Arts & Culture

From up-and-coming talents like Nicole Byer, Hannah Gadsby and Hari Kondabolu to TV fixtures like Chelsea Handler, Trevor Noah and JB Smoove, comedy permeates the May air like springtime pollen in May 2019.

Of Places & Spaces includes stunning work by Sandy Kinnee, Homare Ikeda and Patrick Marold.

Boulder-based spoken-word master Andrea Gibson talks about the new poem “America, Reloading,” which takes aim at the NRA.

It’s a good week to get out there and encounter some of the names and books that inspire us on legendary and literary levels.

House of Pod, which was co-founded with the nonprofit Amped, is seeking to diversify Denver’s podcasting scene with “From the Margins to the Center,” a new podcast incubator developing shows created by women of color who’ve been historically underrepresented across all fields of media.

This is the second phase of an Artspace project in that city.

There’s so much to do at StarFest 2019 that there’s almost too much to do…so here are seven suggestions of things you don’t want to miss in one of Denver’s favorite fan-weekends.

Denver-based circus company Rainbow Militia launches its “Zabiti 10x the Impact” tour of Denver’s low-income neighborhoods. The free shows will feature collaborations with local artists, musicians, and performers, as well as local businesses and nonprofits.

The Southwest Chief Bicycle and Comedy Festival chugs into town May 2.

Boulder dancer Joanna Rotkin began teaching free improvisational-dance classes for adults in 2003, inviting people with little or no experience to experiment with their bodies.

It’s a weekend of new galleries and old standbys, gorgeous traditional gallery shows, pop-ups and futuristic musings in the local art world.

This is the first Museo de las Americas show curated by Frank Lucero.

Artspace’s plan to build 85 units of affordable housing and 3,000 square feet of workshop and performance space for artists in the RiNo Art District has collapsed.