketing guru for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra when he left in 2007 to head the Arvada Center, will soon be making beautiful music with the CSO again: The symphony board has appointed him to replace interim director Jim Copenhaver, who returned this fall to ... More >>

Reader: Drunk drivers are more lethal than stoned ones

In our post about a University of Colorado Denver study that found traffic fatalities declined in medical marijuana states, weed advocate Mason Tvert argued that pot smokers drive more cautiously than do those who use alcohol and get behind the wheel. This statement spurred a lively conversation exe ... More >>

Med. marijuana laws = 9 percent traffic-death decline, 5 percent beer-sales dip, study finds

The subject of driving under the influence of marijuana has been much debated in these parts. A bill to set a THC driving limit was shelved in May, shortly before an HDNet report demonstrated pot-related driving impairment -- and in August, the Colorado Department of Transportation launched a drugge ... More >>

Green River Vibe

Sun Comes Up
CAM Records

Political protest has a lively history in Denver

Owen Kortz Trio

Owen Kortz Trio
Self-released

DeVotchKa slated to perform at University of Colorado Denver this Friday night

​If you happen upon a bunch of starry-eyed students in caps and gowns this Saturday at the University of Colorado Denver's commencement ceremony, don't be surprised. And don't automatically assume that the looks of utter euphoria plastered to their faces are because they're graduating.

Debate points: The Pride gets a free discussion panel tonight

Is this poster too rainbow-y? YOU decide.​Solve one set of problems, get another. That's the central theme of Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride, now playing at the Paragon Theatre, which takes a look at the relationships of three characters transposed onto different eras: In 1958, Oliver, Philip ... More >>

Tantric Picasso

Life's a Bitch and Then You Die So Why Not Laugh Until You Cry?
Goose Records

Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead

Artbeat: Memory Trips shines a light on the civil-rights era

Sweeping the Sidewalk

Sweet Mixers

Potty pistol: Gun misfires in Auraria campus women's restroom, police searching for witness

Auraria Campus students walk the hallway of the South Classroom building as police section off the woman's restroom.​Auraria campus police are looking for a woman whose 9mm pistol accidentally fired in a woman's bathroom stall in classroom building this morning. No one was hurt, police say, an ... More >>

Spring LoriFling

Strike While the Iron Is Hot

Cuba Libre

Mini Makeover

Things are looking up at BMoCA.

Wake-Up Call: The rest is history

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the "Rush to the Rockies." As rumors of the May 1859 gold find echoed back east, hordes of fortune-hunters started the arduous trek across the plains to the confluence of the Platte and Cherry Creek. Many never made it to what was then the Kansas Territory; ... More >>

The Place to Be

A Beaux Arts Ball will raise money for UCD’s architecture and planning school.

Hearty warriors of Hyperborea at Tuba Christmas

There must have been a time, in sunnier days, when the idea of 400 tubas playing holiday tunes in Skyline Park sounded like a really cool idea. In fact, the Tuba Christmas Concert, now in its 29th year in downtown Denver, bills itself as "one of the most celebrated and longest-running holiday fest ... More >>

CU's hospital plays the branding game

UCD Prof Asks: Just How Long Is Your Fifteen Minutes?

Iron Wills

The Western Cast Iron Art Conference takes over the town.

Spiked

Spike Lee talks about doing the right thing.

Brain Food

From Russia, Without Love

Hackers are selling rape porn through university websites -- including student pages at UCD.

Winging It

Quantum Leap

Sci-fi meets high art at the Mizel Center.

Best News for Movie Buffs

The Starz Encore Film Center

Artbeat

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Art Beat

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.