Christian Hawkins Brings Shades of Grey to Colorado Scenes

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’m a seventh generation Coloradan, which is part of the reason why…

Former Marine Tylor Belshe Navigates the Art of War

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. Tylor Belshe is a near-native: He came to Colorado during his sophomore…

History Colorado Storytime Shares Tales With Kids Tomorrow

So, you’ve got a kid? 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 this…

Bright Idea: The Flemmings Create Industrial Art From Junk

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. Oregon-based artists Mandie and Nate Flemming love the Denver art scene so…

Ten Pumpkin Patches and Festivals to Carve Into Your Colorado Calendar

Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin muffins and delicious pumpkin pies: ‘Tis the season for all things pumpkin. And what better way to celebrate our Bronco-colored Colorado bounty than harvesting your very own gourd? There are family-friendly pumpkin patches along the Front Range, as well as feel-good fall festivals. Here are ten that…

Nine Favorite Family-Friendly Corn Mazes in Colorado

Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find yourself, and in an era of 24/7 intel there’s something especially indulgent about spending a blustery autumn day with family and friends, wasting time while wandering through a humungous corn maze. Turn off your iPhone, grab your favorite sweater and get lost…

Home on the Range

Cosplay goes country at FarmFest, the Urban Farm at Stapleton’s fifth annual benefit, featuring an historical reenactment about the mounted soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Drill Team. At FarmFest, you’ll get more than a mere slice of country life. In no particular order, there will be hayrides, pony rides, a…

Cabal Takes Over the Concoctory This Weekend

“The mindset of punk rockers, artists, hackers — it all boils down to the same thing: Critical thinking,” says Concoctory founder Mar Williams. Her hackerspace recently fused with Cabal Enterprises, a nine-person art cooperative supplying South Broadway with hyper-local art, creativity, and DIY, which is more than a mere hobby…

Kaitlin Ziesmer Creates Starstruck Paintings

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’m obviously inspired by film,” says freelance artist Kaitlin Ziesmer, who paints…

HOOTenanny Lands at Audubon Center at Chatfield Saturday

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…

A Colorado Coal Miner’s Great-Granddaughter Paints the Town

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. Alex Graham is part of a rare breed: She’s a fourth-generation Coloradan…

Seven Ways to Celebrate the Fall Equinox

It might still feel like summer with temperatures in the ’80s, but it’s hard to ignore those crunchy amber Aspen leaves accumulating beneath our feet, or the plump Gala apples brightening up waning famers’ market stands. As the sounds, tastes and colors of fall gradually hit Denver, it is time…

Waking Art: James André Paints His Lucid Dreams

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. James André says he’s one of the twelve or thirteen people in…