Five Cool Things in Ruby Hill, Athmar Park and Overland

There’s a new game in town starting Saturday: That’s when Denver’s civic health club, Warm Cookies of the Revolution, takes to the streets for the Stompin’ Ground Games, a yearlong series designed to celebrate cultural richness in the city’s thriving and sometimes lesser-known neighborhoods. First up is a love song…

Playbill: Three New Shows and Performances in Denver October 2-4

Interesting surroundings link new plays and performances in Denver this weekend, from Cherry Creek Theater Company’s stage in a carpet store and Theatre Or’s run in a concert venue to Lemon Sponge Cake’s public-art dance commission in a park. Where there’s a will, there’s a way: Here are the specifics…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Jennifer Garner

#10: Jennifer Garner A printmaker and dedicated faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Jennifer Garner honed her curating chops over ten years at Auraria’s Emmanuel Gallery and Metro’s Center for Visual Art. Now she’s on board at Denver International Airport, curating changing exhibits that give thousands of travelers…

Jason Coates of Join Us Around the World Wants to Pay for Your Passport

Need a passport, but you can’t afford one? Jason Coates wants to help, but you’ll have to work fast. The local videographer, humanitarian and world traveler has launched a quickie 24-hour challenge and if you can follow directions, you might be one of four lucky trekker-wannabes who will receive checks to…

Playbill: Three Front Range Dance Events September 24-27

Dance takes center stage — and even the silver screen — this week in Denver, with a performing-arts calendar that includes a stopover by Twyla Tharp’s golden-anniversary tour, a celebration of dance on film, and a fall premiere from Denver’s own Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Twyla Tharp Dance: 50th Anniversary…

Literary Calendar: Five Events in Denver September 21-27

Poetry is big in Denver literary circles this week, as 100 Thousand Poets for Change takes over the city with a series of weekend events and the local slam community sends off its 2015 contender for the Individual World Poetry Slam. And then there’s also a side-trip to literary Iceland…

Gallery Sketches: Five New Shows in Denver for September 18-20

It’s a banner week for art in Denver, headlined by the September 18 opening of Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty at MCA Denver. But there’s so much more — layers and layers of it — as galleries and local artists celebrate image and process with challenging installations and variations of mixed media…

Photos: Snowboard on the Block in RiNo

Despite September temps that felt like the height of summer, pro snowboarders hit the rail yard — built on 35 tons of manmade snow shipped in to the streets of RiNo for the occasion — at last weekend’s Vans Pro Jam at Snowboard on the Block. The event also included…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Jerry De La Cruz

#11: Jerry De La Cruz Artist Jerry De La Cruz, who nows splits his time between studios in Denver and Miami, has been a force in the local Chicano art movement for more than forty years. His signature magic realism is all his own, sometimes tapping into cultural roots and…

Gallery Sketches: Four New Shows in Denver September 10-13

Fall brings variety to Denver galleries: From abstract visions and incisive figurative worlds to contemporary folk pieces, there’s art for every taste this weekend. Here’s where to find it. New Works: Heather Patterson and Barbara Sorensen, with Mark Penner Howell, Patricia Finley and Mel Rea in the back gallery Walker…

Playbill: Four New Shows and Theater Events in Denver, September 10-13

This season Denver stages offer theatrical fare from our own back yard and across the nation on levels both intimate and brashly big-budget. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the best local openings this weekend. Colorado Theatre Festival Robert and  Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education 1101 13th Street…

Photos: The Games People Played at Tacti-con 2015

Tacti-con is a fan convention that focuses on games — from old-fashioned board games to the vast universe of the gaming cyberworld. And for those who tired of sitting around tables and staring at screens, Tacti-con also offered zombie-hunting and cosplay diversions. Photographer Danielle Lirette got into the game this…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Kent Thompson

#12: Kent Thompson In his ten years of working magic as director of the Denver Center Theatre Company, Kent Thompson, who came here after years with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, has seen — and exacted — change in how the DCTC and regional theater in general present work both immediately…

Gallery Sketches: Three New Shows in Denver for September 4-6

First Friday kicks off the holiday weekend with new exhibits big and small, including Jokes of Nature, an ambitious group show showcasing the art of the grotesque at RedLine, and Denver culture jammer Peter Miles Bergman’s retrospective at Dateline. And then there are these one-of-a-kind gems, lighting up arts districts…

Gallery Preview: Jokes of Nature, Opening September 4 at RedLine

The art of the grotesque has staying power, as RedLine development director Geoffrey Shamos, a scholar of Renaissance art from northern Europe, and local contemporary artist Donald Fodness, who has an affinity for the style in modern times, will both tell you. In the present, the genre in all its…

Playbill: Three New Plays in Denver September 4-6

Theater is back on track, with many fall season offerings debuting on Labor Day Weekend. From Aurora’s Vintage Theatre to Lakewood’s acclaimed Edge Theater and the Bug in Denver, the pickings are suddenly looking good. Any Given Monday Vintage Theatre  Friday, September 4 through October 25 7:30 p.m. Fridays and…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Peter Miles Bergman

#13: Peter Miles Bergman Peter Miles Bergman is well schooled in both art activism and the craftsmanship of modern communication arts, and when he’s not teaching at Metropolitan State University Denver, he’s printing books and zines and creating art pranks in cahoots with the Institute of Sociometry, a guerrilla art…