EVENTSSaturday, March 9 2013
  • 12
    Jun
    Tuesday
    Long before silver prospectors arrived in Aspen, the Ute people—or Nuche—called eastern Utah and western Colorado home. Over time, their culture...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 28
    Oct
    Sunday
    Laura Letinsky’s still life food photographs have appeared in Bon Appétit and Martha Stewart Living, but they depart from the perfectionist culinary...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Nov
    Thursday
    The objects presented in this exhibit depict the evolution of art using a multiple methods and materials. Heavily stylized, industrial, and graphic...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 15
    Nov
    Thursday
    Chairs, tables, and even skis get the Rocky Mountain treatment in this hometown exhibit. An extention of the showing at the Denver International...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Jan
    Tuesday
    This guitar building and woodworking class will keep your hands and mind busy. Master craftsman Edward Victor Dick teaches both beginners and more...
  • 17
    Jan
    Thursday
    Discover some of the best art in the state: paintings, sketches and photography of everything from the plains to the mountains.This juried exhibit of...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 17
    Jan
    Thursday
    Using weaving skills passed down from generation to generation, contemporary Guatemalan women create vibrant clothes and tapestries for both...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 18
    Jan
    Friday
    A "traditional" family can be hard to define in 2013—and Motherhood Out Loud celebrates that. Though full of comical portrayals of the...
    Performing Arts
  • 24
    Jan
    Thursday
    Yes, she survived the Titanic, but she also proved America’s rags-to-riches promise. With determination to rise above her humble beginnings, Molly...
    Performing Arts
  • 28
    Jan
    Monday
    The miniscule and atomic details in nature are often overlooked in day-to-day activity. Local Colorado painter Robert Spellman uses his contemporary...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Feb
    Friday
    Suddenly your grandfather’s old ride just got a lot more interesting. Highlighting the artistry found in woodie station wagons, this exhibit...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 4
    Feb
    Monday
    This is an artistic look at the old chicken-and--the-egg riddle. This art exhibit, by invitation only, explores the relationship between cause and...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 5
    Feb
    Tuesday
    Sometimes art is better when you can sit of it. Consisting of more than 100 decorative home furnishings, 11 different periods of interior design will...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 7
    Feb
    Thursday
    Get a feel for true Chicano art at this celebratory exhibition. The installment commemorates significant artists from Denver's Chicano community...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 7
    Feb
    Thursday
    It's a beach day! As Iris' family breaks out of the Bronx for a day in the sand, her dad tells everyone to only bring necessities into the packed car...
    Kids and Family
  • 8
    Feb
    Friday
    There is no worse cocktail for a politician than a hotel room, mysterious dead bodies, and adultery. Richard Willy, a junior government official,...
    Performing Arts
  • 9
    Feb
    Saturday
    Ukiyo-e art contains images of 17th century Japanese leisure activities and landscapes, using curved lines and bright colors to capture a wide range...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 9
    Feb
    Saturday
    What at first glance may appear to be abstract visions are actually large-scale photographs of the American landscape. David Maisel, showing four...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 10
    Feb
    Sunday
    Georgia O'Keeffe's flower and flora oil paintings are icons of Western art, but this collection brings to light more of O'Keeffe's New Mexican...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 13
    Feb
    Wednesday
    If there is one thing we can all relate to, it's family. Centered on the theme of family, this display features works from the Progressive Insurance...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 14
    Feb
    Thursday
    The early 1900s were a time of intensity and turbulence—two words that can also describe the rambunctious personality of Molly Brown. Immerse...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 14
    Feb
    Thursday
    Sunsets and autumn leaves are natural occurrences that can be overlooked, but Dylan Fox’s photographs help us remember their beauty in his...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 14
    Feb
    Thursday
    Ironically opening on Valentine’s Day, this traveling exhibition has come to Boulder from Croatia to display what happens to previously-loved objects...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 15
    Feb
    Friday
    Just over two years ago mammoth fossils were discovered in Snowmass Village—now you can see what those massive mammals actually looked like when they...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 15
    Feb
    Friday
    Travel back in time and space and explore the frost-covered landscapes of the Ice Age. Dazzling computer-generated images that bring a faraway era to...
