We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
When I think of Fellini’s film Juliet of the Spirits, I think of beautiful women in big hats on the beach — the gorgeous surreal. When local designer Mona Lucero chose “Felliniesque” as the theme for her boutique’s eighth-anniversary fashion show, she turned to the dictionary. “I thought, ‘Do I…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
Eric Matelski is all about making art accessible to others, especially work by local and emerging artists, and the 13 Lumens Candle Art Show, which opens tonight with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Art Salon, isn’t the first time he’s taken this approach: reproduced art printed…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
I think most people who attended last weekend’s Fancy Tiger Holiday Handmade Craft Fair — and there were a lot of them: we’ve heard estimates of 1,500 or more — left with a good feeling about the local handmade community. Not only were the 75 or so vendors on board…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
What do artists think about the city they live in, wherever that might be, and what does it mean to them? At Illiterate Gallery, a new show, Mile High on the Map, cast a few clues on the Denver point of view. We hit the opening on Friday night. Take…
Where else can you get great local goods this holiday season? A good place to start would be a hop, skip and a jump away from Talulah Jones at the EZE Mop block on the 1200 block of East 17th Avenue, where husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Stephanie Shearer and Chris Bacorn run…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: This month, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve. Check…
Small works, affordable art, crafty items, the unexpected: Tonight’s First Friday Artwalk will no doubt feature plenty of them all, regardless of whichever urban quarter you land in. And that’s a good thing: Not only do local artists have to eat like the rest of us, but everyone benefits from…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: All this month, Lohre will host receptions showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve. Check…
In case you haven’t yet extracted yourself from the nearest big-box-store black hole, Buy Local Week in Denver began on Black Friday and ends today. Devised by Colorado Local First and the Mile High Business Alliance, it was designed to draw attention to local businesses and the importance of keeping…
Today we fight for the right to keep chickens and goats in our urban back yards and take delight in growing our own food. We patronize farmers’ markets and corner shops; there are even special markets that nix the use of money in favor of trading and bartering. In our…
It was a sad day last July when Eric Matelski put his First Monday Art Talks series to bed at Dazzle. But while Matelski was ready then to move on, he always hoped to bring back the talks — which featured a different local artist and a mélange of related…
One does plants, the other is known for her fish: It was no accident that threw flower-sculpting clay artist Jean Smith and animal assemblage artist Deborah Jang together for a couple of intertwining shows at the Ice Cube Gallery. Smith’s Abstract Clay and Jang’s The Way of Things open tonight…
We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning today at 5 p.m. with a Holiday Open House kickoff, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a…
Even if you miss out on a Mondo t-shirt for amfAR, there are still ways to observe World AIDS Day locally. Here’s how to help let the world know that HIV/AIDS isn’t over, because yeah, it’s not:…
At the Denver Public Library’s November Frock Out designer showcase, guest judge (and beloved local Project Runway runnerup) Mondo Guerra let a few cats out of the bag: He’s staying in Denver because “it’s our time;” after coming out as HIV-positive on Runway, he hopes to use his new fame…
I have a memory of going to see Carrie, second run, at the Mayan Theatre in the late ’70s. I think it was a fifty-cent movie night, and I remember sitting there with the salt of the earth in the steep balcony’s ripped, broken, red-plush seats that were sticky with…
