Lecture: Not Just a Guy’s Club: Gender Dynamics and Women Painters in the American 1950s

Denver Art Museum 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver

Erika Doss, Professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame Celebrate the women who helped forge Abstract Expressionism, the first fully American modern art movement. Speakers will reassess the role of women painters within this movement that has been customarily defined by heroic male painters. Erika Doss is professor of American Studies at the University of.... Read More

Shady Grove Picnic Series: The Deltaz

Four Mile Historic Park 715 S. Forest Street, Denver

Wednesday Nights – 6:30 pm | June 8 – August 17, 2016 Join Swallow Hill Music and Four Mile Historic Park this summer for great live music in the fresh Colorado air at the Shady Grove Picnic Series at Four Mile Historic Park. Bring a picnic and your family and take part in this summer tradition that’s been happening for.... Read More

Sci-Fi Film Series: The Martian

Denver Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver

Watch an excellent science fiction film ("The Martian" gets 92% on RottenTomatoes.com) and then discuss it with an actual scientist! Join space scientist, Steve Lee, PhD, and Vincent Piturro, PhD, English professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, to screen "The Martian" and then examine the science behind the film, and separate fact from fiction..... Read More