Denver Life

With roots in the local DIY movement, independent arts advocate David Moke has an imaginative knack for helping to infuse Denver’s mainstream cultural world with a shot of unfettered creativity.

“Consider a yoga pose. Your foundation is everything. Here, our teachers are our foundation.” Co-owner of Tava Yoga Leah Heath believes one core value will be the key to a successful business and an enjoyable experience for yogis: invest in the teachers.

Denver-based poet Mathias Svalina, a sometime teacher and small-press editor, lately devotes himself to delivering writing and delivering dreams to doorsteps by bicycle when he isn’t writing his own poetry by the volumes and keeping track of fellow souls who’ve also chosen the road less-traveled.

Veronica Nichols is an artist and fixture in Denver’s underground music scene. When we spotted her at First and Broadway in this red, white and black outfit, with lots of texture as well as animal accents, we stopped to ask Nichols what inspires her look and where she shops.

It’s officially Movember, meaning mustaches and beards were stripped a week ago in support of men’s health awareness issues, like prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide for the entire month of November. While the team at UCHealth appreciates the support of their furry-faced friends, they want men’s health to be a priority that lasts beyond just a month. The launch of MANtenance campaign is just that, taking aim at the “maintenance” of men’s health

Looking for free and cheap things to do this weekend? Here’s your guide.

Call Libby Barbee an artist moved to help other artists and, in her own practice focusing on human interaction with the landscape and environment, the entire world.

For decades, Sylvia Montero has told the stories of her Colorado Chicano culture from an urban woman’s perspective, picking up a Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute grant and national recognition along the way. She’s done this quietly, all the while serving her community as a teacher and visiting artist, and growing as as an artist by mixing media and developing new techniques.

Doug Kacena, a fine abstract expressionist painter in his own right, gained notoriety a year ago for Crossover, an experiment in collaboration at the former Mike Wright Gallery.

A familiar figure in the Denver Chicano arts community for decades, Tony Ortega is well-known for his colorful scenes from the lives of faceless ordinary people.

This summer, a towering skeleton suddenly appeared on the 16th Street Mall. We decided to interview the man behind the mask.

If it’s all about words and how to use them to make a point, Denver slam poet Hakeem Furious, aka Andre Carbonell, is on it, speed-reading his messages live at the mic.

The withing hour is upon us! Just ask organizers of one of the dozens of Halloween-related events going on around Denver this week, including a witches’ ball, an oddities expo, and a Gatsby-inspired zombie ball. All that and more is in this week’s 21 best events in Denver list. Tuesday,…

Steven Frost crosses disciplines as an artist, often mining pop culture and archives to tell modern stories. Installation, performance, objects and fiber art all play parts in those changing narratives, but the needle and thread driving Frost’s personal warp and weft goes a bit farther in telling his own story.

Part-time model Alicia Myers is stylish both on and off the runway.

Denver fiction author Kali Fajardo-Anstine draws from her centuries-old Colorado heritage, breathing life into her Chicana characters with the assurance of someone who’s lived it.

A former journalist and magazine editor on the interior design, architecture and lifestyle beats, Kate Bailey now helms her own Denver public relations firm, Annabel Media. But since 2014, she’s also turned her entrepreneurial expertise toward giving back through TARRA, Bailey’s own nurturing platform for the promotion of women makers and creative thinkers.

One night at the 1up Colfax, we ran into a self-described “professional unicorn”: Texas native Reba Nelson, who likes to visit friends in Colorado several times a year. She caught our eye with her psychedelic, Lisa Frank fashion sense; she describes her style as “joyful, fearless and fun.” We chatted with…

Interested in Colorado’s haunted histories? Look no further.

On Sunday, October 15, UCHealth is hosting evre, a day of wellness and fitness classes, lectures and panels targeting every woman in Colorado. The event, held at the Pepsi Center, celebrates women while providing health education related to various life stages.

We don’t have to tell you twice: Fall is the perfect time for fun on the farm and pumpkins galore! Here’s a look at some of our favorite ways to enjoy Colorado’s bountiful harvest before the next snow storm hits.

Elise VanDyne, who gave up a successful corporate career to become executive director of the Colorado Maker Hub, is a true believer in all creative industries, from independent crafters to adventurers in robotics and under-the-radar techies and Burners blending science and art in humongous desert installations.