Near-native Josh Viola, award-winning author of The Bane of Yoto, was frustrated by the commercialization of publishing — so frustrated that he set out to change the way authors are treated by launching Hex Publishers, a local indie press putting out mainstream-quality literature. Now, with the help of co-founder and…
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. “Art is something I’ve always been drawn to — no pun intended,”…
In 2012, the year of the first Denver Comic Con, Pop Culture Classroom released its Storytelling Through Comics curriculum to Denver Public Schools. And for the past three years, proceeds from Denver Comic Con have funded both staffing and supplies for the Classroom, a local nonprofit founded in 2010 (as…
As a kid, Bob Baron would read all the cartoons he could find in the newspapers on the coffee table in the family room. His dad was a journalist, and there were always a few lying around. With the speed of the Flash, he’d consume Walt Kelly’s satirical strip “Pogo,”…
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. TJ Raygun started out as a business major at Metropolitan State University…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we take a look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. “I’m seventy,” says artist Bob Johnson. “I worked at everything: I…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’re looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Photographer John Fielder has a gallery dedicated to his iconic nature photography, John…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Noelle Nelson, a self-taught painter who was born and raised in Denver, graduated…
Mairead Nye, who wrote and published Where’s My Football? when she was twelve, returns to her hometown for a special reading at BookBar from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. But she’s still too young to enjoy one of the spot’s best amenities: Happier Hour. On Thursdays, adults get…
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. “I love the naive, intuitive way children draw,” says Phyllis Ripple, founder…
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. “Growing up, I was always the kind of kid who would commandeer…
Cathy Morrison heralds from small-town Texas, where she spent summers on a family farm surrounded by big flowers and indigenous plants. So moving from Denver to Livermore – “Northwest of Fort Collins, sort of in the middle of nowhere, with a lot of environmentalists around us,” Morrison says – wasn’t…
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. Pastel painting is enjoying a renaissance, and Coloradan Sandy Marvin’s right there…
“Love is my religion,” says Sri Prem Baba. For decades Boulder has been a mecca for enlightened activities and spiritual awakenings, so it’s no wonder that the renowned Brazilian spiritual master will be back in Boulder for Yes to Love, a donation-based, weeklong festival hosted by nonprofit Path of the Heart. Prem…
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. Painter Mike Rogers has his talented hands in several things, and one…
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. “I think most artists feel their work has a spiritual quality, but…
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. “Entertainment art is kind of foreign to a lot of people,” says…
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. “If we can get real for a minute, it’s a family history…
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. Marla Keown joined the Army Reserves before 9/11, “when the thought of…
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 2009, well-known radio talk-show host Jay Marvin went through a debilitating…
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. Charly Fasano’s foray into the art world began with poetry. “I realized…
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. Longtime children’s illustrator Christian Musselman recently launched a fine arts career with…
