Denver Life

Some of this country’s most creative design energy came from immigrants.

Add a little fitness to your Westword Music Showcase weekend.

A self-taught artist/illustrator/muralist and musician originally from Kansas, former farm boy Joshua Finley is a member of the offbeat Cabal Gallery crew and plays drums in the cow-punk band Granny Tweed.

This Thursday, June 21, marks the fifth International Yoga Day, and several fitness events are popping up throughout the city in celebration. Here’s five opportunities to unroll your mat and join the rest of the world for a day rooted in peace, cooperation and yoga.

Artist Josh Davy is a part of the booming 40 West Arts District.

As Denver prepares for Pride, local fitness studios are joining in on the celebration, too.

Meet Velvet Elvis, Colfax Museum operator and the reincarnation of Neal Cassady, Jonny Barber.

From a sober rave to drunken parties, Denver Pride proves to be a good time again.

Dita Von Teese grew up in a farming town in Michigan as Heather Sweet, a dishwater blonde who, was “just kind of a mediocre looking girl,” she says, before moving to Los Angeles to eventually revolutionize the burlesque world.

Still a year from her BFA, Mari Crespin is already a busy artist.

Get out and see (and buy) some art this summer!

Being chic on the street is important, especially if you work in the fashion industry: You never know who might be watching. We recently spotted model and actress Grace Anne Peters in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe.  Peters moved from Kansas to Colorado to pursue a career in modeling…

This state may be landlocked, but you can still get in the swim of things.

The 21 best events in Denver this week.

“Have graphite, will travel” could be the motto of artist Travis Hetman.

With summer-like weather, there’s dozens of things going on in Denver this weekend — and there’s no shortage of opportunities to roll out your mat, either. This weekend’s list of fitness events include five free opportunities to sweat, relax, and embrace the sunshine.

With a long Memorial Day weekend coming up, there are plenty of opportunities to squeeze in a workout.

Brad Poppie created a clothing line for bodybuilders.

Aaron Mulligan and Lucía Rodríguez of Juicebox don’t mince words.

A native Denver Westsider and artist who left for the underground arts-sphere of Austin and San Antonio, Esteban Peralta is a man committed to communities both cultural and creative.

It’s Colfax Marathon Weekend, which means more than 19,000 runners will already be taking to the streets for their weekend workout. For those looking for additional health and fitness opportunities — or for those who would truly prefer not to run in the first place — check out this weekend’s options.

One-time Denver deputy district attorney Jennifer Mosquera walked away from her career in law to follow her muse as an artist.