9 Search Results for “denver center for performing arts”

  • How Many Websites Now Cover the Arts in Colorado?

    Last September, I was invited as guest art critic to give an update on the status of art criticism in the digital age to the Art Student’s League of Denver. (Fellow panelists were Denver dealer Ivar Zeile and artist/blogger Theresa Anderson.) In the past seven years more than half of all arts journalism jobs have been eliminated in American newsrooms and according to Pew Research Center, all newsroom jobs have declined More …

  • MCA Denver, Exploring the Counterculture (West Coast Style)

    The counterculture movement was in essence a western phenomenon. That’s the premise of West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977, a book and exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. Yes, significant moments played out at Woodstock and in Greenwich Village, but the American West allowed for (and provided space for), the counterculture to “drop out” and explore how fully art More …

  • New Formula: Grassroots Arts Philanthropy Booms

    Long ago, “friend” was a noun and “city” was a location: Santa Fe, at the weary end of the Santa Fe Trail, from which dusty travelers launched the ambitious start of cultural tourism some 75 years ago.(This story was commissioned by the Santa Fe Reporter where it appeared on the cover on October 19.) Then, last decade, new monikers began cropping up concerning cities. Who’s Your City?, a book written by More …

  • Gallery Fridays: Austin, Denver, Santa Fe

    AdobeAirstream’s “picks” — art events and happenings in Austin, Santa Fe, and Denver for October 14-23, 2011. AUSTIN October 14 Yadir Quintana and Matthew Schenning exhibits open at Champion, 800 Brazos St, at E 8th St, through November 12th, 7-9pm. B Scene: Afrobeat, a party, at the Blanton Museum, 2 San Jacinto Blvd, south of E 1st St, 6-10pm, $12. Opening Reception! Opening: The Austin Series, Part IV – Featuring More …

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    Denver’s Mile High Music Festival: Groovey’s Picks

    The Mile High Music Festival at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Denver, Colorado this weekend is exactly what it sounds like. A mega two-day festival of 50 bands that at its most extreme might bend the mainstream bubble a bit but theres nobody playing that you would feel uncomfortable bringing your kids to go see — or your sister-in-law with no sense of humor, for that matter. The MHMF festival More …

  • Why Minneapolis Outranks Denver Culturally

    Forbes, the magazine that loves to categorize things, came out with a new ranking August 20th – The top 10 American cities for cultural tourism.  The results. Not surprising? New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC are the consecutive top 5. This report based its results on numbers of overnight visits to these cities in 2008, and the number of cultural institutions AOL City Guides lists for each More …

  • Public Art and Sports Teams: Is Denver Trapped in the Safety Zone?

    Im not a big fan of Jerry Jones, the hovering owner of the Dallas Cowboys who thinks hes as qualified to be on the field coaching as his coaches. But I found a recent quote by him somewhat insightful. “Football is full of the unexpected and the spontaneous-it can make two strangers into friends. Art has the power to do that too, to get people talking, and looking, and interacting.” More …

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  • Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet: Vertical Migration

    Vertical Migration, like other works by choreographer and dancer Sher-Machherndl, is a dance about human life where momentum shifts, plans change, the simplest moments spawn great things, the biggest ideas collapse into nothing and there are ups and downs, fluid joy and crippling pain. All of this compressed into a mere hour on stage set to music equally diverse compiled by musician and composer Zoe Keating, a contemporary cellist. Vertical More …