Arts & Culture
The greatest scientists are artists
Humans like taking the scenic route when we can. It means we have a little time to appreciate the world around us, to sit...
Arts | Week of Dec. 11, 2014
Affordable Art Show. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through Dec. 28...
Extracting stories from the industries of the American West
In the ruins of the sugar mill on Madison Avenue in Loveland, one of the buildings has a message painted on the roof: “IT...
An ordered universe
In David Foster Wallace’s book Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity, he attempts to explain the possibility of constructing proof of a...
Facing your neighbors
A group exhibit of mixed media portraits opening at Core New Art Space on Jan. 4 is putting a face on a faceless population in Colorado — groups of refugees from Burma who have arrived in increasing numbers over the last 15 years and been met with all the ...
Arts | Week of Feb. 12 , 2015
Beyond Words: Contemporary Book Art. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through March 22...
More than just pretty still lifes
In the 19th century, Paris was undergoing major change. The city was starting to blossom and open its narrow designs, shedding its medieval past....
Arts | Week of August 13, 2015
Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29...
Tapping into history
Eighty-eight-year-old Harriet Butcher vividly recalls Sammy Davis Jr. tap dancing on the stage of the Roxy Theater in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Butcher takes a deep breath and closes her eyes as she recalls swooning over the legendary performer...
When cultures collide
Denver artist Tony Ortega’s attic studio overflows with framed prints he has made during his three-plus decades as a professional artist...
Susanne Mitchell explores legacy of colonization at east window exhibit
When Susanne Mitchell first traveled to Malawi in 1995, she found people very eager to share their thoughts.
“People were yelling out their opinions because...


















