Fashion and art go hand in glove. At Michael Sullivan’s Gaia fashion show at Denver Art Society, we ran into local painter and fine artist Garrett Suydam, who embodies that theory in both his style and his work. Suydam was born in Northern California, near the Bay, but has lived in…
This weekend you can catch the obscure, drug-scare horror film Blue Sunshine — with the director in-person, no less! — at the Alamo Drafthouse, a great theater that happens to be just one of Denver’s many options for repertory, arthouse and independent film. If you don’t want to leave the…
Spring is almost here — but spring clothes have already made an appearance in stores across town. Put your best-dressed foot forward in March; here are a dozen events that are ideal spots to see and be seen, presented in chronological order and ending with a closing party for Whorl…
All eyes are on us, Denver. Much of my Facebook newsfeed last week was moan post after groan status about the fact that Denver was just ranked the “Best Place to Live in the U.S.” Plenty of “stop moving here!” sentiments were shared, if only half-jokingly. Many of us who live…
#93: Mandy Vink Mandy Vink has an eye for public art. Fresh off her work as public art project manager at Denver International Airport and public art coordinator for Denver Arts & Venues, she’s now taken a similar post with the Boulder Office of Arts + Culture. In the private…
The GLBT Community Center of Colorado just announced the results of the online poll it conducted to determine the theme of this summer’s PrideFest event, set for Civic Center Park on June 18 and 19. And the winner is: “Building Community Through Pride,” which took 51 percent of the vote,…
Live music, cosplay and nostalgic pop-culture prom tunes all played a part this past weekend at Andy Rok Guerrero’s Nerd Prom at the Summit Music Hall, where photographer Danielle Lirette caught all the party-goers getting their geek on. Were you there? Find yourself in the full Nerd Prom slide show…
Throw on some tennis shoes, grab your water bottle and get ready to earn your Sunday Funday with Brewery Boot Camp at 38 State Brewing Company. The motto of Strength Train 4 Life owners Lindsay and Paul Chavez is “train hard, play hard,” and every weekend in March they’ll push people through…
Geek culture is big, but even in the vast, loosely defined ocean of “geek” there are a few universal touchstones. That’s not to say that everyone agrees on them — hell, if you can get five geeks together in a room who agree on more than two separate geek-related things,…
In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community, expanding on our Diva Dozen list from 2015 and our new Freshest Faces list for 2016 by asking different queens — from established to ingénue — questions that take a peek beneath the…
Spring is almost here, but even before that (theoretically) nicer weather arrives, we’re going to see a slew of great geek events. Regardless of whether we get sun, rain or even snow, Denver’s geeks will be so busy indoors, the weather won’t matter. From three different conventions to a visit…
#94: Lanny DeVuono Lanny DeVuono draws and paints landscapes that are out of this world. Her current series, some of which is on view right now at MCA Denver, explores space and planetary terrains from points of view both hyper-real and abstracted, in a continuation of her general quest to…
Real estate is big business in Denver right now. It’s bigger than weed. I overhear the same conversation constantly, one that blames marijuana for why we can’t afford our own homes anymore. But it’s not weed. It’s real estate. And real estate doesn’t transact according to emotions — which makes…
Tonight Michael Sullivan will unveil Gaia, his new line for spring/summer 2016, at the Denver Art Society. The collection consists of 28 menswear and womenswear pieces created by designers Sullivan and Shatara Wright, both of The HAUS, the collective that Sullivan co-founded; the name stands for Honoring Art and Unifying Souls…
The 22nd annual Artopia celebrated Denver’s art scene last Saturday with an extravaganza at City Hall featuring music, art and fashion, including designs from D’Lola Couture, AnnaFesta, Gino Velardi, Denver Bespoke, Mona Lucero, Equillibrium, Elyse Rainbolt, YOCISCO and Leon Designs. But there were also some stunning outfits in the crowd,…
Ice try! Hockey legends face off Friday on an open-air ice rink in the center of Coors Field, followed by the regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. And we’re giving away tickets to both events in the Coors Light Stadium Series. This particular…
I love to read. Love it. How much do I love reading? One year, when I was of college age but not in college and only intermittently employed, I read almost 400 books, averaging just a hair over one a day, all year. That’s a lot of love. Yet somehow, despite…
#95: Kim Estes McCarty When Judy Anderson stepped down as director of PlattForum, the nonprofit arts-mentor program, her shoes could only be filled by a special individual with a knack for fundraising and arts marketing, as well as an artist’s eye. That person is Kim Estes McCarty, who comes to…
Sometimes $30 goes a long way. It can buy a full tank of gas and some snacks at 7-Eleven, a few days’ worth of groceries at King Soopers or a solid night out with friends. What $30 cannot do, however, is get you a good tattoo. Joseph Rivera, winner of…
The dedicated dress-up artists of Denver gathered over the weekend for Project Cosplay, a new cosplay-only fan con designed to provide a safer environment for people who throw everything into their character costumes. All photos by Danielle Lirette. Now see the full Project Cosplay slide show…
#96: Matt Chasansky Matt Chasansky is the guy behind the scenes at the City of Boulder’s Office of Arts + Culture; think of him as the Wizard of Oz in back of the curtain, pulling the strings, counting the beans and allocating the funds that make public art happen in…
While passing through Union Station, we spotted some some serious style sported by up-and-coming photographer Patrick Haney, who works at Family Affair, a boutique and barbershop in downtown Denver. We stopped to chat with Haney about his personal style, what inspires his fashion, and where he shops. A Denver native,…
