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Denver Center Theatre Company gets new associate artistic director
Provided by Denver Center for the Performing ArtsNataki Garrett will take the reins as associate artistic director at Denver Center Theatre Company. It takes a catalyst and a commitment to truly alter...
View ArticleInside “Star Wars and the Power of Costume” at Denver Art Museum
Yes, they are the actual costumes. Like, that Carrie Fisher wore (we’re talking slave outfit, people). After three years of planning and scouring through a 45,000-square-foot warehouse on the Skywalker...
View ArticleLittleton educational institutions work together to offer art with feeling
On one of the pedestals inside Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery for the Arts sit two beautiful ceramic bowls, one glazed in blue and the other green. The artist who made the small vessels...
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Deborah Jordy appointed as new executive director of SCFD
Provided by the Colorado Business Committee on the ArtsDeborah Jordy. Following an 8-month search, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District has found a new executive director in its own...
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From the hit TV show “Pitch,” Black Violin shatters stereotypes, inspires...
They grew up playing classical music in the school orchestra, but what they listened to on their own time was hip-hop. Now, two former high school classmates have found a way to blend the two genres...
View ArticleThanksgiving turkey coloring page from The Denver Post
Thanksgiving is a time for celebrating family and friends. A time to share food and gratitude. A time to respect diversity, whether it’s political, social or just someone’s recipe for stuffing. In that...
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Abstract painter reaches across the divide, and the results are impressive
By Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post Colorado has two distinct camps of artists — and they are worlds apart. There’s the representational crowd, painters and sculptors who are the heirs to...
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Garrison Keillor gets political, talks “A Prairie Home Companion” ahead of...
Provided by Garrison KeillorGarrison Keillor, the 74-year-old former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” has lately been writing wry political columns for The Washington Post. Garrison Keillor’s folksy...
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Aurora Cultural Arts District expanding artist studio work space offerings
The Aurora Cultural Arts District is ramping up efforts to create more work space for artists interested in locating their studios and businesses in the north Aurora area along East Colfax as more...
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Colorado’s No. 1 contemporary painter has the mind of a scholar, the hand of...
By Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post Let me quote myself — and a whole lot of other people — in saying that Clark Richert is Colorado’s most important contemporary painter. That makes it...
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RiNo Arts District and Blue Moon team up to create place-making mural
A hundred volunteers gathered at the 38th Street underpass on Saturday to paint a mural that connects the east and west sides of RiNo, adding to other artworks covering the neighborhood’s streets and...
View Article“Frozen” is coming to life on the Denver stage in 2017
Elsa, Anna, Olaf & Co. are coming to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts next year. A pre-Broadway engagement of the new musical based on the Academy Award-winning Disney movie “Frozen” will...
View ArticleChris Rock announces first tour in 9 years with Denver stop
Chris Rock has announced his Total Blackout Tour 2017, with a stop at the Bellco Theatre on—Friday, March 3, at 8 p.m. This will mark the Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian’s—first tour in nine...
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Daniel Ritchie, chairman of Denver Center for the Performing Arts, to step...
Provided photoDaniel Ritchie Daniel L. Ritchie, the chairman of the board of trustees for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, will step down from his post in 2017. Rtichie made the announcement...
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The end is near (and maybe that’s OK): Artist Jonathan Saiz isn’t about to...
By Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post There’s a scene at the end of the doomsday movie “Deep Impact” when the world is coming to an end. A collision-course comet has rocked the planet and a...
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Color of the year? Pantone picks fresh, zesty hue for 2017
Pantone via APThis image released by Pantone shows a color swatch called “greenery”, which has been named as the color of the year for 2017 by the Pantone Color Institute. The vibrant green with yellow...
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Fire, safety concerns lead to eviction of “Rhinoceropolis” art colony in Denver
In the aftermath of the Oakland, Calif., Ghost Ship warehouse fire, which killed 36 people, Denver officials evicted about a dozen people Thursday, in frigid temperatures, from a building on Brighton...
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Denver Art Museum plans to use largest-ever $25 million gift to renovate...
The Denver Art Museum plans to funnel a $25 million one-time gift into the estimated $150 million budget for renovating its iconic North Building in time for the structure’s 50th anniversary in 2021,...
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Denver Fire puts “red tag” on Rhinoceropolis artist’s space over zoning and...
Denver authorities have “red-tagged” the Rhinoceropolis artists’ space that was evacuated in frigid temperatures on Thursday night, citing a number of fire-code violations and the fact that five people...
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Mapping the brilliant career of “The Michelangelo of Snow”
By T. Rees Shapiro, The Washington Post When skiers dismount the Swift Current chairlift at Montana’s Big Sky resort, they encounter — lodged deep into the snow — a placard bearing a panoramic view...
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