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Sally Centigrade Moving From Larimer Square to Lakewood

By Patricia Calhoun

The art-gallery exodus to Lakewood continues. At the end of the month, Sally Centigrade, our Best of Denver 2016 winner for Best Lowbrow Art Gallery, will close its three-and-a-half-year-old space in Larimer Square and open in a new spot in Belmar. “We’re super-excited to be in a bigger space with other galleries,” says Maya Bailey (aka artist Mayah Mazcara). “We’ve way, way outgrown our space and being able to show the amount of artists that we have….We had to move.”

100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Damon McLeese

By Susan Froyd

Some people might be different, but in Damon McLeese’s mind, that doesn’t mean they are disabled. He’s been mentoring differently-abled folks in creative pursuits as the director of Access Gallery and its parent organization VSA Colorado for more than twenty years.

Reader: Switching Gender Roles Is a Fun Thing to Do!

By Westword Staff

When the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s production of Hamlet opens on June 23 on Boulder, it will feature an actress, Lenne Klingamen, playing Hamlet. Should a female play the Danish prince? Juliet Wittman offered five reasons why it’s a bad idea, but even more reasons why it’s an idea whose time has come.

Why Is Tom Cruise Even in The Mummy?

By Bilge Ebiri

Over the years, Tom Cruise has been many things, but he’s almost never been marginalized — not in one of his own movies. Oh, he’s played supporting parts and done cameos here and there, but even in those smaller roles (in films like Tropic Thunder or Rock of Ages), he…

Five Tips for Enjoying Life on the Rocks in Colorado

By Gabe Fine

The Front Range is heaven for outdoor enthusiasts: a short drive can take you hiking, biking or skiing. But Denver is also incredibly close to some of Colorado’s best rock climbing, from Clear Creek Canyon near Golden to El Dorado Canyon outside of Boulder. Here are five tips to help you take advantage of the magnificent climbing opportunities in and around the city.

100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Jessica Austgen

By Susan Froyd

Improv is Jessica Austgen’s stepping-off point and theatrical bailiwick, but she’s the complete package. As an actor, instructor, director, author and playwright, Denver Renaissance woman Austgen manages the art of telling stories both onstage and on the page, sometimes winging it at an improv fest and at other times, running the whole show.

In a Sprawling New Season, Orange Is the New Black Betrays Itself

By Inkoo Kang

Since last November, we’ve been asked to understand, if not necessarily sympathize with, the furious resentments of the racists, misogynists, homophobes and plutocrats who have brought us to this point of political calamity. The fifth season of Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) appears to be its own kind of…

Neorealist Jewel I, Daniel Blake Slices the Systems That Crush Us

By Alan Scherstuhl

Sure, we’ve all gotten desensitized to screen violence, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be shocked. Ken Loach’s quietly furious I, Daniel Blake will likely jolt you with its depiction of a different kind of killing: the paperwork, on-hold music and long-wait rigmarole a widowed English woodworker endures while trying…

Five Stunning Ways to Celebrate Art in Denver This Week

By Susan Froyd

Whether you choose to live vicariously at a talk through the experiences of two Colorado artists fresh back from the Venice Biennale, head to Boulder for a slate of summer shows at BMoCA or just sniff around to see what’s new in Denver, there’s no shortage of experiences to be had this week, June 7-9, in the local art world.

Review: DragOn at the Garner Galleria Is Absolutely Fabulous

By Juliet Wittman

There’s only one word that can sum up DragOn at the Garner Galleria, even if that word is a cliché: Fabulous. Fabulous in the usual sense of glam, over the top, beats all expectations. But “fabulous” is also the right word because if you go to the root — fable, myth, legend — you’re touching the show’s essence.