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…
It’s no secret that Denver is blessed with some great museums, featuring everything from established collections offering everything from grand viewings of global artwork to spaces packed with educational, hands-on opportunities; the city also has historic sites that are definitely worth a tour. And after you’ve had an eye-opening trip…
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. Students at East High School have challenged the adage about never judging…
Wilhelmina models hit the runway Saturday night in designer garb both drop-dead beautiful and nice-and-naughty during the Whiteout fashion show at Artopia 2016, where Denver designers D’Lola Couture, AnnaFesta, Gino Velardi, Denver Bespoke, Mona Lucero, Equillibrium, Elyse Rainbolt, YOCISCO and Leon Designs brought their best to the runway. To kick…
Ah, Cap Hill. For some, this neighborhood is the heart of the city. For others, it’s that part of town you live in by choice in your twenties, and then escape when your stage of life shifts and work doesn’t start at 5 p.m. Full of office and government buildings, halfway…
We’re almost two months into the new year, and if you’ve stayed true to your resolution of saving money in 2016, we’ve got three deals for you: This week you can help crown a comedy champion, listen to an accomplished author and have some vintage laughs — all for free…
In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community, expanding on our Diva Dozen list from 2015 and our new Fresh Faces list for 2016 by asking different queens — from established to ingénue — questions that take a peek beneath the…
Colorado is lovely in the snow, but it’s hard to beat a day like Denver enjoyed yesterday, with people pouring out onto the streets and grabbing seats on every hastily opened patio. But one new resident had already found plenty to love in Denver. Here’s Brooke Weber’s Love Letter to…
Artopia is this Saturday night guys and Westword gets all nostalgic about the amazing times had at the past 20 years of parties celebrating art, culture, Whiteout fashion, local creatives, international artists and all of the above. Plus, it’s shaping up to be the hottest Artopia in history, with a…
It’s cold outside, but plans are heating up for Artopia 2016 at City Hall on Saturday, February 20 — a night of art, culture and fashion. And cocktails, of course, which you can enjoy as you move through seven rooms of art installations and exhibits, curated by Jolt from Guerilla…
Artopia 2016 s just a month away, and you’ll want to get your tickets now — because prices go up tomorrow! Saturday, February 20 will be a night of art, culture and fashion at City Hall. And cocktails, of course, which you can enjoy as you move through seven rooms…
In a September interview with GQ, Constance Wu, star of NBC’s Fresh Off the Boat, observed of the HBO series Togetherness, “It’s a show about white people.” She’s not wrong: Created by indie-film luminaries Jay and Mark Duplass, along with the actor Steve Zissis, Togetherness is a low-key look at…
In a city of CrossFit “boxes” and 24 Hour Fitness locations, the FIT36 franchise has managed to muscle into the market. When she discovered FIT36 last summer, Sheryl Langley fell in love with the workout — and the results. She’s gone down three dress sizes and says she looks better…
For a fast immersion in cutting-edge art, don’t miss Artopia on Saturday night. But this weekend features other opportunities to further explore art: Local artists will rub elbows with national names at MCA Denver for a set of winter shows, while Niza Knoll Gallery looks at the digital frontier and…
Director John Carpenter has made some of the most memorable films of the last forty years, and one of the things that made them memorable was the music: Carpenter has been the music composer for his entire catalog — and beyond. Now Carpenter’s bringing his music into a different kind…
Earlier this month we walked through the process of having a building designated a historic landmark in Denver. Now we’re continuing the conversation we started in Building for the Future with this series that will look into the history of individual structures around town, and the people behind their creation. From its…
In the first two decades of the twentieth century, Russian immigrant and activist Boris Yelensky helped organize a series of parties in New York and Chicago to raise funds for anarchist comrades wasting away in Russian prisons. Though serious in intention, the events themselves were often full of revelry, lasting…
The centerpiece of Hail, Caesar!’s mid-century Hollywood satire is the eponymous film-within-a-film itself, an overwrought biblical epic in which a skeptical Roman centurion played by George Clooney has a literal come-to-Jesus moment. Risen, whose plot can be described in exactly the same way, never inspires one of its own. Co-writer/director…
There is precisely one attempted coup de cinema in the Jesse Owens biopic Race, which otherwise defaults to the backlot handsomeness of other Great Men tributes from Hollywood. In 1935, Owens (Stephan James), a freshman sensation on the Ohio State University track team, returns to the locker room after practice…
The weather is out of control right now, so after you soak up some of that sweet February sun, enjoy yourself at some of these fine events. This weekend has a lot of music to groove to, art to scope and karate chops to master. The Westword calendar has even…
When I think of the Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State University’s off-campus art center, I think of contemporary art because that’s what’s typically shown there. So I was surprised to find the place decked out, in part, in James Gillray’s hand-colored etchings from the late 18th and early 19th…
