Students celebrated their graduation from one of Central Park’s most diverse schools with a multi-cultural party to the rafters. Literally.
Students Celebrate Diversity as School Year Ends
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Arts/Culture
To Be or Not to Be a Slam Poet at a Lowry Senior Center
Fifteen minutes before the event was scheduled to begin, Denver author and poet Linda C. Shaw was worried about the empty chairs in the semi-circle in front of her. She wondered if anyone would show up and stand up at the poetry slam event she created working with leaders at the Senior Planet from AARP in Lowry.
Outdoor Art in Central Park Gets a Spring Spruce Up
Two iconic Central Park sculptures have been restored.
Lights, Camera, Action: A Movie Set in Denver’s Park Hill
Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood was the set for a filming this week for the movie The Man Who Changed The World.
Film Events: From Denver to Fort Collins
The 10th annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival takes place April 2–6 in Ft. Collins, with a...
The Force Behind Central Park Public Art is Retiring
Barbara Neal has been the guiding force behind the public art installations that adorn parks, open spaces, and other public areas throughout the Central Park neighborhood, but after 20 years of service, she has decided it is time to retire.
A Welcoming New Art Space Opens in the Aurora Arts District
Alicia “Bruce” Trujillo’s new business, Manos Sagrados, (Sacred Hands), offers both studio and performance spaces that welcome all but are centered on BIPOC, femme, LGBTQ+, and disabled artists.
Sing Your Heart Out: Why You Should Join a Choir This Year
When I was 43 years old, I joined my first choir. It meets at a church, but it’s not a church...
…NE News Updates
This month: 1) A Second Major Retailer Closes at Beleaguered Intersection; 2) Village Farms Prepares for New Home at Stanley Marketplace Fields; 3) A Program to Keep the Prairie Dog Population Under Control at Bluff Lake; 4) Central Park Station Balloon Man Sculpture is Gone…for Now; and New Business Openings.
Montbello Community Inspires Art Projects at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
On a warm fall Saturday, a deer walked in the distance as Denver artist Michael Gadlin cut the...
A Place Where Local Art Shines Every Day of the Year
Inside a former Safeway store in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, hurried shoppers have been replaced by the concentration and collaboration of artists creating.
…NE News Updates
This month: Four NE Denver Neighborhood Groups Hold a Community Forum; A Groundbreaking at Project Worthmore; The Colfax Bus Rapid Transit Project is Underway; New Wildlife Mural Along Sand Creek Trail; Westerly Creek Reconstruction Project to Begin in Early November; A New Exhibit Lets Visitors Experience a Rainforest; and Neighborhood Businesses Win Medals at Great American Beer Festival.