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Art Speaks Louder Than Words In Desi Brown's Art Students League of Denver Exhibit

By Kristen Fiore

Apr 29, 2025

"People always say what they're going to do. Showing is so much better."

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Local Author Hillary Leftwich Launches Her New Collection, Saint Dymphna's Playbook

By Teague Bohlen

Apr 24, 2025

Saint Dymphna isn't just the patron saint of mental illness. To Hillary Leftwich, she's also the saint of protecting women.

Denver Dance Tribe Revives the Joy of Movement for Women

By Toni Tresca

Apr 11, 2025

The next dance party is today in Lakewood!

Four women pose together in the Grand Canyon.

No Man’s Land Film Festival Celebrates Ten Years of Breaking Barriers

By Toni Tresca

Mar 5, 2025

“Every year, we’re adding more to the programming to make it bigger, brighter and more inclusive."

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Move Over, Millennial Gray: Girl Goo Exhibit Embraces Being Messy

By Kristen Fiore

Feb 25, 2025

"I would see this messy clutter, this gross, gooey amalgamation of things, and it would feel beautiful to me."

Soy Celesté Is the Denver Punk Band You Need to Watch

By Emily Ferguson

Sep 26, 2024

Blending punk, cumbia, Mexican folk and metal, Soy Celesté has released an excellent album about intersectional feminism and identity.

Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really Stakes a Claim at the Arvada Center

By Toni Tresca

Sep 20, 2024

Kate Hamill's version of the vampire saga makes its comedic, blood-soaked regional debut just in time for spooky season.

New Denver Music Series Amplifies and Empowers Women Artists

By Hyde Chrastina

Jul 30, 2024

Denver has a new monthly music showcase to promote local women’s music and art-making.

Mommy Moves: Local Comedy Group Moms Unhinged Is Going National

By Toni Tresca

Jul 16, 2024

Andrea Vahl, a Denver-based comic, founded a comedy collective of parents who perform across the country.

Revival of The Bonfils Girl Tells the Story of Denver Legend Helen Bonfils

By Toni Tresca

Jul 9, 2024

"Helen Bonfils is a little more well-known than she was ten years ago, but I hope this broadens people's understanding of who she was and even excites them," says Mike Broemmel, author of The Bonfils Girl.

Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill and More Female-Focused Shows Coming to Denver

Mar 15, 2024

It’s Women’s History Month, and we’re celebrating the empowerment of women through rock and roll.

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Su Teatro Hosts World Premiere of David Nehls's Haunting Musical Adaptation of The Wind

By Toni Tresca

Jan 9, 2024

The musical has a "Hitchcock feel," underscoring the tale of Letty Mason, a Virginia girl tossed into the harsh terrains of 1880s West Texas.

Revolutionary Musical SIX Brings Tudor Queens to Denver With a Pop Twist

By Toni Tresca

Dec 11, 2023

SIX transforms the tragic tales of Henry VIII's wives into a high-energy, modern musical celebration, and has become an international sensation in the process.

Michelle Wolf on Fame, Media Bias and That Correspondents' Dinner Ahead of Comedy Works Shows

By Toni Tresca

Aug 7, 2023

"There's no right way to be a woman, so you shouldn't get mad if people aren't doing it the way you're doing it."

I Had an Abortion: Life Before Roe v. Wade

By Juliet Wittman

Jun 25, 2023

Abortions in the '60s were not easy...or safe.

BETC Founders Take a Bow in Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, Apt 2B

By Toni Tresca

Feb 2, 2023

"This kind of became a family affair."

Her Brush Amplifies Artistic Voices of Early Modern Japan

By Hyde Chrastina

Nov 11, 2022

What does it mean to leave one's mark?

How to Not Be a Total Jerk at Pride

By Cleo Mirza

Jun 1, 2022

A PSA for straights and queers.

Modern Women / Modern Vision Explores History, Feminism and Expression Through Photography

By Hyde Chrastina

Apr 29, 2022

Influence across a century.

KS 107.5's Rosa Jad Is Tuned In to Her Identity

By Kyle Harris

Oct 6, 2021

KS 107.5's Rosa Jad hopes to inform and inspire her listeners.

Feminism

Orchestra, Storytelling Combine in Rattlesnake Kate Show

DU Professor Co-Writes Taylor Swift By the Book

Feminism

Orchestra, Storytelling Combine in Rattlesnake Kate Show

DU Professor Co-Writes Taylor Swift By the Book

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