See Skate Art and Outsiders at PUSH POP KICK in Louisville

Art is elemental to skateboarding. It’s the only sport where artwork comes as part of the essential equipment. Add the designated art-space on every skateboard deck to a culture with no teams and a bunch of hot-dogging outcasts with a penchant for self-abuse, and you get an aesthetic that tends…

The Eleven Best Miniature-Golf Courses in the Denver Area

I have a confession to make. I am a miniature-golf, um, connoisseur. The lure of the Lilliputian links is strong. Like croquet and badminton, it’s a pursuit that is both genteel and ridiculous. I have played everywhere — atop a cruise ship in the middle of the Caribbean and up and…

Playbill: Summer Stock Is in Season in the Colorado High Country

True Coloradans — and swarms of tourists — head for the hills to recreate each summer, but how do you keep the folks entertained after the sun goes down? Lots of mountain towns celebrate the flipside of playing in the sun with regional theater and fun, family-friendly repertory rosters. Maybe…

The Ten Best Movie Events In Denver In July

Welcome to July, baby, where the heat isn’t only on the pavement and the fireworks aren’t just in the sky, but on the big screen too. Let our chronological list lead you and your Popsicle-stained fingers through an ice cream truck’s worth of movie goodies in Denver this month. 10)…

The Mayday Experiment: A DAM Fine Time

It’s hard to sustain passion over a long-term project. Setbacks – like the broken windows – feel monumental. Timelines and schedules are thrown out those broken windows as lack of experience and weather affect intentions and plans. Even the commitment of writing this blog each week gets tangled in my…

Aurora Arts Festival on Saturday Will Reach New Heights With Starchild

The Aurora Arts Festival, an interactive, kid-friendly artistic adventure, returns to Fletcher Park on Saturday, June 27, with entertainment ranging from an array of dance, musical and poetry performances to the chance to watch an ambitious, eight-story work in progress by local artists Jonathan Lamb and Michael Ortiz, also known as…

Twisty Thriller Witnesses Takes Top Prize at Inaugural SeriesFest

The Sie FilmCenter was flooded with hundreds of television industry types and fans last weekend as SeriesFest: Season One, an ambitious new television and storytelling event, made its debut here in Denver. Programming included the latest offerings from some big networks, and audiences not only got a first peek at…

The Mayday Experiment: Seeing Stars

Recently I stumbled across a document on my computer while I was looking for something else. It outlined the initial plans for the tiny house, and brainstormed ideas. Many of them were crazy – folding walls and tables on the outside to delineate outside workspace for a studio, for example…

Denver Master of Contemporary Art, Roland Bernier, Has Died

On Friday, June 19, artist Roland Bernier died after having suffered a heart attack the week before. Until recently, he’d been active in the Denver scene, where he wasn’t just an accomplished artist, but an advocate. Art was his life, and Bernier regularly attended exhibition openings with his wife, Marilyn,…

Gallery Sketches: Three New Shows in Denver June 19-21

Summer is here, and three Denver galleries have responded with exhibits that bring the sunshine and activity of the season indoors or, in one case, unloose work created under a strict set of rules over the winter and spring. Enjoy the long evenings of the solstice by taking in these…

Milton Melvin Croissant III Puts Weirdo Video Art on Display With MTVTM

Milton Melvin Croissant III uses the layered realms of digital animation to build wild, visual art realities. The Colorado native is also a longtime musician — and one of the co-founders of storied all-ages venue Rhinoceropolis —  who has embedded himself and his work in the crossover worlds of DIY sound…