“Have you heard of Gillette Syndrome?” That’s the question Cortney Stell, Black Cube executive director and chief curator, poses as she begins to describe this Thursday’s The New Denver + New Brutal discussion. “If a city grows really, really fast, a sense of community wanes. Gillette Syndrome is named after a…
Break out your studded belt and that old pair of Converse signed in marker by Bert McCracken and Kenny Vasoli, because Emo Night LA is coming to Denver. On Tuesday, December 8, twenty-somethings and former scene queens can cry their eyeliner off for Taking Back Tuesday at the Marquis Theatre…
The smell of beard oil and beef jerky is hanging in the air; if you listen closely, you can hear the sounds of woodcarving and someone choking on hot sauce. This can only mean one thing: The men are here. Today more than eighty male vendors (and some co-ed teams)…
After a day of chowing down on plate after plate of stuffing and chugging Riunite by the jug, Black Friday shouldn’t be anyone’s priority. This year, just nurse your hangover today so that you’re in fine form to shop local on Small Business Saturday. Metro Denver is full of independent…
When an elderly man walked into his familiar barbershop in Lakewood last week, he found Cannibal Corpse blaring and a giant Ouija board instead of a quiet waiting room. His normal barber had been replaced with technicolor-haired and tattooed stylists, who informed him that Seven Sins Salon had taken over…
This Friday — Friday the 13th, to be exact — a group of MFA candidates at the University of Colorado will tap into people’s superstitions with a spooky, site-specific, one-night-only exhibition at the Newhouse Hotel. Vacancy? No, their pop-up exhibit, will feature works in a variety of mediums inspired by the aesthetics…
Like most Denver residents, Black Cube artist fellow Derrick Velasquez has grown accustomed to seeing apartment building after apartment building appear throughout the city. The “blocked, stacked and stereotypical-colored” boxes are the inspiration for his upcoming exhibition, New Brutal, which will debut tomorrow in the future home of the Stanley…
After nearly a decade of bringing bicycle erotica to big screens around the world, Bike Smut is pedaling its final tour through Denver this weekend. For the last nine years, a community of cyclists and sex-positive individuals have consistently submitted short erotic films to be shown at Bike Smut’s live…
If you grow it, you should show it. The Boulder Facial Hair Club is gearing up for its third annual Beard and Moustache Competition on Saturday, October 24, and hundreds of men (and dozens of women) are already packing their beard oil and costumes in preparation for the hair-raising event…
In the fall of 1991, Jennifer “JP” McPherson was putting on her makeup and rounding up the Transylvanians for their midnight production at <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</em> at the Esquire Theatre. She was the cast manager for the troupe and was about to take the stage as a very pregnant…
Something big is coming to Denver. It will tower over some buildings, and be seen from blocks away. It will be blue, and it will be startling. At first glance, it will look familiar — but you may need a few minutes to place exactly where you’ve seen it before…
“Fighting Time” is one of the standout tracks on Cynics & Saints, the debut full-length from singer-songwriter Lara Ruggles. It’s brooding, poetic, and angry as hell. Ruggles hurls threats with her impressive vocal range: “It’s fighting time, and I need to see blood on the floor/Whether it’s mine or yours.”…
“My greatest hope is to provide people with a completely immersive experience, enveloping them in this world,” says Desireé Holman, an interdisciplinary artist whose work has a self-described “arm of anthropology.” The California-based artist is now putting the finishing touches on her exhibit Sophont in Action that will launch the Black Cube…
The nostalgia for Pueblo’s once-iconic Phil’s Radiator closing was just starting to taper off when the unthinkable happened: the all-ages music venue had been revived. In January, Westword reported on the punk haven closing, which caused the masses to take to social media to express their disappointment and share memories…
“We have bears, we have mountain lions and guess what? We have Bigfoot,” says Michael Johnson, a founding member of Sasquatch Investigations of the Rockies who just opened the Bigfoot, Yowie and Yeti store. Johnson’s fascination with Bigfoot started 25 years ago. “I found some footprints out by Pikes Peak on a…
In an ever-evolving art scene, a new space will challenge Denver’s perception of the typical museum. Black Cube, a large container and “nomadic contemporary art museum” set to launch at the end of September, will function as a pop-up exhibition space, a gallery and a museum shop that will travel…
What do disco, a dress made out of condoms and Celia Cruz have in common? They are all part of COLOR’s seventeenth annual Viva la Diva fundraiser this Friday. COLOR, short for Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, hosts this event each year to raise awareness for reproductive…
In the fast-changing neighborhood of Jefferson Park, Amy and Doug Yetman are hoping to create a sense of community with the new Jefferson Park Farm and Flea Market, which debuts Saturday, August 8. The Yetmans are the masterminds behind the annual Horseshoe and Holiday markets that have been taking place in…
Had you walked into Bardo Coffee House last Sunday afternoon, you would have seen four dudes — one wearing a shirt with cats on it — crammed onto a couch, trying not to spill tea on themselves or the one female member of their group, who perched comfortably in the…
The Biennial of the Americas has already given Denver a marching band continuously walking across the street, Spanish karaoke and orchestral dinosaur calls. Tomorrow members of the Playground Ensemble will team up with young composers to present New Music NOW! The Playground Ensemble is a group of classical musicians who…
A rocket scientist, a poet and a barista walk into a bar…no, make that the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s pop-up Poetry and Performance Café at 1550 Wewatta Street, in the Biennial Pavilion. The spot will debut on July 15, when Steam (STEM+Art) Day will give special emphasis to the importance…
Creating a link from one community to another is a central theme of the 2015 Biennial of the Americas. Visiting artist Marcela Armas wanted to dig deeper into that theme — quite literally. Since her work focuses on the intersection of arts, science and technology, after being invited to crease…