    Kids and Family
  • 15
    Feb
    Friday
    Art often encourages individuals to revel in past experiences in order to relate and understand the piece—especially when the exhibit explores an...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 15
    Feb
    Friday
    If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then this display will be sure to leave even the chattiest people speechless. The exhibit—which features a...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 15
    Feb
    Friday
    When a play begins with the Detroit Lions winning the Superbowl, you know you’re in for a comic treat. In the excitement of the moment, Detroit...
    Performing Arts
  • 16
    Feb
    Saturday
    Amadeus, first performed in 1979, is a fictional account of the rivalry between two composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri....
    Performing Arts
  • 21
    Feb
    Thursday
    Where does the thin line between the real and the imagined lie? Artist Janaina Tschäpe’s paintings of mosaics and circles look abstract at first...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 22
    Feb
    Friday
    Sometimes you have to tackle problems one bake sale at a time. From fancy Christmas dinners to Hawaiian-style Easter fundraisers, four women in a...
    Performing Arts
  • 22
    Feb
    Friday
    After being neglected, insulted, and harassed by their chauvinistic boss, three women working in a male-dominated office finally get fed up. This...
    Performing Arts
  • 23
    Feb
    Saturday
    This comical three-act stage performance, written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, highlights the nuances of a journalist’s life with the story of...
    Performing Arts
  • 26
    Feb
    Tuesday
    It’s the story of the ultimate con artist. Frank Abagnale Jr.—a teenage boy with no flying knowledge, medical background, or law school experience—...
    Performing Arts
  • 28
    Feb
    Thursday
    The way a strobe of light reflects off of an image can drastically alter the message it sends. This multi-medium show focuses on contemporary artists...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Part of the Denver Jewish Film Festival, this exhibit explores the artistic relationship between photography, painting, and film. Don't miss featured...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Come witness the beauty of the Arctic tundra—no parka or snowshoes required. Landscape photographers Evan Anderman and Eliot Porter take you on a...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
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    Love in the time of commercialism. Short story author George Saunders, of MacArthur “Genius” Award and New Yorker fame, provides the plotline for...
    Performing Arts
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Transgendered pageants and Ku Klux Klan rallies couldn't be less connected, but they are both found in photographer Sonja Rieger’s newest show, which...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Explore the history of the longest continuous commercial street in the United States—Colfax Avenue—with this traveling exhibit. Fifty pieces are on...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Dining out is usually a reward in itself. This month, Park Meadows shopping area provides a bonus. For every $75 spent at a Park Meadows restaurant—...
    Culinary
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Denver locals Collin Parson and William Manke team up to explore the basic concepts of light, shape, and sound. Manke’s sound installations...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    Sorry ladies—despite the title this documentary has nothing to do with your ex. In this hard-hitting investigational piece, director Craig Scott...
    Performing Arts
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    You'll think differently about your compost bin after this exhibit. Artist Dennis Rousel elevates the concept of waste in his prints of everyday...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 1
    Mar
    Friday
    In 1934, a group of miners in Northern England took part in a mind-opening cultural enrichment program: They learned to paint. Their works depicted...
    Performing Arts
  • 2
    Mar
    Saturday
    Stop, drop, and roll over to the Denver Firefighters Museum for some schooling on fire safety. The six-week course convenes each Saturday to teach...
    Kids and Family
  • 2
    Mar
    Saturday
    Since Edgar Degas famously created his 19th-century ballerina portraits, the relationship between art and dance has flourished. Mixed media artist...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 2
    Mar
    Saturday
    Rocking fringe and bedazzled cowboy boots, Doyle and Debbie storm the stage, both idolizing and mocking country music duos. Doyle, a stereotypical...
    Performing Arts
  • 5
    Mar
    Tuesday
    Women around the world are making dramatic impacts of their communities. The Women+Film Voices Festival presents a lineup of more than a dozen...
