Tony Garcia, a guiding light of Denver’s El Centro Su Teatro for more than thirty years, is a little more relaxed these days: The purchase of the Denver Civic Theatre by the long-lived Chicano troupe is a done deal. “The building is ours,” he says, “and we’re not going to…
Denver-based Omerica Organic is all about the O’s. And at least among the growing circle of body-art inclined folks cultivating stretched holes in their ear lobes, it’s becoming the go-to place online to buy the body jewelry needed to do it. Made from beautiful hand-finished hardwoods that are decorated with…
Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: a local maestra of event-planning who throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties and chocolate-fests each year. Her latest — and biggest — project is next summer’s Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art…
Slam Nuba, one of two major ongoing slam events in Denver, meets twice a month on the the first and last Mondays at the Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington Street; typically, one session is based on what Smith calls a “crazy theme,” while the other is a more traditional straight-on slam,…
Around 300 art-lovers showed up Saturday at RedLine Gallery for a second anniversary bash on the theme of “This is Where We Live.” Other than fundraising, the event’s purpose was to provide an active interface between artists and the public; to that end, there were interactive installations by Jay Dion,…
RedLine in RiNo is so much more than a gallery — it’s a self-proclaimed “urban laboratory,” a resident art studio enclave and purveyor of art programs in the schools. And in all its capacities, it is forever reaching out to the community with strong leanings toward collaboration and education. RedLine…
The timing couldn’t be more perfect. Today’s installation of sculptor Mike Whiting’s touted public work Rhino at the intersection of Larimer and 24th streets at the gateway to the RiNo Arts District flawlessly dovetails with tonight’s opening reception for his solo show Primitives down the street at Plus Gallery. And…
Haven’t you always wanted to do this? I guess if you’re the artist, it’s okay. This photo of Donald Lipski sitting atop his sculpture The Yearling on the lawn of the Denver Central Library appears in The Facebook Show, Volume 1: Profile Portraits from the FB, currently at Detroit’s Museum…
Last year’s inaugural Bring It On Bowling Ball was a rousing success, but Denver’s high-flying Flobots think the event, a fundraiser for youth-directed Art to Action programs sponsored by the band’s non-profit Flobots.org, is going to be even better this year. The Flobots will take on Rise Against at the…
In the past year, the Denver Handmade Alliance has grown to include more than 100 members, a good indicator that the local DIY modern crafting spirit is alive and well. That means that this year’s DHA-sponsored Art by Craft exhibition, which opens today in the fine and funky 1490 Delgany…
As the witching hour creeps nigh upon us, we all start thinking about spooky stuff, the occult and things that go bump in the night. Artist/entrepreneur Eric Matelski’s Halloween itch, however, was inspired by the Ouija board, that everyday portal to the spirit world that we all remember gathering ’round…
Artist Eric Drooker’s existentially spooky urban drawings and paintings often adorn the cover of The New Yorker or the pages of such graphic novels as Bloodsong and Illuminated Poems, the latter a collaboration with the late poet Allen Ginsberg, then a fellow denizen of New York’s Lower East Side. It…
We can all feel comfortable calling Mark Amerika, the artist pioneer in new media technology, at least half-Coloradan, since he lives in Boulder (a separate republic, perhaps, but Colorado all the same) half of the time. And we can all cheer for him as a local when Amerika’s latest ground-breaking…
Last weekend’s Harajuku Street Fashion Party at Hinterland aimed to educate while giving aficonados a chance to deck out in Japanese pop styles and have a good time. If you were there, you might have caught on. And then again, you might not have. Here’s a vague pathway through the…
Indian summer? I think it came and went last Friday when balmy temperatures held into the evening for gallery-goers crossing back and forth on Delgany Street during twin openings at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and the Denver Handmade Alliance’s Art by Craft show across the street. Outdoors, the…
Robert M. Knight looks pretty much like a regular guy – an older hepcat who wears berets, to be sure, but, yes, a regular one. Yet in his career of more than forty years as a rock photographer, he’s snapped everyone from the Rolling Stones to Slash and the Sick…
Denver’s Indigenous Film & Arts Festival is unique to Colorado and aims to showcase films that focus on the stories and talents of native peoples. Now in its seventh year, the 2010 fest narrows that focus with an especially apt theme, Resilience…
Lynne Bruning is, hands down, one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. She’s one of those brainiacs who seem to be thinking so fast that the words can’t keep up. In truth, Lynne, a fashion designer who interweaves computer technology into “groovalicious” wearable artworks, camps out rather than…
Denver Arts week is just around the corner, with special events all over town for folks of all ages and cultural interests. It also heralds one of the biggest First Fridays of the year citywide on November 5, including in RiNo, where the galleries and artist studios will be pouring…
Fish artist Ray Troll lives, breathes and paints by the law of the sea; one of his T-shirts proclaims “Fish Hard, Die Free,” and that’s sort of how he likes it, way up north in Ketchikan, Alaska. How did Troll become a fish artist? Perhaps he listened to the tidal…
Still confused about the whole Gothic Lolita thing? What the hell is up with those kawaii dancing mushrooms and furry Pikachu suits? And why do Japanese ganguro girls look like they dried up and died in a tanning bed? Some of us have a lot of questions about Japanese street…
The spirit of Isabel Allende’s memorable Chilean family saga and historical novel The House of the Spirits is alive and well in the Denver Center Theatre Company’s new staging of Caridad Svich’s adaptation, with a few small changes. But, notes DCTC spokeswoman Genevieve Miller, those are taken care of through…
