In 1948, Denver’s partnership with its first-ever sister city, Brest, France, proved to be ahead of the curve. It wasn’t until eight years later that then-president Eisenhower established America’s sister-cities initiative. Denver’s Worldwide Festival, happening today at the McNichols Building, celebrates our ten global sister-city connections as well as the…
This past weekend, I decided to take a trip back to my old stamping grounds, the Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Working there off and on from 1996 to 2013, I spent a lot of time wandering the building’s hallowed shopping-mall halls (when you work retail, you do a lot of…
The way Sam Herring moves on stage can be frightening: One moment he’s slashing at the air with a balled-up fist, the next he’s pounding that fist into his chest with brute force. He crawls across the stage on his knees, sweating and wailing in frustration, but will look up…
The way a do-it-yourself music community/scene works is exactly like it sounds: by doing it yourself. DIY is an ethos that transcends genre. Regardless of what your music sounds like, you can create it, perform it and essentially sell it, through your own channels and own means without the hand…
Today, Rocky Mountain National Park is kicking off a centennial celebration that will last 365 days. Modeled after other national parks’ yearlong festivities, RMNP is throwing down with big events throughout the next twelve months, culminating with a re-dedication of the park on September 4, 2015 – its actual hundredth…
“It’s kind of like a sportscast gone awry — we’re on our toes the entire time,” says Steve O’Neill, co-host of tonight’s edition of SportsCenter-Prov. The monthly, suggestion-driven comedy show takes place on the set of a fictional sports broadcast hosted by talking heads and comedians O’Neill and Jared McBain…
Using the latest in global satellite technology, Digital Earth: Mesa Verde takes viewers on an unparalleled visual journey through Mesa Verde National Park. During tonight’s showing, the cliff dwellings will be examined from past, present and future standpoints – and the screening will take advantage of the planetarium’s unique ability…
Both the miniature and the colossal come alive today as the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center celebrates the opening of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, an interactive exhibition where modes of transit are the stars. Culled from a dozen private collections, more than a hundred models will be on display, from…
The other day, while talking with a friend, I referenced how some media outlets had botched coverage of Ferguson, half expecting said friend to agree with me. Instead, he asked me what Ferguson was. I’m used to this kind of interaction: most people I know don’t spend all day on…
For filmmakers Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, an in sign painting was born one day when Levine happened to observe a sign painter changing the hours on a restaurant’s window with a paint brush. Through the film Sign Painters — which screens for one night only tomorrow evening, August 26,…
Back in December of 2013, the Denver Public Library put out a call to local musicians asking for song and album submissions to be considered for a future database that could be accessed by DPL card holders. Just like other media available for free through the system, once in place,…
For Root Yoga, utilizing its own community of yogis to raise money and awareness for nonprofits has always had a local focus. Studio owner Lauren Turnage says that while she often sees others in the yoga community raising money for global issues, Root’s mission is to harness the power of…
Last year when musician and hairstylist Kitty Vincent broke her foot in a car accident, she found herself confined to the house with idle hands. “I had six months in a cast to sit on the couch and sort of dream up all of these ideas, so I’ve had a…
When the phrase “buy local” is uttered, what does it really mean? Friends Deacon Rodda and Brok McFerron spent a long time thinking about the concept and saw many opportunities within the local business community to make “buy local” a true reality. So on Friday, August 22, Rodda and McFerron…
“Sometimes it feels like you’re working in a vacuum; its nice to have a camaraderie with other artists to inspire you and make your work better,” says Sigri Strand, one of a handful of artists featured in Moonlight Drive: Domestic Astronauts. A photographer and member of Pirate Contemporary Art, Strand…
It was a simple walk around his own neighborhood — and the beauty of a Denver Urban Gardens project there — that inspired Eric Matelski’s vision for Art Farm. The artist saw the garden as a perfect spot for an art show, so he connected with DUG, and the event…
Almost as old as the city itself, Loveland’s Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival began in 1894 as a way for farmers to celebrate the area’s booming agricultural industry. Though the annual gathering of cob lovers was taken over by the Loveland Chamber of Commerce in the 1980s, not much has…
Troy Baxley is a comedian’s comedian. “He’s a brilliant comic; everything that comes out of his mouth is fucking hilarious,” says fellow Denver standup comic Heather Snow. “People know him from coming up — Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland. All of those guys started in rooms that Troy started. He’s like…
The first time I saw Lucky Dragons perform in a “legitimate” venue, it was with No Age on Halloween in 2010 at the Bluebird Theater; prior to that, I had only witnessed Luke Fishbeck and Sara Rara’s project perform on the floor of DIY spots like Silent Barn in New…
I didn’t grow up in a Catholic household — my mother is not religious and my father denounced his own status as a Catholic before I was born. But I was baptized Catholic, then confirmed Catholic as a teenager and for nine years, I attended Catholic school. How this all…
There are plenty of thrift shops and resale boutiques in the Mile High City and sometimes it can be hard to navigate them all. From upscale consignment to vintage apparel and up-to-the-minute styles, there are boutiques and bargain storefronts crammed full of clothes. To help navigate our fashion-forward recycled clothing…
A few years ago, a group of local women filmmakers realized that there weren’t a lot of women like themselves getting the spotlight. “There’s a very large filmmaking community in Denver, and there was a feeling that women filmmakers were underrepresented. We noticed that at screenings, there were a lot…
