Even if you haven’t read about the Ladies Fancywork Society, you’ve likely seen their fancywork — known as “yarn bombs” — around town. LFS often works in the dead of night, wrapping random, urban objects in a comforting knit sweater, giving the pedestrian telephone pole or bike rack an intimate,…
When we think of the art of Taos, the first image we usually conjure up is the landscape, colored in the tones of the mountain Southwest. Yet that’s not what all Taos art turns out to be, especially in contemporary times, as artists continue to flock to northern New Mexico…
While people debate the changes in Highland, one refugee sings the praises of Barnum, which Jef Otte celebrated in “O, Barnum! An ode to Denver’s least desirable neighborhood.” This neighborhood may be named after circus promoter P.T. Barnum, but its fans aren’t clowning around…
Out with the dinosaurs, in with tornadoes: It’s time for the periodic changing of the guard at the IMAX 3-D theater at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Replacing DinoMax, Born to Be Wild and Under the Sea are the 3-D, large-screen mindbenders Tornado Alley and Flying Monsters (okay,…
Even if more than two people worked at Audio Park Studio, the business would still be 100 percent devoted to the Beatles. That fandom shows itself on the walls, which are peppered with posters of the Fab Four, and in the sheer amount of Beatles memorabilia that co-owner Park Peters…
Mirrors can perfectly reflect or utterly distort the worlds unfolding in front of them, and artist Sarah Richter has created an entire installation, called Infinite Refraction, that plays with this idea. “It’s going to be an exploratory experience, where the viewer can walk through and the reflections will change,” Richter…
At today’s Gamma Gallery Street Art Competition, the emphasis is on one thing: lettering style. “Some graffiti artists do a readable style, some do wild style,” says Gamma, local muralist and organizer of the event. And their creativity will be what is judged in the competition. KOZE, EMIT, PAYER and…
The new Arvada Skate Park, which opened a few months ago, gets an official ribbon-cutting today when pro skaters Mike McGill (originator of the inverted 540-degree McTwist spin), 21-time X Games medalist Andy Macdonald and women’s skating superstars Cara-Beth Burnside and Mimi Knoop drop in to demonstrate how to make…
Even though it’s a Nobel Prize-winner, Elis Canetti’s novel Auto da Fe is still a pretty esoteric text. But not for much longer, says Brian Freeland, artistic director for the LIDA Project, which will bring the 1935 book to the stage for the first time with an original adaptation by…
The Teva Mountain Games in Vail this weekend feature two dozen events for cyclists, climbers, runners, fly fishermen, slackliners, kayakers, rafters, paddlers, photographers, filmmakers and even dogs — yes, dogs — but the best sport might just be the spectacle, says Vail Valley Foundation spokesman Paul Abling. “We love to…
Fashion Denver’s Brandi Shigley has made the professional transition from retailer to full-time fashion consultant, but she hasn’t dropped the curtain on her seasonal, signature fashion markets, where local designers show off their stuff at vendor tables and in mini runway shows. But that doesn’t mean she can’t shake things…
Street painting began in the palazzos of Renaissance-era Italy, when artists adorned the avenues with images of saints as the public looked on. Now in its tenth year, Denver’s Chalk Art Festival builds on this legacy by adding a colorful splash of beauty to Larimer Street. From dreamy pastel landscapes…
The Capitol Hill People’s Fair customarily kicks off the summer at Civic Center Park, making it one of those tried-and-true traditions that you almost don’t want to see change. You go for the walloping local entertainment roster on multiple stages and the quality craft vendors; you bring the kids so…
When you’re a writer on the level of Evergreen native (and longtime L.A. denizen) Daniel Pyne, who’s sharpened his pen writing scripts for everything from Miami Vice to The Manchurian Candidate, infusing a story about brotherly bonds with a big shot of suspense and an action-packed denouement doesn’t ruffle a…
We’ve seen a lot of punk this spring since MCA Denver and the Colorado Photographic Arts Center rolled out their double-barreled Search & Destroy series of exhibits and events referencing the West Coast Punk ethos. But tonight’s Appropriate Punk at Hinterland will swing that exploration into an unknown, multi-disciplinary territory…
Andrew Novick — Warlock Pincher, collector, Asian-pop aficionado, character-about-town — is into things, and one of those things is food. Already famous for his annual Peeps barbecue, he has of late gained a reputation for outrageous food events and edibles, such as the Denver County Fair’s out-of-control, one-with-everything pancake breakfast,…
Night and Day Vintage smells like cinnamon, and it looks like a scene inside Alice’s imagination. For those who enjoy retro deco without an empty-bank-account echo, it might as well be Wonderland. Located one block west of Broadway on 11th Avenue, Night and Day has an interior that leans heavily…
Update: Congrats to Matthew Fuerst, the winner of last week’s challenge. Matthew, check your e-mail for your prize instructions. For everyone else, here is this week’s Guess Where I’m Biking challenge. According to history buffs, this public park was purchased by the City of Denver from the federal government in…
While many people laid out by the pool or devoured BBQ on Memorial Day weekend, wearing nothing more than a bathing suit or old T-shirt and shorts, true street fashion never takes time off. For proof, look no further than these stylistic movers and shakers we found downtown over the…
Carbondale-based filmmaker Skip Armstrong’s short film The Mother premiered online this week, the second of five films in his series Of Souls + Water for Forge Motion Pictures. The Mother, presented online in partnership with NRS Films and New Belgium Brewing, is a meditative profile of 67-year-old kayaker Melody Shapiro…
The term “weird artist” may seems like an oxymoron. Contemporary art in itself is weird: it breaks apart the structural rules put in place before the Modernist movement and asks the viewer to suspend disbelief in order to transcend into an unrealistic world. Yet, some art is just weirder than…
I met Jenny Morgan within twelve hours of stepping onto the filthy and gorgeous streets of Manhattan for the first time in 2007. I was assisting Sarah Cass on a photo shoot of one of Jenny’s portrait subjects, and I have been following her work religiously since that moment. This…
