All the Best Art Shows and Events This Weekend in Denver
It’s your last chance to see art in a taxidermy shop in 2024, but you can also paint on your glam-metal face for the BRDG Project’s Big Hair ’80s Dance Party.
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Freak Train Celebrates 24 Years of Free Beer and Weirdness
Freak Train is Denver’s iconic open-mic/variety show at the Bug Theatre, where guests are met with free beer and endless surprises.
Steamboat Springs Drag Organizers Plan Even Bigger Show After Threat
“Having a regular drag show here is a way for the LGBTQ community and culture to be ingrained. It’s a pure expression of our culture. It’s not watered-down.”
Professional Skier and Ultrarunner Drew Petersen Debuts New Film in Denver
Drew Petersen’s near-death ski accident in 2017 caused depressive and manic episodes. In a new film, he tells how running helped make “life full” again.
Mimesis Documentary Festival Isn’t Like Any Other Local Film Fest (and That’s a Good Thing)
The artist-focused film festival celebrates its fifth year with screenings and installations “showcasing the infinite potential of documentary media.”
Introducing Dateless in Denver: Essays on the Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly of Dating
Weeks after he sharted on her lawn, he sent a photo of himself standing atop a mountain with a note: “This could be you and me but we’re both playing different games.”
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Phamaly Theatre Stages Bold Take on A Chorus Line for Its 35th Anniversary
Denver’s disability-affirming theater company will perform one of the most famous and challenging musicals at the DCPA.
New Map Will Help Colorado Parks and Wildlife Fund Communities Lacking Recreation Access
Aurora, Colorado Springs and Denver have “disproportionately impacted communities” when it comes to outdoor-recreation access.
Scope Out This Weekend’s Best Art Shows in Denver and Beyond
See Miguel Osorio’s blood paintings at Leon and Rule Gallery’s farewell memorial for the late Joe Clower.
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Mutiny Information Cafe Closing Denver Location, Moving to Englewood
The new location in Englewood will include a basement space for concerts, co-owner Jim Norris says.
Country’s Largest Juried Sculpture Show Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary in Loveland
“Loveland is the only show like this I do because the money stays in the community, and they just really love and support artists.”
Venezuelan Comic Rebeca Trejo Presents Spanish Standup Acts in ¡Me Meo! Comedy Series
“When you do comedy in your own language, we’re all in on the joke together. It kind of feels like we’re laughing together and serving as a mirror for the immigrant experience in the United States.”
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Permanent Memories: Denver Artist Gives an Inside Look at Tattooing in Prison
Piper was incarcerated for twelve years, and the whole time, he tattooed. He reflects on it in his new book, American InkSlinger.
Denver Film Rocks Out in August (in More Ways Than One)
Denver Film has been working overtime to make summer one of the absolute best times of the year for cinema.
What Happened to Julia de Burgos? Denver’s First Puerto Rican Theater Company Examines Her Life
No one knows what happened to Julia de Burgos, the Puerto Rican poet, in the last nine days of her life. The Flamboyán Theatre is examining her life in its debut play.
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History Happened Here: Four Things to Do on Hiroshima Day
More than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated at Camp Amache in southeastern Colorado.
Epilectra Electrifies in New Superhero Graphic Novel Series
Denver author Sue Seserman “transforms disabilities into superabilities.”
Let Us Play: True Colorado Character Found in the Wilds of Wash Park
Washington Park is celebrating its 125th birthday today with plenty of fun and games.
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The Best Things to See at the Denver Zoo
Check out a new $7.8 million interactive exhibit where you can cross paths with kangaroos.
Jessica L’Whor Is Looking for Colorado’s Next Drag Superstar
Filled with big prizes and “twists,” Colorado’s Next Drag Superstar competition will see drag artists performing at X Bar each Sunday until September 29.
The Best First Friday Shows on Santa Fe Drive and Other Denver Art Districts
See D’art Gallery’s fully expanded space, observe work from an artist who stayed at the Amache internment camp and get down with a hip-hop art show and concert.
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The Aztlan Theatre Examines Its Future: A Curtain Call or Second Act?
There will be a fundraising concert to support the Aztlan on Saturday, August 3.