Artist and Arvada Center curator Collin Parson has always been fascinated by light. “There’s something magical about light,” he says. “Think of all the Mayan temples and all these buildings that were built to celebrate the solstice or the equinox — that all has to do with light.” Parson got…
Amongst the striking coal miners and their family members murdered by the Colorado National Guard during the Ludlow Massacre were five Mexican-American children. To commemorate this almost-forgotten chapter of history, Su Teatro’s Anthony J. Garcia wrote Ludlow: El Grito de Las Minas (The Cry of the Mines); he’s directing a…
New menswear is coming to town: Daniel Armitage and Darin Combs are opening Armitage & McMillan on Saturday at 1550 Platte Street, Suite D. Keep reading to find out what menswear brands they will be carrying, what inspired them to open the store, and what they will contribute to the…
Fashion steps into the world of fantasy with this cotton-candy-colored look. We spotted dolled-up Christina Tate at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center recently; keep reading to learn her favorite color, accessory and places to shop. See also: Womenswear Wednesdays: Jessie Maynard on her Alice in Wonderland fashion…
New York isn’t the only place where you can get your fashion-week fill. Aspen International Fashion Week starts Thursday, March 16, and promises to showcase why Colorado is the place to find luxury winter fashion. Brooke Fogg, president of AIFW, took time away from her busy schedule to talk with…
W. Kamau Bell is a comedian and sociopolitical commentator who came up in the San Francisco comedy scene. Until recently, Bell served as the host and creator of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell a political satire featuring revealing interviews and sharp political commentary steeped in the catharsis of laughter. In the wake of FXX’s cancellation of his show, Bell has mounted Oh, Everything tour, which lands in Denver at 8:00pm on Sunday, March 16th at the Soiled Dove Underground. Westword called Bell to talk about his visit to Denver, how his standup act grew more politically engaged, the debate about rape jokes he hosted on his show, and why he thinks he should a Cabinet Position in the Obama administration.
Going into its fourth year stronger than ever, the Prom Dress Exchange is ready to offer an affordable alternative for the usually pricey prom season. Laura Bauer took over as president of the non-profit in 2011 and has brought in thousands of outfit options for anyone looking for evening apparel…
Standing outside the Angola State Penitentiary after witnessing the execution of Patrick Sonnier, Sister Helen Prejean struggled to wrap her head around what she had just seen. After all, in the United States, executions are hidden from the public, and few people ever witness the state killing a person –…
So, you’ve got a kid, huh? Whether it’s your own rambunctious preschooler or the bratty nephew you’ve been charged with keeping alive for the next five hours, the most important thing is leaving your house where valuables are liable to be destroyed and seeking refuge on somebody else’s property. In…
The hardest thing about being a feminist is the long hours. It’s kind of like having a full-time job on top of having a regular job, because you’re constantly having to watch your back and educate yourself and others on what lawmakers/the Internet/the general voting public is doing to undo…
Early on in his career, Aries Rhysing heard many times that his style of art wouldn’t transfer well into tattoos. But Rhysing persisted, and he has now mastered creating tattoos that incorporate the hypnotizing art of sacred geometry. Originally from Minneapolis and more recently living in New Mexico, Rhysing has…
Editor’s note: As our first 100 Colorado Creatives series came to a close on the eve of Westword’s Artopia last month, it became painfully obvious that our work was far from finished. We feel lucky to live and work in a place where the number of creative people is ever-growing,…
Collin Parson’s Reflections explores light in a completely new way for him: by removing it. The artist’s past work has used everything from LEDs to phosphorescent paint to explore the power of the glow, but Parson is relying solely on external lighting and mirrored acrylic in his new series. Reflections…
Bronies and Pegasisters (male and female fans of My Little Pony, to the unenlightened) showed up in force at the Sie FilmCenter this past weekend for a showing of Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony — and some even sported My Little Pony costumes. Photographer Danielle…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. McMean Elementary School art teacher Melinda Laz is breaking back into the…
When Alison Klayman began filming artist and activist Ai Weiwei for a short introduction to be included with one of his exhibitions, the filmmaker had no idea it would become the beginning of a feature documentary about the controversial Chinese figure. But after shooting the initial footage, she kept filming…
Rather than seethe with jealousy at Facebook friends who are paying big money to head to Austin for South By Southwest, you can stay in Denver and enjoy movies and panel discussions this week — for free! From a screening of the 1968 Romeo and Juliet to Uranium Drive-In to…
The past ten years have made it apparent that there is no more room in hell, because everywhere you look, the dead are walking the earth. Zombies are a genuine pop-cultural phenomenon, starring in cable TV’s most popular show, sitting at the center of tentpole film franchises and appearing in…
As American National Poetry Slam Champion and executive director of the award-winning Minor Disturbance Youth Slam Team, Ken Arkind gets to share his words with the world. A lot of those words are about his native turf of Denver, Aurora and the Colfax Avenue connection, and his second book, Coyotes,…
After taking a closer look at the art housed on the fifth floor of the Denver Art Museum, the Asian Art Association and museum planners started thinking. These galleries, home to the DAM’s Asian and Indian folk art collections, contained many figures in yoga poses — feet placed just so,…
Yellow is a hard color to pull off, but we managed to find someone doing it well on a brisk March day in Denver. Meet Jomar White, a state of Colorado project manager we spotted in Uptown. Read on to find out what inspires his fashionable menswear, his favorite accessory,…
On last week’s episode of Under the Gunn, Blake survived the judging to sew another week; Shan won the steam punk avant-garde challenge with his deconstructed power suit, finally bringing a win to Anya’s team; and Nicholas was sent home. For last night’s episode, Georgina Chapman, co-founder of Marchesa, returned…
