Visual Arts

June is jam-packed with a lineup of comedy events so eclectic, you’re sure to find something to tickle your funny bone. There are podcasters and Pride festers, twins and Too Much Fun, He-Man and transgenders…so many giggle-worthy performances that your calendar will be bursting with snickers. Keep reading for the…

Noah Eli Gordon’s newest book is hard to pin down. And why would you want to? The Year of the Rooster, out now on Ahsahta Press, is best understood through experience rather than painstaking analysis. It’s wild and flowing, playing with gender pronouns, musical imagery, and poetic forms to create…

Dylan Scholinski has spent his days as an adult coming to terms with the wrong turns in his life, which he began as a girl named Daphne. Dylan — Daphne — was committed to a mental hospital at the age of fifteen and underwent a kind of sanctioned reconditioning: learning…

When Pesha Rudnick’s Casey Middle School class learned that CBS had named Boulder the happiest city in America, the students were very surprised. So with the guidance of playwright-in-residence Rudnick and language arts teacher Val Wheeler, the eighth-graders used Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, as well as the CBS statistic,…

In just its second year, Denver Comic Con is poised to take the pole position among the region’s many fandom conventions. Sporting a stellar lineup of geek-culture icons, including Wil Wheaton, George Takei, Colin Baker, Chris Ware and last-minute guest William Shatner, as well as hundreds of panels, cosplay, an…

Michael Paglia visits the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Arts and Goodwin Fine Art in this week’s review, taking in work by two different artists. The show at the Kirkland Museum contains works by Phyllis Hutchinson Montrose while the exhibit at Goodwin Fine Art focuses on pieces from Monique…

Despite the many stylistic revolutions of the last century, the old hidebound pursuit of the depiction of external reality has persisted. In some cases, the rendering of external reality is conservative, as in neo-traditionalism, which occupies its own world. In others, it’s employed in what used to be called vanguard…

Calling all local artists, crafters, quilters and crocheters: The Denver Art Museum will be taking submissions for its Spun Community Quilt next Monday, June 3. The massive quilt — which will be built in panels along the four-story wall inside the museum — is part of the current exhibition, Spun:…

It’s a common behavior of Star Wars fans: canonize the original trilogy, and get all hater-y on the screw-ups in Episodes I-III. But if the mistakes made in the second trilogy weren’t so completely soul-crushing and legacy-altering, then people wouldn’t be bitching about them to this day — and keeping…

The 16th Street Mall filled with music and people during the 2013 Denver Day of Rock on Saturday, May 25, 2013. More than twenty bands performed throughout the day, and Westword photographer Philip Poston was there to capture the action. For more photos, visit our full Denver Day of Rock…

For many artists, fashion can be an extension of their personal vision. Others dress minimally, so that their art can speak volumes. Local painter Marc Huebert falls into this latter category. Read on to learn how his street art plays a role in his street fashion, and to peep some…

Before the advent of online dating, people used to meet their dating partners in real life, making it slightly easier to get a feel for personalities, lifestyles, families, personal assets and compatibilities. Internet-based dating admittedly is a more convenient way to meet people, but it’s got its inherent pitfalls as…

J.A. Kazimer is a Denver-based writer and fascinating human being with a wide spectrum of skills and interests. The author of books with such disparate titles as SHANK, Holy Socks and Dirtier Demons, and Froggy Style: A Fucked-Up Fairy Tale,Kazimer’s life and work have been uniquely influenced by the books she’s read. This week, Westword sat down with Kazimer to discuss books as well as her interesting work history.

Artists really grok the culture of Facebook better than anyone else: Like a blank canvas waiting for paint and inspiration, the social media outlet is just another empty slate — and it’s up to each artist to fill it with pictures. A lot of those pictures end up being images…

Superhero legend and comic book creator Stan Lee, who was supposed to appear at Denver Comic Con at the Colorado Convention Center on May 31-June 2, announced today that he won’t be able to make it because of another engagement. Tickets to see and meet Lee, which ranged from $175…

In this week’s issue, we told you about Certified Customs Tattoos’ new outdoor mural, which is drawing looks from neighbors and passersby because of what it depicts: Shop owner Nando Mondragon tattooing his three-year-old son, Chico. But images can be deceiving… Read “Skin Deep” for the full story behind the…

The University of Denver School of Music will rock the house tonight at the legendary Herman’s Hideaway. Along with the four bands all made up of DU music students, there will be a light show and video shoot featuring Ooh La La Burlesque. See also: – Win tickets to see…

While some TV series like The Office, Lost and The Simpsons carried on long after they lost the magic that originally captivated us, Arrested Development remained a razor sharp comedy right up to its 2006 cancellation. So it was no small Internet miracle when the news broke that Netflix would…

Horse & Cart, a Denver-based theatrical production and publishing venture, is launching its electronic-publishing branch with a reality-style event fit for a king — a King Lear, to be precise. Now through June 30, the company is accepting submissions for the first edition of the PlayOffs, a competition endeavoring to…

Space Gallery owner Michael Burnett is an established abstract painter, so it’s no surprise that he’d be good at picking others of that ilk to present at his venue. Currently, there are four eponymous solos brought together under the umbrella title of Mind Over Matter that make the point. The…

Denver has a new piece of public art, 14th Street Overlay, which comprises 23 optic-based sculptures by artists Merek Walczak and Wes Heiss. “We are very excited to dedicate this piece as part of the greater 14th Street improvements,” said Michael Chavez, manager of Denver’s Public Art Program, at yesterday’s…