Kennedy: In a sea of Denver holiday shows, we still circle back to the...
Early in the opening-night performance of the Denver Center’s “A Christmas Carol,” lights began to strobe and an alarm went off. It then went on and on and on, as did those blasted lights. Ghosts?...
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Pantone picks deep purple “Ultra Violet” as color of year
Pantone Color Institute via APThis image provided by the Pantone Color Institute shows the Pantone Color of the Year for 2018, called “Ultra Violet.” The color experts at the Carlstadt, New...
View ArticleHe kept his Star Wars legacy a secret in Boulder for decades. At 85, the...
Sierra Dall had been living with Colin Cantwell for more than 15 years before she finally learned his secrets. “I knew he had some things in the basement,” said Dall, 73, seated next to Cantwell, 85,...
View ArticleFrom high art to Disney-esque, menorahs of all kinds light the way during...
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, has for centuries outshined the darkness of bigotry. “Hanukkah is even more important this year because this holiday brings light and hope into the world at a...
View ArticleSon of famed Colorado concert promoter ready to etch his own name in Red...
Concert promoter Tyler Fey stepped out of his car into a crisp Monday morning at Red Rocks’ upper parking lot. As the son of famed concert promoter Barry Fey, the venue is practically etched into the...
View ArticleCar art: Denver’s one-night-only spin on “Drive-in” uses Nissans, Dodges and...
Westerners have been obsessed with their modes of personal transportation ever since the first cowboy galloped across the range. When you live in a landscape that’s so big and spread out, getting from...
View ArticleActor’s death makes “Every Christmas Story” in Boulder more poignant
Going on with the show is one of theater’s Ten Commandments, but it’s not easy in the aftermath of a beloved actor’s’ death. Daniel Langhoff, who died of colon cancer on Nov. 12 at the age of 42,...
View ArticleA pop songwriter made “Waitress” sing, and helped cement its place in...
When “Waitress” debuted in 2016, the musical comedy became the first Broadway production in which women filled the primary creative positions, including direction, book, choreography, costume design...
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New film project Side Stories will turn RiNo into a walk-in movie theater
It may be unfair to compare Side Stories, a new outdoor short-film program, to the River North neighborhood’s better-known Crush Festival. The latter deploys street artists to cover walls with murals,...
View ArticleWomen at Brazil Carnival push back against harassment
RIO DE JANEIRO — Ana Lobo, who is six months pregnant, was at a pre-Carnival street party last weekend when a man started yelling and calling her names. “Whore!” she remembered him saying, apparently...
View ArticleIf you’re catching a show at Buell Theatre, show up an hour before it starts...
Visitors to the Buell Theatre can expect to spend more time getting into the auditorium starting next week as the Denver Center for the Performing Arts rolls out new security measures before the Feb....
View ArticleReview: In The Dairy Center’s “Guards at the Taj,” a sharp comedy meets...
Stars shimmer behind the gate where a sentinel stands facing the audience at the start of “Guards at the Taj,” at the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company through Feb 18. Another guard soon joins him in...
View ArticleProvocative “Underground Railroad Game” coming to Curious Theatre
Curious Theatre Company will cap its 20th anniversary season with the provocative “Underground Railroad Game.” The play, which won an OBIE Award in 2017 for Best New American Theatre Work, will be...
View ArticleIs it a real masterpiece? Critic challenges Degas sculptures on display at...
As the Denver Art Museum this week unveiled “Degas: A Passion for Perfection,” one of its most-anticipated exhibitions in years, a longtime researcher of the artist’s work is asserting that bronze...
View ArticleReview: Ricketson’s “The Great Leap” scores with a tale of hoop dreams and...
In her history-teasing play “The Great Leap,” Lauren Yee takes her own imaginative vault over the decades by telling the story of Manford, a hungry Chinese-American 17-year-old basketball player who...
View ArticleFive Denver arts groups to face off reality-show style in hopes of landing...
Philanthropic groups donate millions to arts organizations each year and, generally speaking, no one enjoys the process — neither the giver nor the getter. It all ends well, of course. Theater...
View ArticleYour selfie as fine art? Denver thinks so — if you pose with one of its 400...
Finally, some vindication for all those selfie-holics out there: Self-taken portraits now are considered fine art in a new Denver Arts & Venues event celebrating the 30th anniversary of Denver...
View ArticleInteractive art lures Civic Center visitors with color, music
Sounds of the Caribbean filled Civic Center park in downtown Denver as 8-year-old Dash Elliott hammered keys on a modified piano. As park goers were serenaded Saturday afternoon they were also...
View ArticleRinaldi: At DAM’s blockbuster Degas exhibit, genius proves both a blessing...
“Degas: A Passion for Perfection” is a blockbuster show in spite of itself, a must-see that does its homework and serves up plenty for others. It’s exhaustive and, for those who indulge in the 100-plus...
View ArticleMetro area artists find an unexpected venue for a pop-up gallery, a new place...
A pair of violinists playing classical tunes, a table laden with finger foods and soft drinks, and pillars covered in a mix of glittery dragon paintings, watercolor landscapes, crocheted octopi and...
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