This is one in a series of posts in honor of Denver Arts Week that salute some of our favorite people and places on the arts scene. When Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis opened on January 1, 1980, it was a true oasis — both in an arts scene lacking…
This year’s Denver Arts Week will be bigger than ever, boasting the largest number of participating theaters, museums, galleries and artists that the city has yet seen for the annual celebration. The festivities begin tonight, and are coinciding for the first time with the Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the…
Ain’t it beautiful? That’s Judy Anderson and Salvador Flores-Martinez of Denver’s PlatteForum accepting the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from Michelle Obama yesterday at the White House. Their voyage to Washington also marked Sal’s first-ever jet flight and an ensuing sense of utter awe at being in…
Unlike California or Florida, Colorado isn’t known as a sports car state. We simply have too much crazy weather. But, despite mother nature’s push to get us into all-wheel drive vehicles year round, there is a market for super-fast, super expensive sports cars. Ferrari of Denver specializes in selling cars…
The Colorado premiere of Flow Snowboarding’s new team video Was Here drops tonight at 8 p.m. at Casselman’s Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut Street, where Snowboard Colorado magazine is celebrating the release of its November issue, giving free PBRs to the first 500 folks through the door, tossing out a…
Cold beer, crispy tacos and badass skull art was the trifecta of treats last night at El Diablo. The restaurant at 101 Broadway was packed wall-to-wall for the third annual Dia de los Muertos Tattoo Artist Skull Show & Charity Auction, and the only thing better than the Day of…
The 2011 Starz Denver Film Festival’s first red carpet took place last night at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House — or, as Like Crazy director Drake Doremus called it in a Q&A that followed the screening of his casually arty, immensely likable flick, the “Macaulay Culkin Opera House.” Oh yeah:…
Light Supply, a glowing group exhibition that opened last summer amidst a flurry of local shows playing with light, features works by a number of well-respected magicians of illumination. Three of them — Lonnie Hanzon, Jen Lewin and Collin Parson — will join Museum of Outdoor Arts director Cynthia Madden…
The tent-like roof that architect Curt Fentress designed for the terminal at Denver International Airport is not only beloved — as consultants revealed at Tuesday night’s town hall meeting on the DIA art program — but it may also be the only feature of the airport that has not inspired…
The beleaguered Shadow Theatre Company will attempt to make a fresh start at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center tonight, kicking off its season with The Final Mile to Providence, an ambitious original work written and directed by production manager Arnold King. A drama about a family torn apart…
There’s almost always a heckler at Doug Stanhope’s show. Even for fans who are paying customers, Stanhope’s casually incendiary material — like his endorsement of the Internet as a playground for pedophiles (better that than an actual playground) or his acknowledgment that he’d really rather that certain soldiers didn’t come…
Leonardo DaVinci was known for his artistry and his amazing inventions, so it’s only fair that the DaVinci Inventor Showcase would carry his name. “Initially, this was called the Colorado Inventors’ Showcase,” notes communications director Andrew Frey. “It was planned to uncover new, innovative processes and products in Colorado throughout…
The jewel in the crown of Denver Arts Week is Night at the Museums, when more than a dozen museums throughout the metro area throw open their doors so that visitors can check them out after dark for free. The big dogs — including the Denver Art Museum and the…
The brewing scene in Colorado Springs is hoppin’ — and hoppy — so that city is smart to host a fest dedicated to beers brewed in the state. Today’s fifth annual All Colorado Beer Festival will bring together 35 breweries, some of them small ones that tend to get overlooked…
Since 1991, the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo has been the go-to event for stocking up on winter gear at discounts of up to 75 percent, as well as grabbing procrastinators’ deals on season passes, ski area four-packs, lesson packages and backcountry adventures. And this year, thanks to the addition…
Some chili is lean, some chile is green — and at today’s sixth annual Meanest Chili Cook-Off, all of the chili is bound to be…well, mean. Or at least spicy. But don’t let that scare you off: With twenty slots open for contestants competing to win prizes for the best…
One of the primary functions of the Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League is to help normalize the way other people perceive and behave toward folks with disabilities. The handicapped actors of the PHAMALy troupe don’t want you to turn your eyes away from them, or, conversely, treat them…
In the moments between the merciless laughter that his prose induces and the abdominal pain that follows, you occasionally question how David Sedaris even made it to adulthood. The essayist’s brief bio reads like that of a Real World character seeking a real-world job: A gay Greek second child, Sedaris…
Wicked, author Gregory Maguire’s series based on The Wizard of Oz, will conclude with the release of Out of Oz. The five-book series, which started with Wicked and spawned a Broadway musical of the same name, has found numerous fans along the way, and the finale should help answer any…
What’s the next best thing to visiting the Grand Canyon? It might be Digital Earth: Explore the World from Space, a unique program in the Gates Planetarium at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science that uses vivid panoramic images by photographer Vance Howard and members of the International League…
The Mexican Día de los Muertos tradition dates back a thousand years, to the time of the Aztecs. But what really popularized the Day of the Dead, says Carlos Fresquez, Metro State art professor and juror of tonight’s Day of the Dead Art Show, was artist José Guadalupe Posada. “He…
Denver Arts Week, the local cultural community’s answer to Denver Restaurant Week, is five years old and growing annually, luring the public — with special deals and events — to come out and explore the city’s art districts, museums and performing-arts facilities. The festivities kick off tonight with a ramped-up…
