PHOTOS: Denver Cherry Blossom Festival, 2017
The 45th annual Denver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating Japanese heritage and culture includes food, music performances, art and a marketplace on June 24, 2017 in Denver.
View ArticleFast-growing Denver Comic Con enters sixth year with tighter prop weapon, “PG...
The trouble started early at the Phoenix Comicon last month. On May 25, the first day of the Memorial Day weekend event, police arrested 29-year-old Mathew Sterling, dressed in black and armed with two...
View ArticleDenver Art Museum will roll out a musical rocking chair exhibit on its patio...
The Denver Art Museum’s latest outdoor exhibit will bring a new meaning to rock ‘n’ roll when it debuts its interactive rocking chair exhibit later this week. On June 30, the museum will wheel out “La...
View ArticleThornton hires muralists to help reduce graffiti on traffic boxes
Thornton resident Jay Michael Jaramillo has left his mark in the city, and he intends to do it again and again. “It’s really cool to drive by and see my artwork, and especially to see other people...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Warped Tour 2017 moshes through Denver
The 22nd iteration of the Vans Warped Tour came to Pepsi Center’s parking lot on June 25. Punk legends Sick of it All and the Adolescents performed along side modern pop-rockers American Authors,...
View ArticleT.J. Miller takes on Hollywood, “The Emoji Movie” in “Silicon Valley” exit...
Leave it to T.J. Miller to turn the celebrity exit interview on its head. The actor, known for his eccentricity, got candid with the Hollywood Reporter about being written out of HBO’s “Silicon...
View ArticleComic Con etiquette 101: How to approach celebrities, cosplayers and more
I know it’s hard, really I do, but sometimes you just need to not be an awful person. And when lots of people are squished together—to celebrate nerd culture, well, that’s the time. Proper etiquette...
View ArticleA vast universe: Denver Comic Con to feature diverse cast of local creators
The call for more women, LGBTQ and people of color in pop culture — on the screen, in pages and as creators — has become louder and louder in recent years.—And with the coming Denver Comic Con, which...
View ArticleWhere to find Breckenridge’s 2017 Denver Comic Con beer “I am Brewt”
Denver Comic Con is right around the corner, which means it’s time to continue the hoppy tradition that runs parallel to it every year: Breckenridge Brewery’s custom beer. This year’s brew is “I am...
View Article3D printer, tintype photographer round out emerging artists at 2017 Cherry...
After graduating from college in 2015, Heather Kegel built a three-dimensional printer. She had learned to use the technology as an undergraduate at the University of Denver and knew that having a 3D...
View ArticleCollector pulls exhibit from Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art following...
An art exhibition that opened this month at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has been taken down following staff resignations at the museum. “It is unfortunate that staff issues BMoCA has...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Cherry Creek Arts Festival 2017
The 27th annual festival opened Friday with a private gala for artists and closes on the evening of July 3. Organizers expect 350,000 people to attend.The festival features 255 international artists...
View ArticleDenver Comic Con 2017 invades the Colorado Convention Center
With imperial stormtroopers, a procession of Lego people, Pikachu, Swamp Thing and Deadpool riding a pink and white unicorn, the Big Blue Bear is probably one of the least interesting things to see at...
View ArticleFounder of disastrous Fyre Festival arrested, charged with fraud
One of the organizers of the disastrous Fyre Festival has been arrested and charged with wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Billy McFarland was...
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Live music returns to Historic Elitch Theatre, ending 23 years of silence
Aldo SvaldiLive music graced the Historic Elitch Theatre on Saturday after a 23-year absence. Emmylou Harris, the Bodeans, and Air Supply were some of the final musical acts to perform at the Historic...
View ArticleComedian organizing “man-free” music fest
Sweden’s largest music festival, the four-day Bråvalla, which regularly featured such acts as Kanye West, the Killers and Iron Maiden, has been canceled next year in response to the growing number of...
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African-inspired art, curried cabbage and a Boogaloo deliver a good time at...
R&B, neo-soul and jazz artist Rajdulari crooned as she swayed in rhythm with the live band playing behind her on the Kuumba Stage on Saturday at City Park. Kuumba means creativity in Swahili and...
View ArticleNorth Metro Arts Alliance brings free programs, entertainment to Adams County
For more than 25 years, Betsy Scally has seen how participating in youth theater can help kids gain confidence and achieve more than they dreamed possible, not only performing before audiences or...
View ArticleWith 21 million YouTube views and counting, Chris Fleming is a jester for the...
Gayle Waters-Waters barrels through her suburban living room clutching a pair of vacuum cleaners, her purse-lipped face venting furious desperation. “We’ve got to clean the house now, now, NOW, people!...
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Creative bliss or commercial potential? “Desirable Objects” flirts with mass...
Jenny Morgan makes desirable objects and she is, perhaps, the most successful artist to come out of Denver’s art scene in awhile. Her figurative paintings, often of women, frequently naked, are easy to...
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