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At Local Schools, the Spring Musical Returns

April 1, 2023 / Sarah Huber / Arts/Culture, Schools/Education / No Comments

Schools nationwide celebrated March as the Educational Theatre Association’s “Theatre in Our Schools Month,” several middle and high schools in Northeast Denver raised the curtain on their spring musicals—some for the first time since 2019—to enthusiastic community support.

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A Mission to Preserve Black History

April 1, 2023 / Mary Jo Brooks / Arts/Culture, History, People / No Comments

For more than four decades, Park Hill resident and sculptor Ed Dwight has been casting Black history-makers in bronze to ensure that future generations know about their contributions to society.

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Learning About the West’s Black History

February 1, 2023 / Mary Jo Brooks / Arts/Culture, History / No Comments

The museum’s mission is to tell the under-told stories of how African Americans helped settle and develop the American West, says the museum’s board president Daphne Rice-Allen. “Mainstream history does not portray a positive image of African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans in the West. But they were all important players in the development of the western United States.” 

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Building Community Through Music

November 1, 2022 / Mary Jo Brooks / Arts/Culture / 2 Comments

In January 2020, Voices Rock was flying high. The no-audition community choir, which got its start in Northeast Denver in 2014, had expanded to seven choirs that stretched across the city and out to Littleton, Louisville, and Vail. The choir had performed at Red Rocks, at a Rockies game, at TEDxCherryCreek, and at sold-out shows in large theaters throughout the city. Nothing, it seemed, could stop the rock-n-roll energy of this merry band of singers.

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Immerse Yourself in Dali

November 1, 2022 / Mary Jo Brooks / Arts/Culture, Events, Stanley Marketplace / 1 Comment

A world premiere, immersive experience featuring the art of Spanish artist Salvador Dali has opened at The LUME in Stanley Marketplace. “Dali Alive” is a multi-media and multi-sensory creation that features 500 images of Dali’s work, a musical soundtrack, spice-filled aroma dispersion, an “infinity room” with a hall of mirrors, and a studio where visitors can draw on large sketchpads.

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…NE News Updates

November 1, 2022 / Brian Heuberger and Mary Jo Brooks / Announcements, Arts/Culture, Business, Central Park, History, News Updates, State Issues / No Comments

This month: 1) East High Black Box Production; 2) Bistro Vendome Is Coming to Park Hill; 3) Solana Apartments at Beeler Park; and State Update: Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site Expands.

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…NE News Updates

June 1, 2022 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne / Announcements, Arts/Culture, Business, News Updates, Schools/Education / No Comments

This month: 1) The Urban Farm to Host Open House/Free Admission Day; 2) Denver Zoo Celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community; 3) Northfield HS Hosts Shark Tank-Inspired Competition, Awards $1,000 Seed Money; and 4) Combat Loneliness: Write to a Senior Citizen

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DAM: American Painters in France—Do These Paintings Lack “Americanness”?

December 1, 2021 / Tracy Wolfer Osborne / Arts/Culture / No Comments

Aspiring artists recognized that studying abroad was essential to their careers, says DAM’s Curator Emeritus Timothy Standring. Art schools in the U.S. weren’t as sophisticated as those in France.

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Central Park’s Final Public Art —”Open House”

November 1, 2021 / Barb Neal / Arts/Culture, Central Park / No Comments

The artist, Ty Gillespie, from Paonia, Colorado, says “Families, children, and housing are the essence of Central Park and my sculpture is about housing and for families.”  

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DAM—An “Architectural Gem”

October 1, 2021 / Tracy Wolfer-Osborne / Arts/Culture / No Comments

After three years of renovation and new construction, The Denver Art Museum will reopen to the public on October 24 with a free general admission day. Director of The Denver Art Museum, Christoph Heinrich, says, “As part of the transformation of the Martin Building, we had a once in a lifetime opportunity to rethink and rehaul each and every one of the galleries.

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