Arts & Culture

The idea of the “exquisite corpse,” a blind collaboration between artists, has roots among the early-twentieth-century surrealists: folks like Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and Yves Tanguy, who would each contribute a portion of a drawing in the hidden panels of a folded piece of paper. The whole of their efforts…

For her newest work, visionary poet Anne Waldman was inspired by the urgency of preserving art. The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, which Waldman co-founded, and where she now teaches, is in the process of transferring its vast collection of fragile tapes featuring the work of…

When Michael Hancock was campaigning for mayor in 2011, the same topic kept coming up. “He was meeting with neighbors throughout the city, and there was a recurring theme: People did want to get to know their neighbors, but they didn’t necessarily have the vehicle to do so,” says Rachel…

The Boulder County Fair keeps getting bigger — and better. This year, the 144-year-old gathering is adding five days to its standard five-day run, which means ten days of rodeos and events celebrating prized livestock, locally grown food, live music and more. For the kids, there are 4-H exhibits, mutton-bustin’…

The members of the Phamaly Theatre Company, which showcases talented actors with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities, form a tight crew. Some of them, like Kathleen Traylor, have been with the nonprofit troupe since its inception 24 years ago, and when their new production of Fiddler on the Roof opens…

For the past few years, Central City Opera has been expanding its reach beyond its mountain town to find a new audience base in Denver — and the experiment has been a rousing success. This year’s Central City Opera foray into the city is Show Boat, and spokes-woman Valerie Hamlin…

The story of ordinary art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel — the working-class New York City couple who amassed thousands of notable artworks over the years — comes off like a fairy tale. But the inspiring message in their story — that anyone can, indeed, become an art collector –…

The idea behind the Colorado Get Movin’ Challenge is simple: Participate in thirty minutes of activity every day for thirty days. But there’s more to the challenge than that. For instance, fitness first-timers will have a chance to win some cool prizes just for going for a walk, and everyone…

Cars today aren’t made the way they used to be, laments the Forney Museum of Transportation’s Christof Keim. “Our society, as far as automobiles go, has sort of dulled down and become conformist.” But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the cars of yesteryear in all their glory. Fabulous Finned…

We all know that science doesn’t bite, and sometimes it totally blows our minds. But as scientific spokesmen, from Mr. Wizard to Bill Nye the Science Guy, have proven to countless generations over the years, science is also oodles of fun. See also: – Space in Your Face: Blast Off…

With more than 77,000 pieces of music history in its possession, the Hard Rock Cafe empire is a global music museum as well as eatertainment complex. Along with presenting permanent displays in dozens of locations across the world, the company culls pieces from its archives for traveling exhibitions. Treasures of…