#63: Selah Saterstrom Much-published author Selah Saterstrom grew up in the Deep South, which she writes about in such works of indie fiction as The Meat and Spirit Plan and The Pink Institution (both published by Coffee House Press). When she’s not writing, she’s busy teaching at and running the…
This week’s literary picks bounce between a promising novelist’s debut, a pop star’s foray into fiction and a bookish wine tasting; read on for all the details. See also: The ten best comedy events in Denver this August…
It’s First Friday and the first day of August, so it should be a fine, balmy summer night for exploring the art districts, from Santa Fe Drive to RiNo. Here are a few one-of-a-kind shows to see, tonight and through the weekend. See also: Photos: The Heads of Hydra couple…
The Denver County Fair, now in its fourth year, was conceived as a big, fat blue-ribbon love letter to everything that’s cool about Denver, from local artists and a healthy geek culture to, yes, legalized pot. So it’s only fair that this year’s poetry contest has an I Heart Denver…
Lovers are already collaborators in life, but what happens when they collaborate as artists? Some would say that a deeper understanding comes into play under the circumstance, that couples creativity is different, perhaps more intimate, and rooted in unspoken simpatico. That’s what Lovers Collaborations, a group project of the Heads…
In its fourth year, the ultra-urban Denver County Fair has edged a lot closer to becoming world-famous, and with good reason: Organizers Dana Cain, Tracy Weil and Andrew Novick work hard to constantly reinvent and improve the overall event while hanging on tightly to what’s tried and true, like the…
In the beer-obsessed state of Colorado, a brewer has to try hard to make something really different. And the Lovibond series, a trio of sudsy events hosted this year by Imbibe Denver and the Colorado Brewers Guild, definitely qualifies. The second in this string of taste-fests-with-a-twist, Sesh Fest, focuses on…
In addition to Adam Stone’s experimental work at Buntport, a cat circus and square product theatre’s multidisciplinary work in Boulder (see below), this weekend yields a unique playwriting festival, a classic musical and a one-night ode to old-time radio. Check out these onstage diversions. See also: Concrete Realities: SLAB…
#64: Joseph Coniff Like many of Denver’s notable emerging artists, Joey Coniff got off to a fast start after leaving the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and the mentorship of Clark Richert, climbing aboard with Rule Gallery right out of the chute. It’s not hard to see why:…
When the Cinderella City mall opened its doors in Englewood in the ’60s, it was state of the art in an almost Disney-esque fashion, all light and fountains and lofty arches, with a movie theater and the quaint Cinder Alley, a tchotchke lane where the hippie kids shopped. But, like…
This week in the local lit world, you can learn everything you ever needed to know about sleep, laugh it up at a book-signing by a comedian who’s taken to writing young-adult novels, or watch authors’ stories come alive onstage — and still have time to go home and get…
It’s summer, when the co-ops chug along with regularly scheduled member shows — and sometimes, the art spills outdoors. Here are some new-show picks to help get you artfully through the weekend. See also: Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy: I Think I Feel Something…
#65: Jeffrey Dante Campbell A longtime fixture on the local hip-hop scene as the rapper Apostle and founder of the youth-friendly Colorado Hip-Hop Coalition, Jeff Campbell’s been around the block — and ventured away from it — over the past two decades, before coming back with a bang: Last fall,…
While it’s not unusual these days to find an artist moving from medium to medium with ease, Paul Sietsema seems to do it in a completely original way, says MCA Denver curator Nora Burnett Abrams, who has just finished pulling together the exhibition Paul Sietsema: Films and Works. The show…
The photogram, or “cameraless photography,” one of the most primitive photographic techniques, first gained attention in the 1930s through the experimentation of artists like Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Pablo Picasso and others, who made images by placing and exposing objects directly on light-sensitive material, leaving a negative image behind. More…
In 1944, Lena Baker became the only woman ever to die in the electric chair in the state of Georgia. The black woman with a checkered past was sentenced to death by a jury of white men during a five-hour trial for killing her white employer — and abusive lover…
Where there is legal pot, there’s bound to be pot art. Denver artist Michael Canada is banking on the assumption that if people in Colorado can smoke pot in their homes, perhaps they’ll want some pot-inspired imagery over their mantels to go along with it. Although there’s no way to…
All aboard! The transformed Union Station officially opens today, showing off a $54 million remodeling project that added a fancy hotel and fifteen exciting restaurants and retail stores, including everything from a compact Tattered Cover outpost to Stoic & Genuine, the tony new eatery from Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch…
Summer is a mixed bag at metro-area stages, where the local companies entertain with audience-friendly fare, new play festivals and Shakespeare under the stars. And there’s more, so what will you see this weekend? Here are a few ideas. See also: Dance Fever: The Vail International Dance Festival…
#66: Matt Barton Artist Matt Barton hails from Colorado Springs, where he teaches at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and creates fantasy worlds in video and installation, in which animals talk and strange landscapes shimmer and people walk through prismatic lights. In these playgrounds for adults, Barton invites…
Lions and dragons and boats took over Sloan’s Lake Park this past weekend as thousands braved the heat to eat, shop and play at the 2014 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival. The culture of the Philippines was showcased this year, but entertainment included everything from Japanese taiko drumming and martial arts…
This weekend’s openings are in a range of venues, everything from project spaces in living rooms and storefronts to boutiques to tried-and-true co-ops. And just as the galleries themselves scream variety, so do the shows. See also: Ween Machine: Irreverent Eclectic…
