You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Artist Natalia Musalem of NM Photography came to Denver because she wanted…
One day, we’re all going to die. But, according to local geo-dreamscape artist Gemma Bayly, this prognosis isn’t so grim. In her enlightening exhibition, You Are Going to Die and That is OK, Bayly skillfully explicates the notion that death doesn’t exist. “It’s a condition of the space-time continuum and…
Author Ralph Ellison, whose novel Invisible Man became an instant classic, provided important insights into an array of subjects, from the craft of fiction and homegrown American idioms of jazz and blues to the 21st-century political movements that still define our nation. But University of Colorado English Professor and New…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Suzanne Heintz, a local local photographer and self-proclaimed spinster, recently saw her…
So, you’ve got a kid, huh? Whether it’s your own rambunctious preschooler or the bratty nephew you’ve been charged with keeping alive for the next five hours, the most important thing is leaving your house where valuables are liable to be destroyed and seeking refuge on somebody else’s property. In…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. In honor of the heartfelt holiday ahead, husband-and-wife duo Rob and Jen…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. After spending much of his early career doing commercial art, Tony Achilles…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Michigan-born Kitty Marini is one cat with more than nine lives: She’s…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. When you buy glasswork from artist Sally Van Der Kamp, who works…
As my friends and I approach and then swiftly pass the thirty-year mark, I must admit that all of those overused phrases like “dirty thirty” and “flirty thirty” are more troublesome to my poor ears than the horrible, cacophonous symphony my children have been creating with leftover holiday cookie tins…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Retirement isn’t looking so quiet for baseball-loving Kyle Bannister, the second-career artist…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Newbie artist Maggie Osterbauer of Wet Paint Designs is currently carving out…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Colorado native and outdoorsman Greg Marquez of Artquez can’t get enough of…
You’ve seen their work lining the walls of your favorite coffee shops. Maybe you’ve done a double take while sipping your double latte, admiring — or perhaps despising (sad emoticon) — a certain piece that you spy from your seat. But what you probably haven’t seen are the faces behind…
If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of meeting Rick Griffith — he calls himself design director, but we prefer “letterpress king” — you can get to know the typographer behind the hair at tonight’s MATTER’s 14th Annual Print Sale and Party, which the King and his posse are throwing…
Colorado mom and author Patti Wheeler began traveling with her sons before they could walk, and what unfolded is a family tradition — a legacy, really — with far-reaching implications on the environment, and possibly even humanity. See also: Denver author KG Karmichael celebrates uniqueness with her book on Breck,…
In a transitory town like Denver, many new parents find themselves stationed hundreds of miles from kin — and some moms, myself included, struggle to make it through the first year, feeling isolated while experiencing postpartum depression or struggling with breastfeeding. So, if it takes a village to raise a…
KG Karmichael has just published her new book, Breck the Floppy Eared Husky, with illustrator John Rose. Technically, the book is labeled middle grade, which means it’s for the twelve-and-under demographic. But if there’s anything The Hunger Games and Stargirl have taught us, it’s that even the most grown-up grownups…
That pecan pie packs plenty of calories, but you can preemptively burn them off today at the 40th Annual Mile High United Way Turkey Trot in Washington Park. Last year, more than 9,500 runners registered, and upwards of 20,000 attended the celebrated trot, which Forbes has called one of the…
This year, why not think outside the ubiquitous and well-wrapped gift box and plan a holiday party your friends will never forget? Here are ten unexpected places to throw a surprisingly great bash. See also: Dear Stoner: Can we light up at parties now?…
Treat your friends, family members and random one-night stands to something out-of-the-ordinary this holiday season: Throw your traditional soiree at one of these offbeat, quirky and totally unforgettable spots. See also: Beer calendar: Get hopping with big cans, chefs and holiday brews…
