Clark Richert. In the few years it’s been in business, Gildar Gallery has mostly showcased young and up-and-coming artists, but with Dimension and Symmetry: Clark Richert, the intimate space on Broadway has moved to Denver’s big time, as Richert is among the best-known artists in the state. The show comes…
Community returns for season 5 on January 2 with a two-episode block that plants its feet on the study room table and regrounds the characters after a fourth season of viewer discontent and lost purpose. It’s impossible to discuss the season opener without talking about the show’s creator. The sweet,…
House heavyweight Dave Aude’s credentials read like an impressive who’s who of both pop and electronic music. He’s produced tracks for Barenaked Ladies, Korn, Britney Spears, the Pussycat Dolls, Faith No More and Madonna, and back in the ’90s, he formed Lunatic Fringe with Steve Levy, a partnership that eventually…
Sure, improv can be funny, but if you ask Denise Maes of the improv school and performance venue Bovine Metropolis Theater, it’s also redemptive for the people who practice it, and a useful tool in navigating life. “It allows people to learn how to be more collaborative, how to listen…
No matter where you woke up on New Year’s Day — disheveled, hung over and with holes in your memory — it could have been much worse. Don’t believe it? Consider the plight of the protagonist of Open Grave, who wakes up in a pit of dead bodies with absolutely…
If you’re looking for a new place to go on First Friday, consider Wazee Union, where local artist and comic-book creator Daniel Crosier is starting the new year with Off Panel, a show featuring the work of more than two dozen Colorado-based comics creators. “The popularity crosses so much of…
“We are very excited for the premiere of the new season of Downton Abbey, so we thought, what better way to celebrate than a costume ball?” says Rocky Mountain PBS’s Connie Jiang. Taking inspiration from the popular British period drama, the Masterpiece Costume Ball will include everything early-twentieth-century British —…
The greatest film directors all bleed a little of themselves into their work; it’s why the movies they make strike deeper chords with us as viewers. And although Federico Fellini’s Amarcord takes license with the facts, it’s one of the most touching films ever: Sweet, poignant, satirical, fantastic and surreal…
The popular television series MythBusters is known for its hosts’ love of explosions. But the show is about more than just dangerous experiments; it’s about questioning everything and using science to find the truth. That’s what you’ll have a chance to do at MythBusters: The Explosive Exhibition, a hands-on exploration…
The range of personalities that created (and lived in) the residences showcased in Denver’s Historic Homes, a new book documenting some of the most notable and influential homes in the city, are as diverse as Denver history. Author Amy Zimmer, who also wrote Denver’s Capitol Hill Neighborhood, used historic images…
Aspen-based artist Pamela Joseph has found success internationally in a variety of mediums, but a project near and dear to her heart will stick close to home when Pamela Joseph’s Sideshow of the Absurd opens today at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Joseph’s been adding to and exhibiting the…
While past summer/fall outdoor exhibitions at the Denver Botanic Gardens have taken us to South Africa and the bamboo forests of Japan, this year’s sculptural blockbuster is sticking closer to home. Catalyst: Colorado Sculpture, which opened to the public on May 4, is strictly an in-state showcase, featuring works by…
The presents have been opened, the wrapping paper discarded and ribbons repurposed, and now you have just one last item to get rid of before you can get on with your new year: the Christmas tree. And there’s a better place for this now-unwanted indoor greenery than the dump. “Last…
When the Bike Art exhibit debuted last year at Boulder’s Dairy Center for the Arts, it was an instant hit — not surprising for the cycling-happy town nested beneath the Flatirons. But Dairy Center gallery curator Mary Horrocks says it wasn’t just Boulder that appreciated the bike-inspired mega-show. “Here in…
The curtains of square product theatre’s new production, Gidion’s Knot, open on a tragic parent-teacher conference: A mourning mother is visiting her son’s fifth-grade teacher to discover why the boy committed suicide over the weekend. The somber, two-woman play is full of secrets that need to be uncovered, and it…
Western art sometimes gets a bad rap when it comes to the inclusion and illustration of contemporary themes. But the 2014 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale has been doing just that for more than two decades, with a show focusing on art depicting modern life in rural areas. While…
Paint the town read! Show and Tell is off for New Year’s Day — and you should be, too. Get out and enjoy this city’s vibrant cultural scene (or at least find a spot with bottomless Bloody Marys). We’ll be back early tomorrow morning. Happy new year…
On Sunday, December 29, a quiet ripple passed through the Internet as the news came out that longtime Denver gallerist and curator Robin Rule had passed away, leaving a long trail of mourning artists and collectors distraught and caught by surprise. See also: Gildar Gallery celebrates the work of Clark…
Any new year that brings with it a slate of new geek activities is a happy new year, and this one does. In between trips to the gym to fulfill your resolutions, you won’t lack for things to do. Even after you give up on the gym mid-month, you won’t…
We all have our New Year’s Eve rituals — from parties wild or romantic to a quiet toast at home. Some folks turn in before the clock even strikes midnight, and in Denver, others will be bundling up their families to catch fireworks downtown for free. How bout you? Looking…
It’s hard to write a list of New Year’s resolutions that apply to the real world while I’m physically sitting in the altered reality known as vacation. I mean, really. I’m supposed to figure out everything I want to improve in my life — a life that entails e-mails, deadlines,…
In less than a month, on January 30, Westword Whiteout will kick off Denver’s 2014 fashion season at the McNichols Building with an evening filled with live music, specialty vendors, classic cocktails and a signature runway event. We’ve been profiling some of the creative people who are contributing to Whiteout;…
