Arts & Culture Archives

Love Culture? Use It to Get Some Love on Artopia Tickets!

By Westword StaffFebruary 21, 2018

Through midnight February 22, we’re offering a special deal on general admission tickets to Artopia 2018 on February 23.

University of Colorado Art Museum Acquires $1.35 Million Sharkive Collection

By Kyle HarrisFebruary 21, 2018

The University of Colorado Museum will acquire a $1.35 million collection of art prints, the Sharkive.

Best Thing About the Not-Bad <i>Annihilation</i>? It Doesn’t Spoil the Book

Best Thing About the Not-Bad Annihilation? It Doesn’t Spoil the Book

By Alan ScherstuhlFebruary 21, 2018

It’s often inspired in its cutting and composition, and Garland (Ex Machina) has crafted sequences of strange splendor, including a too-short cosmic light show

Review: MCA Denver Unwraps Three Knockout Solos

By Michael PagliaFebruary 21, 2018

Cleon Peterson, Diego Rodriguez-Warner and Arthur Jafa cover a lot of conceptual and aesthetic ground, but they have one thing in common: Each has a knockout solo at MCA Denver.

Today: All Aboard for a Deal on the Winter Park Express

By Westword StaffFebruary 21, 2018

To celebrate over four feet of snow that has fallen this month, Amtrak and Winter Park Resort are offering half-price tickets for this weeked for 24 hours, starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, February 21, 2018.

Meet the MasterMinds, Artists and Arts Groups Keeping Denver Cool

By Patricia CalhounFebruary 21, 2018

With the announcement of the 2018 class of MasterMinds, Westword has now honored more than sixty artists and arts organizations, giving cash awards totaling well over $150,000.

With <i>Golden Exits</i>, Alex Ross Perry Has Crafted an Intimate Brooklyn Epic

With Golden Exits, Alex Ross Perry Has Crafted an Intimate Brooklyn Epic

By Danny KingFebruary 21, 2018

The characters talk extensively about what matters to them rather than what matters to the plot, exposing themselves, sharing the worries that keep them up at night

Six Arty Things to Do and See This Week in Denver

By Susan FroydFebruary 21, 2018

Whether or not the sun comes back out this weekend, you can still give in to the elements and get out to explore art. You’ll find it indoors near the steamy tropical conservatory at the Denver Botanic Gardens, at art galleries on every level, at studio open houses and even at a literary reading.

History’s No Joke, but on <i>Drunk History</i> and <i>Another Period</i>, It’s Hilarious — Even Revealing

History’s No Joke, but on Drunk History and Another Period, It’s Hilarious — Even Revealing

By Craig D. LindseyFebruary 20, 2018

Also just like History, Period offers a chance for comedians and the actors who love them to play dress-up and goof off in a period-piece setting

The 21 Best Events in Denver, February 20-26

By Westword StaffFebruary 20, 2018

The 21 best events in Denver for February 20-26, 2018.

Review: Benchmark’s <i>A Kid Like Jake</i> Doesn’t Kid Around

Review: Benchmark’s A Kid Like Jake Doesn’t Kid Around

By Juliet WittmanFebruary 20, 2018

Daniel Pearle’s A Kid Like Jake is getting its regional premiere as Benchmark Theatre’s opener for the fledgling company’s second season.

<i>Nostalgia</i> Examines the American Way of Accumulating — and Dying

Nostalgia Examines the American Way of Accumulating — and Dying

By Alan ScherstuhlFebruary 20, 2018

An episodic ensemble drama organized around the logic of theme rather than of traditional narrative, the film concerns above all else accumulation and dispersal, in the American vein

Abstract, IndyInk’s Retail Store, Finds New Life on Santa Fe Drive

By Susan FroydFebruary 20, 2018

When Aaron Cohrs and Dave Roggeman opened their IndyInk screen-printing studio, gallery and apparel shop at 84 South Broadway in Baker, they were pioneers on a changing retail strip that’s since blossomed up around them with bars, eateries and independent shops for a hip demographic.