3:40 pm, Jun 14, 2013
Have you ever asked an artist what’s the hardest part of their job? Many will tell you that it's the creative part (the dreaming, the reinventing, the imagining). Others might tell you that it's the business side: Getting your name out there. But for the past five years, that’s been a little easier for local artists at Sean Brown’s Studio 12...
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10:35 am, Jun 5, 2013
Most artists choose a niche: Photographer. Landscape painter. Woodworker. Not Lisa Garness Mallory. Calling herself both a painter and a fine art photographer, Garness Mallory pioneered her own artistic process, which combines digital photography with textile and painting work. It can take from two weeks to a month to complete one piece. The...
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4:25 pm, Jun 3, 2013
Here’s the good news: More than 48,000 people donned their most outlandish (and realistic) costumes at the second-annual Denver Comic Con (DCC)—almost doubling last year’s attendance. The bad news: That surge (understandably) overwhelmed organizers and created cranky fans in what felt like never-ending lines. The worst of it came Friday, when the...
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8:42 am, Jun 1, 2013
Editor's Note: Contributor Tim Beyers is covering all the news from Comic Con (May 31 to June 2) for 5280.com. Check back Monday for more.Would you pay $500 for an original piece of art? How about comic book art? You can bet that many fans attending the second-annual Denver Comic Con (DCC) will pay that and more for a signed page from comic book...
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11:00 am, May 31, 2013
We’ve long been fans of outdoor movies in the summer. And although we are die-hard Film on the Rocks groupies, we are stoked for this summer’s newest outdoor cinema experience: the Larimer Square Summer Film Series. Once a month, June through September, the restaurants and shops on downtown’s charming Larimer Square are teaming up with the Denver...
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8:23 am, May 31, 2013
Editor's Note: Contributor Tim Beyers is covering all the news from Comic Con (May 31 to June 2) for 5280.com. Check back soon for a Q&A with comic book artist J. Scott Campbell.Denver Comic Con (DCC) is sure to fulfill all your sci-fi, fantasy, and comic book cravings—for now. But what do you do when the door’s close for another year?...
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9:50 am, May 24, 2013
Are we witnessing the revenge of the comic book nerds? As comics-inspired movies continue to rule the box office—Iron Man 3 recently broke the billion-dollar barrier worldwide (the second consecutive Marvel Comics film to do so)—fan-driven events like Denver Comic Con (DCC) may just become the cool place to be. Upwards of 35,000 cosplaying...
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3:31 pm, May 23, 2013
“How do you spell ‘whoomp’?”Steve Rolln was on the line with his man DC the Brain Supreme. DC had been talking to three strippers—Cinnamon, Chocolate, and Dark-N-Lovely—who’d just gotten back from Miami and had told DC, who was a strip-club DJ, about a chant that had gone viral in the South Florida clubs: “Whoomp! There it is.” It was difficult to...
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2:21 pm, May 23, 2013
5280.com Exclusives: Listen to six kids explain what they love about the museum and watch Ryan Hainault of the Children's Museum of Denver give us an inside look into what it took to build the 3, 2, 1...Blast Off! exhibit. Luke Gottschall has been repeating the same process for 10 minutes: He collects handfuls of hollow,...
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2:05 pm, May 23, 2013
It's a big year for Make-A-Wish Colorado. The local chapter is celebrating 30 years and granting its 4,000th wish next month. But it's an even bigger year for 16-year-old Jenna Spille, the milestone-wish recipient. On August 7, 2012, after doctors found a tumor in her brain, Spille was diagnosed with brain cancer. She underwent six rounds of...
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12:52 pm, May 23, 2013
Spreading a blanket on a grassy patch of City Park on a Sunday evening, unpacking a picnic basket, and settling in for the sounds of jazz, blues, or salsa coming from the pavilion bandstand is a longtime Denver summer ritual. Since as far back as the 1880s, Denverites have been strolling to the city’s largest park for the weekend tradition....
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8:09 am, May 22, 2013
It's never hard to find something fun/adventurous/creative/relaxing to do in Colorado during the summer. We do refer to the state as our "playground" for a reason. But we can only hike the same trail so many times or pub hop for so long. That's why we're always on the hunt for a new outlet. Enter the Makerie's just-launched Summer Series. ...
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2:45 pm, May 21, 2013
When you look at a parking lot do you imagine that it could be a outdoor classroom? Katie Donahue, a masters student at University of Colorado Denver, does and has already raised more than $14,000 via Kickstarter to do so. But, if she doesn’t meet her $20,000 fundraising goal before Thursday, her project won’t receive a penny. Since August 2012,...
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3:50 pm, May 20, 2013
I discovered Courtney Khail's artwork because of my affinity for stationery: I lurk around card shops and paper stores, and carefully organize my stash of thank-you notes and handmade cards in a decorative box. Denver-based Khail's delicate, nature-inspired invitations are some of my favorites, so I was thrilled to learn that she now offers...
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2:15 pm, May 3, 2013
The River North Art District—just north of downtown Denver—has become a hub for the city's art scene, with more than 60 studios and galleries located in the industrial area. Now we can add one more to the list: aBuzz Gallery, which opened last night in the Dry Ice Factory. The one-room space bills itself as a contemporary gallery that aims to...
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