To the stroller-pushing mommies and patio-side drinkers who lined West 32nd Avenue on Sunday afternoon, it probably looked like just another Cruiser ride, as thirty folks on bikes trekked up the Highland hills in Sunday’s 100-degree heat. Yet this sweaty mass, organized by the Denver New Rail~Volutionaries, was on a…
Right now there are, by my count, a total of nineteen shows up in the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building and across the street in the Gio Ponti tower. But even a professional show-goer like myself can hardly be expected to keep up, especially with all of the other attractions…
Amidst the music and partying of Westword Music Showcase 2012, eight artists showed off their talents by painting Westword news boxes. Below are photos of the work of artists Steven Kuc of Soldier Ink Design, 2010 MasterMind and self-proclaimed Art Pimp Eric Matelski, Scott LeFavor, Yeyo Mondragon of Certified Customs,…
The 16th Street Mall was buzzing with music last week as artists of all shapes and sizes filled the air with their collective auditory gifts for Make Music Denver. This was the first time that Denver participated in World Music Day; it joined 450 other cities thanks to the efforts…
Steamrolling toward the August nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina, the 2012 Slam Nuba slam poetry team (and 2011 national winner) is just back in town after snagging a first-place victory in the Southwest Shootout in Tulsa. The Slam Nuba crew will celebrate tonight, with help from guest poet Tongo Eisen-Martin…
Starting today, June 24, you can enjoy live jazz while you learn to paint in City Park. Every Sunday through the summer, Colors & Bottles offer $35 classes from 5 to 8 p.m., which happen to coincide with the City Park jazz series. So bring a blanket, an easel and…
Tourists who hit downtown yesterday will leave the Mile High City with a slightly exaggerated impression of the role music plays in the workaday lives of Denverites. During the first-ever Make Music Denver — an all-day, outdoor showcase of local music that builds on a global movement to celebrate music…
The Westword Music Showcase will pour out the entertainment tomorrow from noon to midnight, with more than 150 acts filling an outdoor mainstage and over a dozen venues in the Golden Triangle…
The Museo de las Americas will be full of fresh faces tonight at its twentieth-anniversary celebration and mask exhibit, Cara a Cara. Before you go to the show, check out this preview of some of the colorful masks from the collection All photos courtesy of the Museo de las Americas,…
All the mall’s a stage for today’s Make Music Denver Denver loves its music, whether sounding off in outdoor amphitheatres, concert halls clubs…or the streets. That’s where it will be today, when the Downtown Denver Partnership brings Make Music Denver, our own little slice of today’s global celebration of World…
Custom cowboy boot maker Mickey Mussett didn’t start out fancying up the elite. He’s 65 now and only started making boots ten years ago, after leaving his job in advertising. The lure of leather and glue is what pulled him away and what keeps him busy now. “It’s a very…
Though she was born and raised in Salt Lake City and has lived in New York for nearly a decade, painter Jenny Morgan has maintained her presence in the Denver art scene with regular exhibits at Plus Gallery. Her latest effort, Kith and Kin: New Paintings by Jenny Morgan, includes…
Editor’s note: Westword cartoonist Noah Van Sciver paints the town like nobody else, as demonstrated in his recaps of visits to the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, our own Artopia, MCA Denver and StarFest 2012. (Make sure you read Noah’s blog for more comics and…
This past weekend we saw Captain America at a few different spots in Denver and Boulder, and while last summer’s film left movie-goers unsatisfied, his role in The Avengers has returned him to the list of most popular super heroes. Here’s where we spotted Captain American this weekend…
The stereotype of comic book readers as overweight, nerdy men has been pounded into bits since Comic Book Guy made his debut on The Simpsons more than 20 years ago. That much was evident this past weekend at the first-ever Denver Comic Con, held at the Colorado Convention Center. Christopher…
In its first year, in Denver Comic Con put on quite a show at the Colorado Convention Center this past weekend. Amidst the celebrity guests, trade expo and Jedi training sessions we found a ton of memorable comic costumes. Page down for photos of some of our favorite superheroes, villains,…
A few years ago, there was a lovely temporary museum in town — Jaime Kopke’s Denver Community Museum — that existed only to engage the community in the act and gestalt of art-making, rather than the usual staring at something hung on the wall of a gallery. That long-gone museum’s…
On such a lovely, long, almost-summer day, you should be out under the sun and the stars. The additional promise of visual surprises behind every wide-open door awaits at the Summer Solstice Celebration in the Navajo Street Art District, which runs Saturday, June 16 from noon to 9 p.m. This…
Humans have a complex relationship with nature: At times, we want to be a part of it or to observe it, while at others, we want to control it. Artist Jason Reno has spent the past few years exploring the way people manipulate nature and use it as a tool,…
If you’re a typical Denver Tom, Dick or Harry, there’s a chance you have no idea what goes on at Lighthouse Writers Workshop, a haven for the literary ensconced in the historic Milheim Mansion in Capitol Hill. But the first annual Lighthouse Writers Workshop Community Book Fair — two days…
At the end of his book tour, Ernie Cline, author of New York Times-bestseller Ready Player One, will give away a 1981 DeLorean, complete with its own Flux Capacitor, to one lucky reader/gamer. The prize is a nod to Back to the Future, the flick that helped lay the groundwork…
“Snowflake,” by Bryan Nash Gill, pine. Michael Paglia’s review of Material Abstraction at the Robischon Gallery (through June 30) and Bryan Nash Gill: Cut Wood at Goodwin Fine Art (through June 22) explores contemporary abstraction while showcasing pieces by regional and national artists. Both shows, he writes, help “to prove…
