Arts & Culture

ArgusFest founder and operator Jason Bosch spends a lot of time watching documentaries; after viewing Food, Inc., which documents the hidden costs of large-scale agricultural production, he was ready for something that continued to examine the food-production industry but also offered positive examples for viewers who could incorporate some of…

If local fashion maven Brandi Shigley had a million dollars, she’d use it to help local designers build their businesses. Since she doesn’t, she’s doing what she can: Shigley recently moved her cramped Fashion Denver headquarters to more spacious digs around the corner at 1070 Bannock Street, where she can…

The time was right, says Plus Gallery’s Ivar Zeile, to listen to the advice of others and build his gallery by breaking into “the blue chip market” — the works of New York-based artists of renown. The opportunity then fell into his lap at the suggestion of Plus artist Naomi…

When local event diva Dana Cain decides to curate an art show, she can’t just leave it at that. “I might be the curator, but at heart I’m really an event planner, so it’s natural for me to think of how I can turn it into an event,” she says…

The Boulder-based online publication Elephant Journal typically takes a holistic, humane approach to everything from yoga to popular culture, and its journalists’ quiet passion extends to a series of soirées it hosts called the Salon Party. The latest edition takes place in conjunction with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Arts’…

Hugh Grant, founder of the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, is unquestionably the best friend Colorado art has ever had, and he’s done more to promote it in the last few years than the Denver Art Museum has in a hundred. “The thing that occurs to me over…

Some lucky amateurs (or otherwise) will have their moments in the spotlight tonight when the Boulder Theater presents Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway, an all-star revue of Broadway favorites sung by a cast of five pros direct from the Great White Way. So in addition to the experienced belting…

Millions of people have read The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right — the 1995 bestseller that encourages women to “rarely return his calls” and “wear sheer black pantyhose and hike up your skirt” — and every one of them has an opinion. Some who choose…

How does a guy who peddles hot dogs for a living feed his own pie hole? If you’re Steve Ballas, owner of Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, you hold a pizza-eating contest. “I’m from the East Coast. I love pizza, and during the cold-weather months, everyone wants pizza. Plus, I’m a big…

When editor Beth Conover wanted to engage people on the issue of climate change, she did some research and realized that “it didn’t seem like there was anything nationally that describes the different ways that climate-change issues are impacting our lives at this time. I wanted to do that in…

Though he died over half a century ago, Allen Tupper True’s work has been thrust back into the spotlight. In the past few months, the Denver artist has been the subject of a book, a documentary and a three-part exhibition being presented at the Denver Public Library, the Denver Art…

The last time Vail tried a Gay Ski Week, it didn’t amount to much. But after an interim, it’s back with a brave new ramped-up approach crafted by the same folks who bring you the popular Telluride Gay Ski Week. Along with your basic meet-up meals, après-ski gatherings and slope…

Like the character she played in American Pie, actress, comedian and original MILF Jennifer Coolidge digs younger guys, and says they seem to be the only ones asking her out. During her standup shows, Coolidge, who appears at the Comedy Works through the weekend, delves into stories about dating, sex…

If all this Winter Dew Tour, Winter X Games and Winter Olympics business is stoking your kid’s fire, then head up to the halfpipe and terrain park at Keystone this weekend, where amateur snowboarders and freeskiers ages 21 and under will compete for a spot at the Gatorade Free Flow…

Winter is when the Denver Center Theatre company delivers the meat of its season’s repertoire: an annual selection of DCTC-commissioned world premieres offered in conjunction with the company’s yearly Colorado New Play Summit. The plays are sometimes experimental and often deeply moving works that always give off a sense of…

Everyone from John Denver to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has recorded Chuck Pyle’s songs. But it’s Pyle’s adopted home that he’s most proud of, as heard on his new CD, Higher Ground, a collection of old and new tunes about Colorado that displays his rich, emotive songwriting as much…