Ten Things for Art Lovers to Do and See this Weekend in Denver
Hit the galleries this weekend – and even the streets.
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The Colfax Museum Leaves Denver for New Digs in Lakewood
Denver’s losing cultural institutions to Lakewood. The Colfax Museum is the latest to go.
The New Sicario Is Violent, Moving and Implausible, But Less So Than Real Life
This ultra-violent crime thriller, satirizing some of Americans’ most despicable, imperialist impulses, somehow seems as though it is from a quieter, more decent time — and that’s depressing
Netflix’s Set It Up Makes a Compelling Case for Romantic-Comedy Formula
Harper and Charlie’s flirty dialogue rushes by at screwball comedy speeds, a funny affectation that’s no less effective now than it was in movies like It Happened One Night or The Lady Eve
The Wild Ride Is Almost Over for Heritage Amusement Park
It’s been a long, wild ride for the Golden spot.
Hasbro Takes Aim at GI Joe Stop Motion Film Festival, Forces Name Change
The multinational toy manufacturer Hasbro sent a cease-and-desist letter to Denver’s Gio Toninelo.
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The 21 Best Events in Denver, June 26 Through July 3
Plan on plenty of hot times in the week leading up to the July 4 holiday.
Lewis Neeff is Throwing a Temple Tantrum – Denver’s Latest DIY Fest
The Temple Tantrum block party on Labor Day weekend will be part Meow Wolf, Comic Con, a music fest, an interactive public art installation – on the whole, a happening like nothing Denver has seen before.
Still Rolling: Leave No Trace’s Debra Granik on the Fight to Make Movies Down in the Dirt
Granik says this about that near-decade between her narrative films: “It’s been like psycho-cardio workout on steroids the past eight years.”
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Elon Musk Is a Farting Unicorn Fan, but Blew Off Creator Tom Edwards
So how did Thomas Edwards’s design wind up in Elon Musk’s cars?
Review: Richard III an Apt Choice in This Time of Trump
And like the times, this Colorado Shakespeare Company production can be confusing.
Joanna Luloff Reads From Remind Me Again What Happened
Joanna Luloff talks about her new novel, Remind Me Again What Happened.
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Book It: The Five Best Literary Events This Week
Literature can change the world. Here are five ways to help, writ both world-wide and personal.
Mary Shelley Desperately Needs the Spark of Life
… Much like a paper by a student who has read the wiki but not the work, Mary Shelley marshals its evidence without revealing more, without connecting to the soul of the matter.
100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Meredith MacNicholas
It’s rare for the fashion world to represent with a DIY outlook, but Denver stylist Meredith MacNicholas, who launched the underground fashion magazine collective Soft and Shallow in 2016 with photographer Alexander Ablola, is crossing that line.
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Free for All: The Five Best Free Events This Week
Get on your bike and get out on the town for some fun.
Op Ed: Immigration Reform Crucial to Colorado’s Fashion Industry
Some of this country’s most creative design energy came from immigrants.
Kilgore Books & Comics Turns Ten on Capitol Hill
This month Kilgore Books & Comics celebrates ten years as an independent book store on the gritty block of East 13th Avenue it shares with Wax Trax Records.
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Ditched in the Dirt: Who Will Pay for Emanuel Martinez’s Broken Art?
Emanuel Martinez’s sculpture “Mestizaje” was moved to make way for a new development at an RTD stop, and the artwork was damaged in the process.
Weekend Warriors: Moving and Grooving Into This Weekend’s Workouts
Add a little fitness to your Westword Music Showcase weekend.
Ten Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Five Free)
Get busy on the cheap.
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Alt-Weekly Man: Writer Joe Donnelly Comes to Tattered Cover
Joe Donnelly might be the titular L.A. Man of his new book, but his roots are buried deep in the mountains of Colorado.