To celebrate the Great American Beer Festival, which is in town right now, and the release of its newest beer, End of the World Midnight Wheat, the Shock Top division of Anheuser Busch hired artist Stan Herd to create a massive piece of crop art in Lochbuie, near Denver International…
The tradition of the small-town social is vanishing even faster than Colorado’s small towns. All the more reason to head out to the eastern plains this weekend for The Big Feed, a unique blend of art show, county fair, hoedown and foot-stomping celebration of rural culture unfolding at the rodeo…
Not all art has to have meaning. Some of it is made just for the hell of it, because it’s fun to make art — and sometimes that art ends up being beautiful. Or not. Munny shows tend to fall into this second category, just because it’s cool to see…
Mayor Michael Hancock, Arts & Venues Denver and the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs just announced the 2012 recipients of the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts: Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe, Denver Ballet Guild and Emmanuel Gallery. The awards will be presented at a free, public celebration…
The Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design is fast building a reputation as a quality artist-making machine, and Joseph Coniff, a young RMCAD graduate, is living proof. Westword critic Michael Paglia called his 2011 exhibition at Rule Gallery “a spectacular debut for a young artist” and the show also…
The fall opener at David B. Smith Gallery is dedicated to Gregory Euclide, whose unusual work has made him someone to watch out for in the realm of contemporary art. Gallery owner David Smith has been a longtime supporter of Euclide, and this show, Observing only the ease of my…
Once you recognize Kevin Hennessy’s singular style, it’s hard not to notice his work all over Denver. “I used to do the specials on the chalkboard at City, O’ City when I worked there — they’d leave me on the clock and let me (design),” says Hennessy, whose official job…
For Now Showing, our fall arts guide inserted in the September 27 issue of Westword, we asked dozens of luminaries on the local arts scene — including winners of the Westword MasterMind awards — to take a survey about the state of the arts. We published many of the responses…
What do you get when you mix sexually adventurous adults, hot music, cocktails and the swanky atmosphere of the Jet Hotel & Lounge? A really fucking brilliant night of glittery, sweaty, naked and par-naked fun for which the memories are almost as titillating as the event itself. I felt very…
Beer and beards. It’s one of the greatest combinations in the history of the world. And luckily for guys with facial hair who like drinking beer, Wahl Home Products will be passing through Denver during the Great American Beer Festival, handing out $500 to the man with the best beery…
The Deer Pile’s turning into Denver’s stand-out salon, a cozy place where art and comedy and poetry mingle. Here no one’s considered an outsider — no matter how disenfranchised they might feel on the outside. It’s the kind of place where an event like Baby Hair can catch hold. Billed…
Artist/artrepreneur Eric Matelski earned his Westword MasterMind award (class of 2010) largely for his tireless promotion of other artists. Over the years, he’s gotten people talking at monthly events and shows hung at Dazzle and other bars and restaurants where people gather to enjoy themselves while they’re looking at the…
The wild round-about that was last night’s presidential debate came with a big load of soundbytes (“And by the way, I like coal”), none of them more Google-friendly than Romney’s take on the large yellow star of Sesame Street. Romney told the world he loves Big Bird but would still…
For many of us, our first contact with Boulder was the Pearl Street Mall. Whether we were in town to visit a friend or sibling at the University of Colorado, or maybe the school itself, the mall was the ultimate Boulder tourist attraction. And it still is — 35 years…
As a curator, artist Eric Matelski likes to have fun. And he likes to put affordable art up on the wall and plan a party around it. Add to that a seasonal tie-in, and you’ve got the second annual Bogeyman Art Show, a group exhibit that’s both fun and a…
September in Denver means that the 2012-2013 art season is fully under way, and there is a lot to recommend, including a pair of solos featuring paintings by two local abstract artists and a group show, also featuring abstracts, with most of the included artists likewise being local. See also:…
The fall art season is fully under way, and in this week’s review, Michael Paglia visits Rule Gallery, Edge Gallery and Space Gallery. Two of these galleries are offering solo shows by local abstract artists; the third is a group show also featuring abstracts by mostly local artists. All three…
It won’t be easy for some folks to get to tonight’s Logan Lecture at the Denver Art Museum, with a stretch of I-25 closed during the presidential debate at the University of Denver. But it’s worth braving the urban jungle to hear Lucas Reiner, who’s known for, among other things,…
It’s almost time: Depending on your political alliance and your favorite beers, chances are you’ve already chosen who you’re going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. But have you chosen where you’re going to watch the debate? Stayed tuned to Westword for our upcoming list of the best…
For Now Showing, our fall arts guide inserted in the September 27 issue of Westword, we asked dozens of luminaries on the local arts scene — including winners of the Westword MasterMind awards — to take a survey about the state of the arts. We published many of the responses…
Since 2007, Design OnScreen has worked to preserve modern architecture across America by producing and presenting films focusing on unheralded architects and designers, and also curating architecture-centered film festivals around the world. And it’s fought this good fight from its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. As Design OnScreen’s Architecture + Design…
There are currently two good-looking and intelligent solos at Pirate that are definitely worth a look. In the members’ gallery up front, established Denver sculptor Michael Brohman is presenting Place, with work created during a summer-long residency at the Jentel Foundation in Banner, Wyoming. This is the second time Brohman…
