Playbill: Three Front Range Shows for January 15-18

You can’t say the local theater scene isn’t diverse: This week’s premieres include one of the world’s happiest musicals, the adventures of a toxic family reunion and a historical drama with a Colorado theme. Keep reading for details. See also: Edge Theater, The Motherfucker with the Hat…

Icebreaker 6 Group Show

Now in its sixth year, Ice Cube Gallery’s annual Icebreaker show has become a tradition, albeit a functional one: Not only is the national juried exhibition an important fundraiser for the co-op, but it also affords gallery members a good look at potential additions to their ranks. “We try to…

Set Trippin’

The Denver standup community has been turning toward new models of improv and sketch comedy in recent months, with ongoing events like the Buddy, Buddy sketch show at Syntax Physic Opera gaining a toehold in the scene. Now, California transplant Zeke Herrera, who was drawn to the strong camaraderie he…

Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Heather Dalton

#42: Heather Dalton As executive producer for Colorado Public Television, Heather Dalton brings local stars and stories to life with shows like Sounds on 29th and Colorado Public Radio’s OpenAir Live & Local, which turn an intimate spotlight on the Denver music scene, as well as such projects as Neal…

Last Shot of 2014: Suzanne Heintz Goes Shopping With the Family

We’ve written before about photographer Suzanne Heintz and her too-perfect mannequin family, husband Chauncey and daughter Mary Margaret, who for a decade-and-a-half have been the subjects of an ongoing project called Life Once Removed. Somehow, Heintz’s ideal family has a way of always falling to pieces, as it did last…

CORE Collaborative Show

For many years, several of Denver’s best-known co-op galleries have kicked off the new year with big member shows — diverse samplers of the kinds of work that gallery-goers will see at smaller one- or two-person shows scheduled throughout the year. But at Core New Art Space, the January teaser…

Misassembly & Laser Party First Friday

Strange but true: Somehow, in our little town, there were two separate collectives — Misassembly and Laser Party — making film-poster art in Denver. “We are essentially two factions of artists and friends who didn’t know we were all doing the same thing,” explains Misassembly’s Daniel Crosier. But now that…

Dreamgirls

As a die-hard fan of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, Ignite Theatre director Keith Rabin had no problem picturing it on stage at Ignite’s home in the Aurora Fox Arts Center as the company’s 2014 season topper. Getting it just right was another story. “I was nervous about finding the right…

Adventure Golf Lights

Most miniature golf courses go to sleep in the winter months, but what do they dream about? At the Hyland Hills-run Adventure Golf and Raceway in Westminster, those dreams are live and lit up in technicolor hues for Adventure Golf Lights, a new holiday lighting attraction with 35,000 strands of…

Kwanzaa 2014

There’s a holiday for everyone, and in parts of the African-American community, today marks Umoja. It’s the first of seven days of Kwanzaa, which kicks off with a nod to unity and, in Denver’s Five Points community, with the lighting of the first candle on the Grand Kinara — a…

Howl New Year’s Eve

Do you make an annual resolution to forgo tacky New Year’s Eve parties — and then forget to keep it? You’re not alone, as proved by the crowds drunkenly tipping champagne glasses and kissing strangers under confetti each year. But there is hope. Howl New Year’s Eve, a soirée and…

Twelve Denver Arts Flashbacks From 2014

As 2014 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what knocked our socks off this year in the Colorado arts world. Got some favorites of your own? Tell us about it in the comments below. See also: Fifteen arts flashbacks from 2013…