Denver Life

The best things to do in Denver this week.

A working single mother, published writer on the move and candidate in Regis University’s low-residency Mile High Creative Writing MFA program, Hillary Leftwich gives back to her immediate literary community equally as much as she is a part of it: A frequent participant in local reading events,

Cool air is starting to roll in, bringing with it thoughts — and fashions — for fall. This month Denver is full of fashion shows, trunk shows, grand openings and casting calls; here are the twelve best events in  August.

A photographer and former member at Pirate: Contemporary Art, community-builder Sigri Strand is now throwing her energy in to launching Arthyve, a new crowd-sourced arts archive, in collaboration with archivist Jessie de la Cruz.

Jessie de la Cruz is a schooled archivist, and she plies that rarest of trades professionally at the Clyfford Still Museum, where she keeps the institution’s vast archives, library and digital collection shipshape.

German-born and raised in England, Natascha Seideneck now lives and works in Denver, leading concurrent lives as a fine-art photographer at Tank Studios, a teacher at Metropolitan State College of Denver and, in the local fashion world, as a sought-after hair stylist at El Salon.

Photographer, sculptor and writer Lewis Neeff isn’t just interested in people as subjects sitting across the void that often gapes between the camera and its objective. Rather, he reaches out to them, inviting them to participate in the process of telling a complete story, all in living color.

Stewart Tucker Lundy needs a special closet for all the hats he wears, but basically, he’s a people person with a mission to help his many communities and speak out for the disenfranchised.

Colorado author Colleen Oakes’ Wendy Darling series introduces a Peter Pan that’s a far cry from the impish cartoon you know from Disney.

Denver-based business Bold Betties wants to empower and encourage women, not just in the great outdoors but in all aspects of life, through a new speaker series, the Road Less Traveled. On July 20 at 6 p.m., the company’s first speaker, Heather MacKenzie, will share how her experience with sexual harassment at her former high-profile company taught her about resilience and seizing onto hard-sought silver linings.

The short documentary “Mixed Up” will delve into the experience of being a mixed-race person in the United States.

Steven Dunn landed in Denver after ten years in the Navy, where, between drills, he was bitten by the lit bug and decided to become a writer. That led him to study creative writing at the University of Denver, and he’s now the author of an acclaimed small-press novel, Potted Meat, with more on the way.

Roughly 2,400 attentive faces took in 18 minute or shorter lectures and performances – as well as an adorable video of dogs shaking off water in slow motion at TEDxMileHight: Point of Departure at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

Amy Lavan was an assistant manager at Ten Thousand Villages when the nonprofit closed its third, and final, Denver location at the end of April….after 36 years.  So Lavan decided to create a mobile replacement, to ensure that “we continue to have fair trade be an option in Denver.”

Summer shines on as the smoke from the fireworks clears. There are plenty of fashion shows, along with sidewalk sales, parties and openings, to keep your July full of style, glamour and sunshine. Here are the ten best fashion events in Denver this month, in chronological order.

The 2017 Denver Comic Con was a big success, but fans also had some complaints. Here’s how Con officials respond to the grumbling.

Longtime Denver botanical photographer, curator and Girl Friday at William Havu Gallery Sharon Meriash’s current work starts with her floral photo imagery, which she then etches and cuts into Plexiglas shapes using a laser and spins into layers for a translucent 3-D effect

A new cycle studio is preparing to open its four garage doors, revealing views of the “SloHi” neighborhood and an atypical spin workout. Husband-and-wife-duo Scott and Megan Hanson are putting the finishing touches on their commercial studio space within the newly-constructed Slo Hi Village at 4433 West 29th Avenue, and the couple is gearing up for the grand opening of High Ride Cycle, this Saturday, July 8.

Denver Comic Con is over for 2017, but the opportunity to geek out with other nerds over virtual reality, gaming and cosplay is just beginning. Player 2, a Denver startup, has been putting on events at bars around the city since January, giving people places where they can gather over beers to play board and video games.

Artist Jonathan Saiz’s mystical aesthetic has already been put to use successfully in a tarot deck called The Fountain Tarot and seen in Juxtapoz, Vogue and Elle Decor; in the present it’s morphing almost daily as Saiz works his way through So Wrong It’s So Right, a gallery experiment for which he’s creating new works daily in the confines of Leon Gallery.

For the sixth year in a row, downtown Denver is experiencing a pop-culture invasion. Here are the ten biggest surprises from the first day of Denver Comic Con.

It’s showtime: On Saturday, June 24, the 23rd annual Westword Music Showcase filled the Golden Triangle with sights and sounds. As we studied the most striking festival styles, we ran into Midnight Rambler boutique owner Ashley McCredie. Originally from South Florida, McCredie has lived in Denver for six years and…