Review: Displaced Artists at Home in The New Underground
Moved by Denver’s artists who’ve been artists displaced by gentrification, Katharine McGuinness and Leo Franco conceived of the The New Underground, the current exhibit at Spark Gallery.
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100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Josiah Lee Lopez
Native Denverite Josiah Lee Lopez, aka the muralist ZEPOL, grew up on the streets and and in the back alleys, with roots as a talented graffiti writer whose work — still executed on walls, though now more often with permission — has evolved with the times.
Victory‘s Chair Soldiers Stand Guard at the Arvada Center’s In SITu
Giant soldiers made out of chair pieces comprise Victory, an installation piece designed to conquer adversity.
Review: Zach Reini Makes His Mark at Gildar Gallery
Zach Reini’s solo now on view at Gildar Gallery, Zach Reini: A Leaden Stride to Nowhere, might sound like a bummer, but the overall thrust is uplifting.
The Alienist’s Old New York Is Thrillingly Alive — but Its Serial-Killer Plotting Is Too Last-Century
The first two episodes each build to a set piece in the city’s bowels, one in a factory’s attic and the other in a brothel catering to men who prefer boys dressed as women
A Nashville Star Learns What Really Matters in the Too-Obvious Forever My Girl
Where the movie occasionally locates some surprise and resonance is in the tiny exchanges, when Wolf allows her characters to breathe, free of the demands of a schematic narrative
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Hot Lead, Hard Fury Premieres at the Oriental Theater
On January 25, at the Oriental Theater, American Vintage Pictures will premiere its latest release, Hot Lead Hard Fury.
Eight Arty Things to Do and See This Weekend in Denver
January gallery openings continue to go full-bore as venues wake up after the holiday season. This month is swarming with new shows on every level in Denver, but you can also welcome — and play with — a new interactive public-art sculpture in the heart of the city.
Matt Dunne GIFed a Movie a Week in 2017 and Learned a Lot About Creativity
Last year Denver-based artist and illustrator Matt Dunne gave himself a task: He decided to watch a new movie in theaters every week and create a GIF — a short animated picture — to explain it. He posted every GIF on his Instagram.
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The 21 Best Events in Denver, January 16-22
The 21 best events in Denver for the week of January 16-22, 2018.
The Final Year Follows Efforts of Obama Team Members to Fix World They Don’t Notice Is Burning
For much of The Final Year, convinced of Hillary Clinton’s victory, the members of Obama’s crew insist that their successes and failures are part of a continuity – that their work will inform the work of the next administration
American Crime Story‘s Versace Doesn’t Actually Have Much Versace — and That’s Great
Versace is a puzzle the viewer puts together as it goes on, and with this approach the story seems to ripen with every episode as we move deeper and more intimately into Cunanan’s past
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Review: Curious Continues Social-Issue Exploration With Detroit ’67
The title alone should prepare you for sadness, fear and violence: Dominique Morisseau’s award-winning Detroit ’67, now in its regional premiere at Curious Theatre Company, is set during the uprising in that city 51 years ago that took the lives of 43 people, 33 of them black.
Podcast Profiles: James Sueling and Owen Niland of 80 Minutes of Gay Yelling
Podcasters can develop oddly intimate relationships with their listeners, but it doesn’t get much more intimate than 80 Minutes of Gay Yelling.
Yes, Taraji P. Henson — and Cinematographer — Are Better Than an Iffy Proud Mary
It’s a sad day when the cinematographer carries the full burden of storytelling, but in this instance it’s also at least a wonderful opportunity to marvel at Laustsen’s work
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100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Craig Marshall Smith
Painter Craig Marshall Smith was born in Flint, Michigan during the Truman administration. He attended UCLA, and then taught drawing at three universities in three states for over thirty years. His opinion columns appear in a number of metro-Denver weekly newspapers.
Denver Creatives Fight Gentrification, Dream Up Artist-Run Spaces
Denver artists caught in the crosshairs of gentrification and rampant redevelopment do have alternatives to that predicament, thinks Cortney Stell of the Black Cube Nomadic Museum. Stell is all for seeing artists who feel marginalized in the here and now stop complaining and start changing, by devising new models to replace the old-school ones that aren’t working anymore.
Free for All: The Five Best Free Events in Denver This Week
Many readers greet Mondays with weariness. But the beginning of the week also means a fresh list of opportunities to enjoy life in the Mile High…all for free.
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Of Course, Michael Haneke’s Happy End Doesn’t Live Up to its Name
The film drags when Haneke pulls focus to the other, duller characters, perhaps inevitably, as it seems his intention for those people to lack interiority or thoughtfulness
Book It: The Five Best Literary Events This Week
These readings and nights have all the write stuff in Denver January 15 through January 22, 2018.
Reader: Graffiti on Ponti Is Vandalism, Not Art
An anonymous “idiot” left his mark on the Ponti building at the Denver Art Museum. Was the graffiti vandalism or legitimate commentary?
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Review: Solid and Ephemeral Ideas Now on View at Pirate
In its new Lakewood home, Pirate’s shows have set a very high standard. Two more opened January 5.