Denver Life

Call Libby Barbee an artist moved to help other artists and, in her own practice focusing on human interaction with the landscape and environment, the entire world.

For decades, Sylvia Montero has told the stories of her Colorado Chicano culture from an urban woman’s perspective, picking up a Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute grant and national recognition along the way. She’s done this quietly, all the while serving her community as a teacher and visiting artist, and growing as as an artist by mixing media and developing new techniques.

Doug Kacena, a fine abstract expressionist painter in his own right, gained notoriety a year ago for Crossover, an experiment in collaboration at the former Mike Wright Gallery.

A familiar figure in the Denver Chicano arts community for decades, Tony Ortega is well-known for his colorful scenes from the lives of faceless ordinary people.

This summer, a towering skeleton suddenly appeared on the 16th Street Mall. We decided to interview the man behind the mask.

If it’s all about words and how to use them to make a point, Denver slam poet Hakeem Furious, aka Andre Carbonell, is on it, speed-reading his messages live at the mic.

The withing hour is upon us! Just ask organizers of one of the dozens of Halloween-related events going on around Denver this week, including a witches’ ball, an oddities expo, and a Gatsby-inspired zombie ball. All that and more is in this week’s 21 best events in Denver list. Tuesday,…

Steven Frost crosses disciplines as an artist, often mining pop culture and archives to tell modern stories. Installation, performance, objects and fiber art all play parts in those changing narratives, but the needle and thread driving Frost’s personal warp and weft goes a bit farther in telling his own story.

Part-time model Alicia Myers is stylish both on and off the runway.

Denver fiction author Kali Fajardo-Anstine draws from her centuries-old Colorado heritage, breathing life into her Chicana characters with the assurance of someone who’s lived it.

A former journalist and magazine editor on the interior design, architecture and lifestyle beats, Kate Bailey now helms her own Denver public relations firm, Annabel Media. But since 2014, she’s also turned her entrepreneurial expertise toward giving back through TARRA, Bailey’s own nurturing platform for the promotion of women makers and creative thinkers.

One night at the 1up Colfax, we ran into a self-described “professional unicorn”: Texas native Reba Nelson, who likes to visit friends in Colorado several times a year. She caught our eye with her psychedelic, Lisa Frank fashion sense; she describes her style as “joyful, fearless and fun.” We chatted with…

Interested in Colorado’s haunted histories? Look no further.

On Sunday, October 15, UCHealth is hosting evre, a day of wellness and fitness classes, lectures and panels targeting every woman in Colorado. The event, held at the Pepsi Center, celebrates women while providing health education related to various life stages.

We don’t have to tell you twice: Fall is the perfect time for fun on the farm and pumpkins galore! Here’s a look at some of our favorite ways to enjoy Colorado’s bountiful harvest before the next snow storm hits.

Elise VanDyne, who gave up a successful corporate career to become executive director of the Colorado Maker Hub, is a true believer in all creative industries, from independent crafters to adventurers in robotics and under-the-radar techies and Burners blending science and art in humongous desert installations.

To know Mona Lucero is to love her: The veteran Denver fashion designer not only works wonders molding fabric to form, but she’s also created her own style milieu, an intelligent, perceptive and pampering platform that imbues simple garments with empowering qualities.

Looking to get scared in Denver? Here’s your guide to the scariest haunted houses in town.

A whole person with innumerable grassroots interests, Genevieve Waller dips her focus head-on into several scenes at once: as an analog cameraless photographer, a queer historian, a DJ for Radio 1190’s “The Violet Hour,” a silent-film aficionado with the Denver Silent Film Festival, and an installation and performance artist with the Secret Love art collective (and on her own).

With October come many reasons to dress up, from fall weather to Halloween festivities. As a result, the month is filled with fashion tricks and treats ranging from glamorous ghouls to gorgeous girls. Here are the top ten fashion events in Denver in October 2017.

Mysticism, nature and personal politics mingle freely in Denver artist Katy Zimmerman’s organic work, rendered in a constellation of mediums while hurtling through a dimensional space-time continuum.

Pure Barre is celebrating the opening of its fourteenth studio in Colorado with the unveiling of Pure Barre Belmar on Sunday, October 1.