Human blood is an unusual artistic medium. Who better, then, to explore the possibilities of blood work than Andrew Novick, a man whose name is synonymous with weird art — from his time in the infamous Warlock Pinchers band to his work with Peeps. In Blood Lustre, Novick utilizes the…
Get out of your house this week and step into a completely different world — without having to pay for plane tickets. Whether you travel to Paris through a series of short films inspired by the City of Love, visit the dystopian future of V for Vendetta, or simply park…
Five Easy Pieces was a turning point for both its star, Jack Nicholson, and director Bob Rafelson when it came out in 1970 (they’d already collaborated on the psychedelic Monkees vehicle Head). Nicholson, who’d previously worked on a series of B-movie projects with Roger Corman and also tried his hand…
In 1994 there was a mass killing in the central African country of Rwanda, where the two main ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi, were in conflict. After the assassination of the country’s president, the Hutu population began a systematic attack on the Tutsi; the deaths over over 500,000…
Editors note: The deadline has been extended to Monday, July 29. You have until midnight. Do you have a secret talent for brewing beer or throwing together nuts and seeds into a one-of-a-kind work of crop art? Do you love to recreate your grannie’s recipe for elderberry wine? Perhaps your…
As a strong believer in public art and public transportation, Wopo Holup is proud to have a piece of her art decorate the Orchard light-rail station. And after hearing what Holup has to say about “Orchard Memory,” you’ll definitely want to make a stop to see this shiny bird. See…
You won’t have to break out the big bills to have big fun this weekend. You can catch a screening of Finding Nemo or dance the night away at a killer soul and britpop party — for under $10. See our list of ten picks below; for more events, check…
Painter Ashley Williams works in Nederland and sculptor Sarah Williams is based in Chicago, but as sisters growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, their imaginations were as intertwined as roots in a primeval forest of trees. That included a shared fascination with natural disasters, fed by photographs in old…
So a bear walks into a bar… This is no joke. On July 18, a full-grown black bear stopped in Lonigans Saloon in Estes Park. Owner Dave Callahan had just finished cleaning up the kitchen at 9 p.m., then took out the trash and headed home — missing the bear…
What was once just an I-70 underpass at the corner of 46th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Globeville is being transformed into a work of art. With the help of well-known muralist Jolt, a Westword MasterMind whose Guerilla Garden studio is in the area, kids in the PlatteForum’s ArtLab are…
Our next RTD art stop rail is the Pepsi Center-Elitch Gardens light-rail station, to see “Seven Sisters,” the creation of David Griggs. These colorful sculptures would brighten the day of any commuter. We grabbed a few minutes with Griggs to discuss his views on public transportation and his hopes for…
How often do you see a person with vivid orange hair walking down the street? When we spotted one, we knew we had to interview her. Meet Heather Williams, a Texan who is new to Denver. Keep reading to learn her style icons, favorite accessory and where she shops in…
Welcome to a new column called Geek Speak, in which we take on an aspect of geek culture each week. One Christmas, either 1981 or 1982 — it’s hard to be sure now, thirty-plus years later — I received a gift that would change me forever. It came in a…
#57: Adam Milner Part of a pack of bright young artists calling Denver home, Adam Milner is a visual documentarian with literary roots. A graduate of both journalism and art school at the University of Colorado, he won’t be pinned down by any medium as he explores his own traversal…
Friends ended less than a decade ago, but it’s already a relic of a bygone era–a critically respected network sitcom that enjoyed massive ratings. That’s the central irony of the Must-See TV show’s legacy: It was one of the last programs to enjoy a national audience before cable and the…
As summer comic-book blockbusters go, The Wolverine is not as elephantine as it could have been. It’s more, well, wolverine—bony, loping, a little shaggy—and, blessedly, director James Mangold doesn’t get bogged down in mythology. You don’t need to diagram the convoluted relationships between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s X-Men characters…
“I kept thinking she was the ugly duckling who was going to turn into a swan,” a fortyish loudmouth complained as the crowd trudged out of a preview screening of The To Do List. “But she was an ugly duckling all the way through!” He was talking to two women…
Dead-eyed, mindless and covered with sores, meth addicts — wandering an urban wasteland and driven by an insatiable hunger — are the closest real-world equivalent to zombies. So what happens if you take those tweakers and make them the sole survivors in a world overrun by actual undead? That’s the…
Duane Evarts, who owns a custom-made guitar that once belonged to Ted McCarty — designer of the Les Paul and Flying V — was looking for the right place to do business with other custom-guitar collectors. “I had some instruments that I wanted to sell, and there wasn’t a guitar…
One of Denver’s coolest after-dark traditions returns tonight: the InnovAge Moonlight Classic, during which an anticipated 4,000 cyclists will mount up by the light of the moon and ride through Denver’s historic neighborhoods and business district. The mellow ten-mile ride — now in its 21st year — gives riders a…
Boulder aerial dance maven Nancy Smith of Frequent Flyers Productions has been orchestrating the Aerial Dance Festival in Boulder for fifteen years, and she’s seen a lot of brilliant faculty members come and go during that time. In particular, there was David Clarkson, of Australia’s Stalker Theatre, who works with…
The art community extends far beyond just artists, says Spark Gallery director Evan Siegel. And to celebrate that community of cooperative galleries, art buyers and art lovers, Spark is hosting the first Denver Artists’ Ball tonight. The ball will feature artist trading cards, which attendees can make; mobiles by Spark…
