Arts & Culture
Reality denied
"Do you mind if I have a cigarette?” Bradley Books asks as we sit soaking in late spring sunshine on the patio of Luna...
Just the beginning
It’s a busy night at VisionQuest Brewery’s StarWater Wednesday. Sitting at a back table, behind the typical crowd of hug-loving, smile-wearing, hairy eccentrics, are...
A recognizable, impossible world
There was an explosion, an accident of some sort, and chaos abounded; people were screaming, running from the smoke — but not Janelle Anderson.Anderson...
Pussy Grabs Back
This is not a typical burlesque show,” says Jenna Noah, aka Madame Merci, co-founder of Conscious Burlesque and creator of Pussy Grabs Back. “This...
The sounds of science
On a golden summer evening, the harmonized voices of children fill the Chautauqua meadows with a song about a flesh-eating bacterium: “Oh Giardia, I...
Romanticizing the glitch
The Amazon rainforest was ablaze last year as artist Mark Amerika and curator Jessica Kooiman Parker began to conceptualize a new media exhibition for...
Ally is a verb
Rendered in prismatic colors, their skin defies race.
More than a dozen visages stare back at patrons of The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse at Norlin Commons...
The steep walls of the pyramid
Success, acclaim and wealth can be a dream come true for many artists. But when Jonathan Saiz’s artistic career began to take off, he...
Layers of injustice
By now you’ve likely heard that J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved Harry Potter series, is a TERF.
It’s a term Rowling considers a slur,...
The sacred attempt
When Joshua Emerson’s mom died in the winter of 2019, he felt like a crucial part of himself had been severed. The Denver-based comedian,...
Exploring boldly
When Adam Vicarel first moved to Colorado with big dreams and an empty wallet, he thought he’d made a huge mistake. It was the...
Caution: High Voltage
Mitch Levin’s studio is an electric, eclectic creative space, filled with sparks, artists and vibrant ideas. What else would you expect from a place...
