Tonight the Colorado Photographic Arts Center will be all lit up inside and out for the opening of Phos: Light Today, a splendid Month of Photography show that deals with the role of light in photography and multimedia art. But in the coming months, CPAC will be winding down in…
Love books and contemporary fiction? If you happen to be in the vicinity of Aspen this winter evening, there’s a book lover’s paradise awaiting: The ski town’s annual Winter Words series continues tonight at 6 p.m. with a conversation between the talented novelist Karen Russell, whose Swamplandia! earned her a…
The LIDA Project will be in typical form, brewing a maelstrom of dark humor, technology and human hopes and dreams in a black-box pot, when the troupe’s latest project, R.U.R./lol, opens tonight in work | space at the Laundry on Lawrence. The new play is based loosely on Czech author…
On Saturday, Westword celebrated its ninth class of MasterMinds — artistic adventurers who are changing the landscape of Denver. Here’s our third winner: Rebecca Peebles and Danette Montoya were two baristas with art degrees, living the artist’s life, both seeking places to show their work and disappointed by the prospect…
What do Westword MasterMinds do once they’ve been so designated? Sometimes, maybe even often, they find ways to spread it around and pay it forward, by offering opportunities to young artists and designers just coming up. And that’s exactly what the three dedicated MasterMinds who comprise Powerhaüs — fashion designer…
On Saturday, Westword celebrated its ninth class of MasterMinds — artistic adventurers who are changing the landscape of Denver. Here’s our second winner: Long ago, poet Julie Carr and her partner, Tim Roberts, decided what they wanted to do, and it all fell together in Denver after that. “Way back…
#88: Mark Sink Mark Sink’s pedigree as a fine art photographer and arts mover in Denver goes way back, more than thirty years. And its roots sink even deeper: His great-grandfather James L. Breese founded the Camera Club of NY and before that, Breese’s uncle, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, not…
Remember The Book of Mormon? The musical from Coloradans and Broadway darlings Matt Stone and Trey Parker flew through here just last summer, electrifying Denver audiences, or at least the folks who were lucky to snag its fast-disappearing tickets. But if you missed it the first time around, here’s your…
Black History Month wouldn’t be complete without an installment of donnie l. betts’s Black Radio Days, the live radio show that picks up where the first nationwide African-American radio drama, produced in Chicago by Richard Durham more than sixty years ago, left off. That boundary-breaking program, Destination Freedom, dramatized the…
Regis University’s Concert for a Cause series is dishing up a whopper tonight, all in the name of the Eating Disorder Foundation, which will benefit from performances by more than twenty acts, including professionals and students alike. Organized by student Zoe Vlastos, a psychology major who turns about to be…
The idea of a black Odyssey, inspired by Homer’s ancient Greek yarn, isn’t a new one: One version, a modernized drama, just hit the stage as a dramatic reading at the Denver Center Theatre Company’s New Play Summit. But veteran Denver poet SETH’s version, a new poetic memoir called A…
Artist Tracy Tomko thinks Michael Benninghoven’s little Love Gallery could use some extra attention, but she still couldn’t believe that the February slot was actually open there when Benninghoven — who even works under the tagger’s name “Love” — invited her to curate a show. “When I heard it was…
Late last year, a collective of local artists shared the stage for an exhibit, Stuff(ed), which focused on the subject “soft.” Inspired by the writings of Félix Guattari that explore how shape and medium can make art more approachable, the group, led by Pirate co-op member Theresa Anderson, enlisted curatorial…
We here at Westword really don’t mind telling you that Artopia is dazzling. There’s nothing else in town quite like the annual arts circus put on by ours truly at multiple Golden Triangle venues every February; the affair throws together the city’s best in random performers, live music and DJs,…
The Denver Art Museum’s Untitled series is always an adventure in art appreciation, with its imaginative slates of hands-on cultural activities, demonstrations, entertainment and downright silliness. But until now, we don’t think it’s ever been dominated by a people-generated American Idol vibe. That’s about to change when Untitled #54: Turf…
Artist Dylan Scholinski has been on an unending mission to offer help through art to young people struggling with issues of sexuality and suicide; for close to 25 years, he says, he’s done everything possible to keep the doors of his Sent(a)Mental Studios and Haven Youth Project open, offering whole…
Denver Comic Con streaked out the gate last summer in its inaugural year; in 2013, the popular fan convention is already on track to surpass last year’s success, at least from the looks of the guest list. Yesterday, DCC announced that New York Times bestselling graphic novelist and illustrator Chris…
Folks don’t usually think of turning Presidents’ Day into a party with drinking games. This most humble of three-day weekends is often associated with mattress sales and sanctioned hooky-playing, not necessarily the beloved national heroes it was meant to honor. But KGNU Community Radio is out to combine both the…
Month of Photography 2013 officially begins on March 1, but Alicia Bailey’s tiny temple to book-art, Abecedarian Gallery, is getting a head start tonight, when Photo Book Works, an international exhibition of artists’ books incorporating photos and photographic processes, opens in conjunction with the Third Friday Artwalk on Santa Fe…
#93: Evan Weissman Evan Weissman already deserves the Colorado Creative designation as a member of the wildly creative Buntport Theater (the whole troupe was honored as such when they received a Westword MasterMind award back in 2005 as part of the inaugural class). But then, late last year, he came…
If you’re at all familiar with Buntport, you already know that its latest original work, Wake, will not really resemble its inspiration, Shake-speare’s The Tempest. Somehow, Buntport’s imaginative crew will find a unique way to deconstruct the story. “We’re calling it a ‘corruption of The Tempest,’” explains company member Brian…
We watched from the comfort of our undisturbed homes when Japan’s Tohoku coast was devastated in 2011 by a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami. But for author Gretel Ehrlich (This Cold Heaven, The Future of Ice and The Solace of Open Spaces), it wasn’t enough to commiserate from afar. Already…
