The 21 Best Events in Denver, March 28-April 3

By now we are well into spring, which means one thing in Colorado: wacky weather. Aside from impacting your wardrobe, this oddball season can seriously mess with your social calendar. But don’t worry: From indoor to outdoor activities, we’ve got you covered in this week’s list of the best events…

Dmitri Obergfell Crosses Space and Time in Man Is a Bubble at Gildar Gallery

Ancient Rome left us mounds of olive-oil pots, says artist Dmitri Obergfell, and now we manufacture hundreds of thousands of aluminum cans that are buried in dumps, waiting to be discovered again as artifacts in some future millennium. Obergfell riffs off this and other ideas, through visual markers from antiquity and the use of symbolically loaded modern materials for Man is a Bubble and Time is a Place, a solo show opening March 23 at Gildar Gallery.

Comedy Central Gives Adam Cayton-Holland a Half-Hour Special

Comedy Central has announced its 2017 Stand-Up Presents lineup, and at the top of list of comedians who will be given a half-hour special is Denver’s own Adam Cayton-Holland, reports Sidesplitter. This is one hometown boy who’s made very, very good. Cayton-Holland, a former staff writer at Westword, has toured…

Don Coen Spent a Decade Painting Fifteen Portraits of Migrant Workers

Painter Don Coen spent roughly twenty years working on a series of fifteen paintings of migrant workers, on display at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center through May 14. The artist, who entered his career as a non-objective painter, shifted toward depicting landscapes and ultimately portraits based on photographs. While…

A Purrfect Match: Itchy-O Will Perform at Meow Wolf on March 25

Meow Wolf could soon be howling in Denver: The Santa Fe sensation has been exploring expansion to a number of cities, including Las Vegas, Austin and the Mile High City. But long before Meow Wolf puts its paws down here permanently, Denver will be sending one of its most beloved acts there: Avant-ritualists Itchy-O will offer a special, one-night-only performance at Meow Wolf on Saturday, March 25.

Ballet 5:8’s Julianna Slager on Why New Works Are the Life Force of Dance

Chicago’s Ballet 5:8 performed in Denver last season for the first time, and will enchant audiences here again this month with The Stor(ies) of You and Me. Showcasing five pieces choreographed by Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Slager and former Houston Ballet dancer Caleb Mitchell, the performance explores various perspectives on…