    Special Events
  • 7
    Mar
    Thursday
    This isn't your typical high school time capsule. As part of Denver's Month of Photography, 32 artists join forces for this project focused on the...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 7
    Mar
    Thursday
    Oils and herbs are for more than just cooking and seasoning. In this four-class series with herbologist and massuse Kim Thompson, you will learn...
  • 7
    Mar
    Thursday
    Film and photography intertwine in this documentary tracking a photographer’s artistic process. Shot over the span of more than three years,...
    Performing Arts
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    Coloradans are even more pumped to get to the mountains these days thanks to some recent (and much-needed) storms. Do good while riding during this...
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    Horse enthusiasts unite. The self-proclaimed “Super Bowl of livestock shows” returns to Denver. Though it’s free of commercials and a hyped halftime...
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    A chance at youth volleyball's ultimate prize is up for grabs. More than 10,000 volleyball players on 1,000 teams are competing for a handful of bids...
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    The so-called simple geometry of lines and circles will be explored through the works of abstract expressionist painters Monroe Hodder and Aaron Karp...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    In this surprising, Oscar-nominated documentary, six former heads of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service agency and primary anti-terrorism unit,...
    Special Events
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    Forget about crunches, this boot camp is all about exercising your taste buds. This three-day exploration of the joys of wine—led by the head...
    Culinary
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    Juried by Peter Strange Yumi—artist and creator of the online catalog of collage art, Collage Fancy—this exhibit is a multi-medium tribute to the...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    This wine festival comes without a snooty attitude. Approachable wine-paired events are in the form of an après ski wine-n-wings challenge and a...
    Culinary
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    Mort is devastated after his wife unceremoniously chokes to death on a piece of moo shoo pork. Alone with his awkward teenage son, Mort slowly begins...
    Performing Arts
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    You don’t have to go to New York to get a taste of these Broadway blockbusters. Denver choreographer Liane Adamo teams up with the acting company...
    Performing Arts
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    “All grown-ups were once children...but only few of them remember it.” This classic children’s story begins as the narrator crashes his plane in the...
    Performing Arts
  • 8
    Mar
    Friday
    Definitely not the new kids on the block. Playwright Pat Cook creates the tale of these rambunctious sisters, living together in their twilight years...
    Performing Arts
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Look out for speeding pink tu-tus. Deck your your snow gear in any and all shades of pink for the world's largest ski day for breast cancer...
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    The M.O.M.S. (Mothers of Multiples Society) knows everyone loves a good bargain. Come check out items on discount (50-90 percent off retail...
    Special Events
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    For those who didn't think one could be a "professional" walker, think again. Pro walker Jonathan Stalls is leading a six-mile walk through the...
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Denver-based artist Sigri Strand has created an environment in this series of colored photographs where food and plants are objects of ritual. The...
    Arts and Exhibits
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Beats, booze, and brunch come together during SnowBall Music Festival weekend. Fill your belly with eats and top-shelf breakfast cocktails as bands...
    Culinary
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    This festival blends music and the mountains at the base of Crested Butte Ski Resort’s steep ski slopes. Afternoon-to-sunset performances feature the...
    Music
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Pull on your suits, gowns, and guises for this masquerade benefit. Feast on a three-course dinner of seared Pacific salmon and rosemary-charred...
    Special Events
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    For a decade, PlatteForum has connected contemporary artists with at-risk youth through its innovative and intensive artist-in-resident program....
    Special Events
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Catch the back-breaking clotheslines and leg drops from the world's top professional wrestlers. Featuring John Cena and current WWE Champion CM...
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Husband-and-wife musical duo Eyvind Kang (viola) and Jessika Kenney (vocals) create truly compelling and meditative avant-garde music. The couple's...
    Music
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    This folk stalwart’s 25th full-album release, October’s Hymns to What Is Left, was a true family affair. The deep-voiced singer flushed out the album...
    Music
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    The bonds of brotherhood are examined in this vibrant play about male relationships. Two brothers reconnect after the younger brother—recently...
    Performing Arts
  • 9
    Mar
    Saturday
    Get ready from some ground-stomping bluegrass. Rapid and jarring string instrumentals meet smooth harmonics and uplifting vocal crescendos in this...
    Music
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