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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3:15 pm, Apr 25, 2013
I have to be honest: I'm terrified of horror movies. Not in a "yeah, silly, it's a scary movie"–type of way; mine's a chilled-to-the-bone, I'll-have-nightmares-for-weeks fear. So perhaps I'm not the best person to talk up a film festival devoted to "classic and contemporary independent horror cinema." But even I see why the inaugural Stanley Film...
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4:27 pm, Apr 24, 2013
Dinner theater is usually something we’d rather opt out of. Theater—sure. Dinner—of course. It’s the combination of the two that often sinks both. So, how is it that the Catamounts, a Boulder-based performance group, has us desperate for tickets to its next dining performance?One part farm dinner, one part performance art, and one part tasting...
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4:17 pm, Apr 24, 2013
Author Terri Peterson Smith invites you to take the age-old saying “lose yourself in a good book” a step further and actually visit the setting of a beloved novel or the spot where your favorite author penned a tale. In Off the Beaten Page (Chicago Review Press, May 2013), Smith outlines a literary-inspired tour of Boulder and 14 other well-known...
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4:14 pm, Apr 24, 2013
What does a comedian do after telling a joke that bombs? He shrugs it off—and tells the next one. That ability to continue performing after the unexpected happens is the guiding principle behind comedic improvisation. It can also be a major plus in business. At least, that’s the premise behind Applied Improv, a class offered by the owners of the...
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4:06 pm, Apr 24, 2013
Do it ourselves. That’s the motto Denver quintet Churchill lives by. The band members write their own music and even produced their first record and EP in-house. “That’s always been the goal,” says singer and guitarist Tim Bruns. “To do as much as we can on our own and see where that takes us.”Two years ago, that meant raising more than $6,...
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3:03 pm, Apr 24, 2013
Inside one of Denver’s clandestine gems, some of the country’s greatest jazz musicians have long plied their craft. People like Kenny Garrett and Curtis Fuller have graced the modest stage at Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge and performed one of America’s most celebrated art forms. In honor of the club’s 15-year anniversary, we caught up with the...
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5:02 am, Mar 27, 2013
You might say Ben Mollner is a nontraditional artist: The 28-year-old is a practicing dentist, has no formal arts training, and runs his studio out of his living room. In fact, he started painting simply to fill blank wall space in his house. But none of that matters when you’re looking at the Colorado native’s arresting contemporary canvases (...
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10:00 am, Mar 21, 2013
When Tim League opened the first Alamo Drafthouse, he wanted to make it "the theater for movie fans by movie fans" (emphasis my own). That seems to have been a successful ploy because the company is now opening its 12th theater—and its first in Colorado. On Monday, March 25 Alamo Drafthouse Littleton in Aspen Grove will welcome patrons into a...
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9:30 am, Mar 14, 2013
You know that feeling when a dinner party is over and you look around your kitchen and see red-stained wine glasses and plates with small bits of food left and realize that the fun part is over? That's how Laura Letinsky's still-life photographs make me feel—like I missed the entire party and am stuck with just remnants. But somehow I'm not upset...
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12:55 pm, Mar 5, 2013
In this Age of More that seems hell-bent on forcing most of us to make do with less, two rat-race refugees have taken the concept of simple living to a blissful extreme. The Minimalists are Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, childhood friends from Dayton, Ohio who left six-figure telecom jobs a few years ago when they realized that the...
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2:45 pm, Feb 28, 2013
Month of Photography Denver launches tomorrow, with hundreds of exhibitions and events taking place all over the city and its suburbs. It seems an astute time, then, for me to call attention to one particularly talented local photographer: Benjamin Rasmussen. The 28-year-old brings a photojournalistic style to his work, showcasing people and...
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12:30 pm, Feb 27, 2013
Earlier this month, Denver Film Society held a kickoff event for the Women + Film VOICES Film Festival, its annual celebration of female-focused films. Organizers screened The Invisible War, which showed at last year's festival and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. The film exposes the...
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