Douglas County residents invited to soak in more than 2 dozen new sculptures
Walk by any art you like today? If you haven’t, Douglas County has an online road map leading the way to 27 outdoor artworks installed across the county this year for public enjoyment. The sculptures...
View ArticleIn this Denver neighborhood, Frida Kahlo is more than an artist — she’s a...
Extravagant headdresses and jewelry, long flowing colorful skirts and drawn-in bushy uni-brows abounded Saturday as “Fridamania” thrived along Morrison Road in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood. Frida...
View ArticlePresident (and painter) George W. Bush’s artwork heading to Colorado for...
As part of the 9th annual Freedom Conference & Festival, a conservative confab taking place in Steamboat Springs next month, the paintings of 43rd President George W. Bush will be on display for...
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Denver gives artists, landlords more time under new program to fix...
The Denver City Council incorporated several ideas from the city’s skeptical artist community Monday before approving a voluntary amnesty program aimed at addressing safety hazards in unpermitted...
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Museum uses micro explosions to save fine art from bird poop
Science, Labor and Art had been living outdoors for more than a decade. They endured autumn rains and winter winds. In the springtime, pollen clung to their bodies and clothes. In the summer, beads of...
View ArticleFrostys for 50 cents and other deals around Denver, July 21-27
Shake it off Cool off this summer with sweet savings at Wendy’s. The fast-food chain is serving up a small Frosty for 50 cents — choose chocolate, vanilla or a combo of both flavors. It’s more than 55...
View ArticleSculpture culture: Colorado marble at heart of artists’“summer camp”
MARBLE — Their faces ghostly white, the sculptors carefully conjure their visions from blocks of stone. With screaming machines, the art appears. An ocean wave. A distorted face. A great ape. A leafy...
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Lincoln Avenue shut down over weekend while Lone Tree gets leaf sculpture
City of Lone TreeA map of the recommended Lincoln Avenue detour in Lone Tree this weekend. Come Monday, Lone Tree will be home to an eye-catching (dare we say iconic) 81-foot tall metallic leaf...
View ArticleHe’s blind in one eye. So at silhouetting, he’s a natural.
Sit still. Karl Johnson needs just 90 seconds. That’s how long it’ll take him to capture, cut, and complete a perfect likeness of your profile. Johnson, 52, is a professional scissor artist and...
View Article5 places in Aurora for visual artists to get creative at any age, for next to...
Art culture in Aurora is deep-rooted and growing quickly. For decades, art studios and creative spaces have successfully run free and almost free classes and services for visual artists of any age and...
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Arrive early to see the best of the Santa Fe Indian Market
As the third weekend in August approaches, hundreds of artists and thousands of their followers are preparing treks to Santa Fe for the annual eye popping celebration of Native American creativity...
View ArticleAt Denver’s 2017 UMS, fans and artists take a chance on each other
For Denver’s curious music mavens, Christmas in July was in full swing on Friday night thanks to the 17th annual Underground Music Showcase (UMS), the locally-focused music festival that fashions a...
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Few women are ballet choreographers. A program at the Vail Dance Festival...
VAIL — Lauren Lovette, in a hoodie, sweat shorts and stars-and-stripes socks, stood in the gym of Vail Mountain School silently feeling out the steps that would turn a poem into a dance. “Could you run...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Colorado Day 2017 marks the state’s 141st birthday
In honor of Colorado’s 141st birthday as a state, the History Colorado Center hosted a free event featuring multiple dance performances, blacksmithing demonstrations and more on Tuesday, August 1,...
View ArticleFour things to do this weekend: tribute band competition, beer brat brawl and...
Leftapalooza Mile High Tribute Band Competition Saturday.–Left Hand Brewing Company will bring the drinks as you enjoy the cover acts at the Leftapalooza Mile High Tribute Band Competition. The day’s...
View ArticleWindows of new Denver high-rise do double duty as off-site Denver Art Museum...
Downtown Denver’s 25-story SkyHouse building may have opened last fall, but its first-floor window boxes have remained empty for most of that time. Now, thanks to a partnership between SkyHouse and the...
View Article2017 Biennial of the Americas reveals notable names, tickets
Cultural, political and business leaders from more than 20 countries will return to Denver Sept. 12-16 for the fourth Biennial of the Americas, an arts and policy festival that seeks to unite many of...
View ArticleMile High vinyl guide: Where to buy, and listen to, records in the Denver area
Audiophiles love the physical format. Ask most music fans and they’ll tell you they’d rather be holding a limited-edition color vinyl or hard-to-find cassette tape than plucking songs out of thin,...
View ArticleTaste of Ethiopia brings together food, culture and role models in the...
Denver isn’t in the dark about Ethiopian food. In some cities, Ethiopian cuisines are a niche market for adventurous foodies. But Colorado has become a hub for African-inspired restaurants serving the...
View ArticleMy Morning Jacket announces Denver-area New Year’s Eve shows
Do the dog days of August have you looking ahead to New Year’s Eve, that one big holiday at the end of the work-a-day tunnel? Don’t worry; that’s normal. In fact, if you’re a My Morning Jacket fan,...
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