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Photos: Chez Artiste reopens today with new walls, floors and seats

By Elyse Mitchell
Oct 26, 2012

Whew! After three weeks of closed doors -- behind which massive renovations were taking place -- local independent film haven the Chez Artiste is new, improved and reopened. Movie-goers will notice a huge range of improvements throughout the space, including new Barco Digital Projection, upgrades to the theater's sound and...
Photos: Stovall Costilow Collective blends a tattoo studio with an art gallery

By Elyse Mitchell
Oct 26, 2012

Stovall Costilow Collective is a new tattoo parlor located at 230 West 6th Avenue -- and it's also a gallery representing divine and abstract art of all kinds. Jeremy Costilow, tattoo artist and wood worker for the months-old business, says the group plans to hold regular shows in the space...
Coolest wedding ever? Adventurous couple gets married inside a wind tunnel

By Elyse Mitchell
Oct 19, 2012

A very special wedding took place at Skyventure Colorado last week between two daredevil lovers. Instead of opting for a church, the romantic adventurers held their ceremony inside the facility's vertical wind tunnel, where family and friends gathered for love and moral support. Once the "I do's" were said and...
Photos: Sign artist Kevin Hennessy's ten favorite pieces around Denver

By Elyse Mitchell
Oct 18, 2012

Local artist Kevin Hennessy's favorite pieces tell you where to go and where you are. His trademark sign art is located all over the city, including Caboose Hobbies, the Curtis Park Creamery, a Suburban Toppers wall, Capitol Hill Books, Fahrenheit Books, Carniceria Jalisco, Tacito Jalisco, an abandoned building at 33rd...
Photos: Behind the scenes as a famous Van Gogh is uncrated and hung

By Elyse Mitchell
Oct 10, 2012

Today at the Denver Art Museum, employees uncrated and hung a very special piece by Vincent Van Gogh. In this particular painting, "Edge of a Wheatfield with Poppies," Van Gogh lightened up his palette considerably, using magentas against indigo with crisp reds. The piece will join more than seventy others...

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