One classic argument made by supporters of the legalization of marijuana is that smoking weed never hurt anyone, and that alcohol consumption is the cause of “this many” deaths per year, not to mention domestic violence and other types of abuse. Now, some newbie growers in California have put pot…
Of all the neighborhoods in Denver, Civic Center is probably the one, from a design standpoint, with the most character. From the classical Greco-Roman columns and domes of Civic Center Park to the jutting angles of the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building, there’s no neighborhood in Denver with quite Civic…
Being an artist isn’t easy — particularly in these United States, it’s indicative of how we view our artists that the starving one is a far more common portrayal than the successful one. That’s something Deanna Miller, who runs the City of Aurora’s public art program, knows about as well…
For nearly thirty years, Eldon “E.C.” Cunningham taught printmaking as the program coordinator at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He was also the director of the school’s Vicious Dog Press. On October 1, Cunningham died suddenly, rocking the Auraria campus and causing the print program at Metro to shut down…
Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies; a local maestra of event-planning, she throws several well-attended collectors’ expos, art shows, parties and chocolate fests each year. Her latest — and biggest — project is next summer’s Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid…
Patti Cramer passed away two weeks ago — but she leaves a host of friends and fans of her work. And she leaves behind many, many paintings and drawings in private collections across the country. Two dozen of those pieces will be on display at Dazzle, 930 Lincoln Street, for…
The new space for YesPleaseMore, the pop-up store that showcases strictly Colorado-designed fashions, artwork, jewelry and home accessories, showed off its new location in the Denver Pavilions on Friday night. YesPleaseMore was previously in another space in the Pavilions, and while the new location on the second level across from…
Yesterday, we brought you the story of a self-regarded warrior for Christ who took a crowbar to Enrique Chagoya’s “The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals” at the Loveland Museum Gallery because she apparently thought the artwork was desecrating her Lord. Sure, the piece appeared to depict the Messiah being fellated by…
Seems like a day doesn’t go by when I’m not writing something about Dana Cain, my favorite event coordinator, art collector, sci-fi and pop-culture geek, ’60s freak and frivolous idea machine. It’s as if she microchipped my brain one night as I lay sleeping and can read on her computer…
Talking to the Dead, which went up on the wall of the MacSpa the other day, is all about the occult as a commodity. Featuring a series of artsy Ouija Boards created by local artists and juried by Eric Matelski, the show reflects the season smartly and with panache, accompanied…
There are thousands of blue-collar jobs in the world, but few have the cultural appeal of the bike messenger. As Denver has become more bike-centric over the years and more people have been saddling up, the bike messenger’s job has taken on a glamorous appeal. But their heavy bags filled…
Over the last decade or so, Colorado has seen an incredible museum-building boom that is completely unprecedented in the state’s history. New structures include the Kirkland Museum, the Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum, and MCA Denver. In addition, a substantial yet subdued addition was made to the iconic…
Because it’s a slow news day, each Wednesday, we bring you the best of our weird internetz world in a collection of loosely related items about whatever topic we happen to come up with. Today, we’re bringing you Kitler: Cats that look like Hitler, because animals that look like people…
A recent national study of sexual behavior conducted by Indiana University concludes that American men think they are better in bed than they actually are. The study claims that 85 percent of men reported that their partner had an orgasm during their most recent sexual event, while only 64 percent…
Hunter S. Thompson could have been a Canadian. Sort of. In 1958, the then-struggling New York City reporter applied for a job at the Vancouver Sun newspaper in British Columbia. According to an entertaining story by Canadian Postmedia News, he was inspired by a Time magazine profile of the paper’s…
A solo show by artist Michael Whiting, known for his sculptures of large painted steel squares combined to create iconic “pixilated” forms of animals or figures, opens later this month at Plus Gallery. And if all goes well, the show will coincide with the unveiling of “Rhino,” a self-explanatory, large-scale…
The parallels are uncanny: two abstract impressionist painters who lived more or less during the same time, whose work developed along similar lines, both with strong ties to Colorado. One was Vance Kirkland, who lived and worked here most of his life, the other, Clyfford Still, who ended up with…
Advertising agencies work tirelessly to come up with new ways to tell us the same thing over and over again: “Hey, buy our shit. Don’t you want to be happy? Thankfully though, there are always a few ridiculous ads that make it through the brainstorming sessions of the world’s copywriters…
Scientists say nearby star Gliese 581 hosts a planet within the “habitable zone,” meaning someday, when we finally make Earth un-inhabitable, we’ll have a place to escape to. But long before that, hyper-rich folks the world over will be taking pleasure cruises to the new glamorous destination in the stars,…
First Friday on the first of October? Sounds like a witching hour to me. There’s a distinct chill in the evening air, but don’t let that stop you from painting the art districts red…and azure, sienna, viridian, alizarin crimson and any other color you can think of. Pull on your…
Nothing says Colorado better than an artful skateboard deck: The perfect union of our predilections for outdoor sport and DIY thinking speaks visual volumes about living on the edge, being casually modern and bursting with pride for the state’s magnificent climate. The folks at the Colorado branch of the American…
Greg Giraldo was rushed to a hospital on September 25th after failing to appear for a scheduled gig. He passed yesterday and will be sorely missed by comedy fans the world over. Sadly, it seems all the best comedians find their way out via drug overdose. To celebrate Greg Giraldo’s…
