The resurrected Rule Gallery in the Hinterland space in RiNo is presenting Red@Rule: Love and War, in which nearly all the pieces prominently feature the color red. In mounting a show based on red, the new Rule is taking a page from the old Rule’s exhibition playbook. Back in 1996,…
Ice try! Hockey legends face off Friday on an open-air ice rink in the center of Coors Field, followed by the regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. And we’re giving away tickets to both events in the Coors Light Stadium Series. This particular…
I love to read. Love it. How much do I love reading? One year, when I was of college age but not in college and only intermittently employed, I read almost 400 books, averaging just a hair over one a day, all year. That’s a lot of love. Yet somehow, despite…
One of the sweetest homegrown creations to emerge in the Colorado film community in recent years is Davey B. Gravey’s Tiny Cinema: a mobile, four-seat screening room for short, silent Super 8mm films, complete with live musical accompaniment by charming huckster Gravey himself. David Weaver, aka Gravey, the big brain behind this…
#95: Kim Estes McCarty When Judy Anderson stepped down as director of PlattForum, the nonprofit arts-mentor program, her shoes could only be filled by a special individual with a knack for fundraising and arts marketing, as well as an artist’s eye. That person is Kim Estes McCarty, who comes to…
Sometimes $30 goes a long way. It can buy a full tank of gas and some snacks at 7-Eleven, a few days’ worth of groceries at King Soopers or a solid night out with friends. What $30 cannot do, however, is get you a good tattoo. Joseph Rivera, winner of…
Since 2015’s When Marnie Was There looks to be its final new film for the foreseeable future, it makes sense that Studio Ghibli would circle back around to its beginnings. Isao Takahata’s 1991 Only Yesterday was not Ghibli’s first feature, however; it was preceded by Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 Castle in…
Every year, RedLine gallery and studios establishes a theme that it carries out with its shows and through its educational and social-services components. This year’s theme is “R/Evolution” — a simultaneity of revolution and evolution — and the current show, located in the capacious exhibition rooms, is Monumental. Dedicated to…
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide, inserted in the February 18 edition of Westword, we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions…
The dedicated dress-up artists of Denver gathered over the weekend for Project Cosplay, a new cosplay-only fan con designed to provide a safer environment for people who throw everything into their character costumes. All photos by Danielle Lirette. Now see the full Project Cosplay slide show…
Modern artist Herbert Bayer, creator of “The Articulated Wall” that rises by I-25 at Broadway, has made quite an impression on Denver. Now more eyes are seeing his work here than ever, thanks to step-grandchild Koko Bayer. Two years ago, Koko started working on a documentary on Herbert Bayer; her mother…
Geeks just gotta be geeks, and the nerds were out in force last Saturday at Magness Arena for Geek Bowl X, the ultimate trivia showdown, where more than 200 pub-quiz teams competed for a $10,000 grand prize. Photographer Miles Chrisinger captured all the silliness and high suspense of the event,…
Boulder is blooming with art-house cinemas this spring. In addition to the offerings at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series and the revamped Dairy Center’s Boedecker Theatre, the Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library’s main branch will now host independent first-run cinema screenings three nights a week, beginning Thursday, February 25…
Bad cop movies — whether bad movies about cops or movies about bad cops — can be like those Arctic core samples from which scientists determine long-gone CO2 levels, though in this case they’re measuring American anxiety about police authority. Pop on John Hillcoat’s agonized pulp thriller Triple 9 in…
In the Winter Olympics, ski jumping is one of those sports — bobsledding and luging are others — where Joe and Jane Satellite Dish cannot tell the difference between a great performance and a terrible one unless the athlete is carried away on a stretcher. No doubt there are crucial…
There are only a few days left to catch Supraliminal, Michael Theodore’s impressive, site-specific installation at LoDo’s David B. Smith Gallery, and if you haven’t seen it yet, make time to do so —because it’s unforgettable. Theodore lives in Boulder, where he is on the faculty of the College of…
Things are always easier with a friend, but especially maneuvering 4’ x 8’ sheets of plywood through a table saw. Every weekend, Victoria Salvador and I have been getting together and cutting wood, piece by piece, crossing off our list and measuring twice. (And more than a few times, cutting twice…
#96: Matt Chasansky Matt Chasansky is the guy behind the scenes at the City of Boulder’s Office of Arts + Culture; think of him as the Wizard of Oz in back of the curtain, pulling the strings, counting the beans and allocating the funds that make public art happen in…
Tanya Saracho’s Fade began as a brief outline at last year’s Colorado New Play Summit. A writer on Girls, Devious Maids, Looking and How to Get Away With Murder, Saracho was subsequently commissioned by DCPA Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson to expand her vision, and the result is a…
While passing through Union Station, we spotted some some serious style sported by up-and-coming photographer Patrick Haney, who works at Family Affair, a boutique and barbershop in downtown Denver. We stopped to chat with Haney about his personal style, what inspires his fashion, and where he shops. A Denver native,…
Artopia curator and Denver street-writer Jolt brought a stunning highbrow/lowbrow mix of artists to City Hall on Saturday night, setting the scene for a night to remember. It’s the art, after all, that makes Artopia go ‘round. All photos by Ken Hamblin III. Now see the full Art of Artopia…
The DeMarcus Ware mural at Project Colfax entitled “BE WARE,” created by acclaimed artist and Broncos fan Gamma Gallery, was vandalized over the weekend. The urban-art piece wraps around the south- and east-facing walls of the enormous outdoor art project at Williams Street and East Colfax Avenue, which boasts the work of…
