Gio Toninelo’s Little Denver photography exhibit went up a week ago, but if you want to meet the artist and hear what he has to say about making the world look like a toy, tonight’s the night. From 7 to 8:30 p.m., Toninelo will be at Pablo’s Coffee for a…
The folks behind Unit E, the art space at 1201 Santa Fe Drive that won our Best DIY Gallery in the Best of Denver 2012, are used to big parties on First Friday. But on November 2, they got more action than they’d bargained for: Co-founder Gregg Ziemba was busted…
Earlier this fall, Bobbi Walker celebrated her tenth anniversary as the owner of Walker Fine Art by throwing a big bash that attracted a who’s-who crowd from the art world, in particular those from that local powerhouse the Denver Art Museum. Walker has built up a good reputation for her…
We here at Show and Tell receive tips from a lot of strange and surprising places — including, recently, a laundromat near the Ninth and Corona King Soopers. That’s where one eagle-eyed tipster discovered the most oddly specific (and generally glorious) roommate ad we’ve ever seen. We’ll give you a…
Some people enjoy erotic art; some prefer animal art. Depending on which you choose, it can say a lot about your personality. But artist LewisOne thinks these two aren’t mutually exclusive, and he plans to prove it when he unveils Puss N Pups: Little Naughty and Nice Art Show during…
Want to get lucky as you ring in 2013? The Westword New Year’s Eve Guide will be inserted in our December 13 issue, and will include information on select December 31 entertainment options, to ensure that when the clock strikes twelve, you don’t strike out. If you know of any…
Denver writer and part-time cab driver Gary Reilly was more interested in writing novels — many of which had to do with a cabbie named Murph who also wrote novels — than publishing them. But since Reilly’s death last year from cancer at 61, his Murph sagas are rolling out…
When the Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre closed in 1991, the fate of the century-old building was uncertain. Although the city said it wanted to save this last vestige of the original Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, there was no money for the project. So in 2002, the Historic Elitch Theatre Foundation…
It’s no easy task to open a planetary cultural dialogue in landlocked Denver, a place where members of an already strong arts community are fiercely, and perhaps rightly, protective of their own. But Patrick Mueller of the dance and movement ensemble Control Group Productions thinks a more continental mindset might…
I don’t know about you, but I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. Sure, Christmas brings out the kid in all of us — well, except for those who celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa — but it also brings out the dread, the depression, the debt and the dysfunctional family…
In this week’s review, Michael Paglia visits William Havu Gallery for the second installment of its Toy Stories exhibit — the first half of which came around in the summer of 2011. The group show features paintings, ceramic works and sculptures that are all inspired by toys — though not…
On November 25, Danny Cisneros set two (unofficial) world records for doing a handstand on his skateboard. He traveled .8 miles, nearly doubling the previous distance record, and was clocked going 35 miles per hour — establishing a speed record that had not yet been set. See also: – The…
Taking over City Hall for one night only this Friday, the Pancakes & Booze art show is exactly that — a showing of work by local artists combined with a smorgasbord of sweet treats and liquor. The traveling party originated in Los Angeles in 2009 and now makes a circuit…
In town for just a short time from his native “cheese gulag” in Wisconsin, former Denverite Bill Amundson will leave a mark nonetheless: Tonight the artist/raconteur is the featured speaker at the Denver Art Museum’s Logan Lecture series (see the DAM website for details and tickets). And on Friday, Amundson…
Over the summer, the Denver Art Museum explored the history and future of airport architecture through the design of local architect Curtis Fentress, the founder of Fentress Architects who designed Denver International Airport, including its iconic tent roof. Now highlights of the Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of…
The University of Colorado may not be able to win a football game, but the CU Art Museum has scored big with its traveling exhibition, “Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust.” The show, which debuted in Boulder in September, was curated by David Shneer, CU professor of…
In 2003, Sandra Phillips opened her namesake gallery in a funky former hair salon on Santa Fe Drive. One unfortunate aspect of the space was a spiral staircase that created a dangerous obstacle: I came dangerously close to banging my head against it many times. But despite such physical shortcomings,…
These days, it seems like the only things that come in the mail are coupons and bills. Jared and Rachel Rippy want to change that by creating pieces of art that are intended for the mail. Through their new business, Postscript, the husband-and-wife team create letterpress postcards with graphic art…
Charming author, cultural philosopher, satirist and NPR commentator David Sedaris talks pretty to sellout audiences year after year in Denver, filling auditoriums with unabashed cultists who simply love the little, wise man to death. Early next year, he’s trying something different: Sedaris will play Denver for a series of eight…
As we promised in our recent cover story, it was on like Donkey Kong at the 1UP in LoDo this weekend. More than three decades after the beloved arcade game brought barrels into the mainstream, twelve of the world’s top players duked it out against high-scoring wildcard gamers at Denver’s…
It’s a busy Third Friday in D-town, particularly at the Laundry on Lawrence, where eleven artists came together in “an exploration of soft materials.” Not surprisingly, the concept takes many directions in a variety of mediums, with both individual and collaborative results. See also: – Artist Theresa Anderson explains how…
At the recent R-Squared: Risk and Reward conference held in Telluride, Cengage Learning offered a $5,000 reward for the library/librarian that came up with the most innovative way to engage the library’s customers. Basically, how to make libraries cool again. Joseph Sanchez, an employee of the Auraria Library, came up…
