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Are You Ready to Get Lit? A Dozen Things to Do in Denver This Week

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Kristen Fiore

Kristen Fiore is the Westword Culture editor. They escaped Florida in 2021 and have been loving the seasons and lifestyle in Denver ever since. Kristen previously worked as an editor at Colorado Community Media and at The Villages Daily Sun as an associate managing editor and senior entertainment reporter. Their work has won awards for social justice reporting, features writing and news writing from Top of the Rockies, Florida Press Club and Florida Society of News Editors. Kristen plays the keyboard/keytar/synthesizer, writes music and poetry, and dabbles in too many types of art to list.

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New Art Space Galleries on Downing Cultivates Community

By Kristen FioreSeptember 30, 2025

Habitat Library has also found a temporary home in the space. Come see it at an October 5 open house.

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Zoot Suit Fashion Show, Classic Car Exhibit Celebrate Chicano Culture at Denver Art Society

By Kristen FioreSeptember 23, 2025

“I think values and cultures are dying out, so it’s really important to highlight that and keep flowing with it.”

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Macaulay Culkin Is Coming to Denver for a 35th Anniversary Screening of Home Alone

By Kristen FioreSeptember 18, 2025

The star will give an exclusive live moderated interview after the screening.

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New Murals Added to Cherry Creek Trail During First Wall Fest

By Kristen FioreSeptember 17, 2025

Seventeen artists painted new murals along Cherry Creek Trail for Wall Fest.

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Creative Outlet: Access Gallery Celebrates Twenty Years in ADSF

By Kristen FioreSeptember 15, 2025

But first, go to the gallery’s “99 Pieces of Art” fundraiser on Friday.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts: How SCFD Tier I Institutions Use Their Funding

By Kristen FioreSeptember 15, 2025

“This support sets us apart from any other community in the nation, if not the world.”

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Rock, Scissors, Paper: Central Library to Host Nearly 100 Zine Exhibitors for Zine Fest

By Kristen FioreSeptember 11, 2025

Check out hundreds of zines on Sunday at Central Library.

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Denver Philharmonic Turns Down NEA-Funded Grant to Continue Mission of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Access

By Kristen FioreSeptember 10, 2025

The orchestra set up its own fundraiser instead.

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Respiderment: Rosie the Tarantula Has Retired From Meet-and-Greets at the Butterfly Pavilion

By Kristen FioreSeptember 8, 2025

Even though guests won’t be able to hold Rosie anymore, there will still be plenty of opportunities to learn about and interact with invertebrates.

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The Ten Best Vintage Stores in Denver

By Kristen Fiore and OthersAugust 30, 2025

Go out and get yourself a new (old) outfit.

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Artists Leave Their Fingerprints Downtown in 16th Street Project

By Kristen FioreAugust 28, 2025

“We want people looking through the glass and leaving their fingerprints. When you see your fingerprints on something, then all of a sudden, it kind of becomes a part of you.”

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Ten Best Places to Scream in Denver

By Tessa Guthrie and OthersAugust 27, 2025

Here’s why you should be screaming in public (on purpose).

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How to See the Rare “Black Moon” This Weekend

By Kristen FioreAugust 21, 2025

You’re going to want to go stargazing.

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Local Artists Get Studio Space in RiNo Through New Pop-Up Program

By Kristen FioreAugust 19, 2025

“I wanted to really think about how we can create this symbiotic relationship; uplifting businesses, properties and artists together.”

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Catch Kent Monkman’s History is Painted by the Victors Before It Leaves DAM

By Kristen FioreAugust 12, 2025

Indigenous artist Kent Monkman’s exhibit leaves Denver Art Museum after this weekend.

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Rainin’ Fire in the Sky: How to Catch the Perseid Meteor Shower in Colorado This Week

By Kristen FioreAugust 12, 2025

The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of the best and most popular meteor showers of the year, and it’ll peak this week.

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DMNS Looks Back on 125 Years of Bringing the World to Colorado

By Kristen FioreAugust 6, 2025

“A museum of natural history is never finished.”

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Photos: Shenanigans Ensue at August First Friday in the Art District on Santa Fe

By Kristen FioreAugust 2, 2025

Street dancers, musicians and artists livened up First Friday on a closed-to-traffic Santa Fe Drive.

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Pink Lady Monster Gets Weird With Whimsical New Album, Ponk

By Kristen FioreJuly 29, 2025

“We had this chemistry where we were all on the same wavelength, and it just naturally got weird.”

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Photos: Handmade Creations and Plenty of Dogs at Cheesman Park Art Festival

By Kristen FioreJuly 27, 2025

Over 150 artists are selling their work in Cheesman Park until 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Affordable Art Studios: RedLine Executive Director to Manage Community Arts Stabilization Trust Colorado

By Kristen FioreJuly 24, 2025

Louise Martorano is transitioning from her role as RedLine executive director to manage Colorado CAST and build on the Satellite Studio Program.

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Taking the High Toad: Denver Zoo Releases Boreal Toads to Help Near-Endangered Species

By Kristen FioreJuly 23, 2025

“There are some numbers out there from Colorado Parks and Wildlife that there are as few as 800 adult toads in our state.”

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