Cheers to Beer

Colorado Craft Beer Week enters its third year today, but the festival is now being run by the nonprofit Colorado Brewers Guild, which will host a series of revitalized beer dinners, tap takeovers, brewer meet-and-greets and other events from Fort Collins to Denver to Vail to Boulder. “Others states and…

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Collin Parson, gallery manager and curator at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, can’t wait for Art of the State to open, particularly because he can already imagine the energy in the room when a huge crowd gathers to see nearly 200 paintings, sculptures, prints, jewelry pieces and…

Eyes Wide Shut

Clay artist Marie EvB Gibbons is already known for infusing some of her works with a droll creepiness that’s rather endearing. But the haunted masks in When your mouth is too small to scream in a dream, a solo show at the MacSpa, go a step further, by making it…

I Heart Denver among the 2013 Business for the Arts Awards winners

The Colorado Business Committee for the Arts just announced the winners of its 2013 Business for the Arts Awards at a sold-out luncheon at the Seawell Ballroom. “Congratulations to the arts and business leaders recognized today,” Governor John Hickenlooper told the crowd of crowd of arts, business and civic leaders…

Carmelo who? Catch the Nuggets versus the Knicks tonight

One of the strangest things about sports fans is the way we form complicated relationships and strong opinions about players who we know nothing about beyond their contributions on the field or on the court. A superstar is a symbol of pride for the city he represents…and if he skips…

Horror films from A to Z: part four

At The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you’re going to get the equivalent of horror tapas — one short, punchy tale for each letter of the alphabet, each delivered by a current or rising star in the genre. It’s a tasty appetizer that can serve as…

WWE Wrestling spectating: Don’t knock it ’til you try it

It’s easy to be cynical. I would know — I spent a good decade of my life hating on others’ interests that I deemed uncool. For the most part, I’ve quit full-time cynicism, because it’s exhausting to be judgmental, not to mention it makes you boring and not fun to…

Margaret Hunt to head Colorado Creative Industries

Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade that replaced the Colorado Council of the Arts, has a new executive director, Margaret Hunt, who will be responsible for developing a statewide, shared vision for Colorado’s creative industries. “Margaret has extensive experience in regional…

Horror films from A to Z: part three

At The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you’re going to get the equivalent of horror tapas — one short, punchy tale for each letter of the alphabet, each delivered by a current or rising star in the genre. It’s a tasty appetizer that can serve as…

100 Colorado Creatives: Garrett Ammon of Wonderbound

#84: Garrett Ammon Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s transformation into Wonderbound is nearly complete. The forward-thinking troupe that has been dancing under the direction of visionary choreographer Garrett Ammon since 2007 will make its last appearance as BNC in April with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. After that, it will formally segue into…

Horror films from A to Z: part two

When you to to The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you’re going to get the equivalent of horror tapas — one short, punchy tale for each letter of the alphabet, each delivered by a current or rising star in the genre. It’s a tasty appetizer that…

Photos: The crafty runway looks of the 2013 Paper Fashion Show

We’re not sure about rock, but the designers behind the 2013 Paper Fashion Show definitely used paper and scissors to put together the event’s crafty runway styles. Over the weekend, the Art Directors Club of Denver hosted the ninth annual Paper Fashion Show at the Seawell Grand Ballroom of the…

Ten signs your Colorado man might not be man enough for you

This is Menver, known for its fit, healthy and attractive men. They ski, bike, climb and run. They wear Patagonia, own 4-wheel-drive vehicles and head to the mountains whenever possible. In today’s metrosexual, blurred-gender-role world, this can be confusing: Is your date man enough? If you spot several of these…