Have you ever looked at a work of contemporary art in a museum and wanted to bring it home? Well, now's your chance. MCA Denver's Octopus Initiative is offering any resident of the Denver metro area the chance to borrow and live with a work of art made by a Denver-based artist for ten months. FOR FREE. Continue Reading
Go Play!
We believe that enjoying Denver's arts and culture scene is the perfect way to play, make new friends, and fall in love with the city. Here's what's on our radar right now.
Buntport: The Book Handlers
Like that slow, satisfying burn of your favorite spicy foods, “The Book Handlers” at Buntport lingers with you long after you’ve left the theater and gets even better the more your mind dives into the juicy themes of the play. Seeming to draw inspiration from “The Twilight Zone,” absurdist playwrights like Eugène Ionesco (The Bald Soprano) and existential thinkers like Kafka, this show is a multi-layered piece about everything and nothing. Continue Reading
The Great Leap: History Meets Humor Meets Basketball
“I am relentless. I am the most relentless person you’ve ever met. If you have met someone more relentless than me, tell me, tell me … .”Manford, the central character in the world premiere play, "The Great Leap," is a cocky Chinese-American teenager who talks his way onto the University of San Francisco’s basketball team in order to join them for a friendship game in China against Beijing University. Blending history, humor and the great sport of basketball, this play by Lauren Yee is fresh Continue Reading
Cleon Peterson: Shadow of Men
Powerful. Timely. Jarring, yet elegant. Artist Cleon Peterson’s exhibition at MCA Denver explores the shadow self and male violence through an incredible body of work that is boldly modern, yet evokes the style of classical Greek figures. Not created as a commentary on contemporary society, this is Peterson’s exploration of his own journey and the violence he feels inside himself. Through canvas works and ceramics, he gives form to his own ugly insides. Continue Reading
Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week!
Let's spread kindness! Observed every February, and celebrated this year from February 11-17, 2018, #RAKWeek is an annual opportunity to unite through kindness. Continue Reading
American Mariachi
Tender, touching (yes, I fought back tears, but half the audience was sniffing by the final scene too) and transportive, American Mariachi at Denver Center explores the powerful way music connects us to our culture, our families and to ourselves.Live Mariachi music is seamlessly woven throughout the 90-minute, intermission-free, performance as the audience joins Lucha, a young Mexican-American woman determined to found an all-female Mariachi band in order to connect, through music, with her Continue Reading
It’s No Wonder This Show Is Still Playing
CHICAGO! What an outrageously fun show! I think I might have been grinning the whole 2.5 hours. While the set is minimal aside from a couple of ladders, some chairs and a band stand, the quality of the dance numbers, the energy of the actors and the excellence of the singing is anything but basic. The playful storyline draws you in, while the catchy jazz-inspired songs put you under a spell that leaves you feeling like you could Charleston all the way home after the curtain falls.“Chicago” is Continue Reading
What’s Open on Thanksgiving?
Happy Thanksgiving! Should you find yourself needing to get out of the house and away from the kitchen, here's a handy list (though not exhaustive) of popular destinations that are OPEN on Thanksgiving and a list of those that are not.OPEN: Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS is only closed 1 day a year: December 25), Denver Zoo (they’re open every day of the year!) and Southwest Rink at Skyline Park (open 11a - 6p).CLOSED: All branches of the Denver Public Library (also note that Continue Reading
Witty, Weird and Wonderful
An instant Buntport classic! “Edgar Allan Poe Is Dead and So Is My Cat” has everything including a Poe-obsessed 40-year-old man who lives in his sister’s basement, a house without a proper door, an awkward cat funeral, an abundance of Poe references, cheesy literary t-shirts, a “suit with anecdotes” and of course extremely hilarious moments that leave you gasping for breath as you laugh so hard you cry. We loved it and think you should see it.Tickets are $18 online and $20 at the door. Shown Continue Reading
Art Augmented
Now you see it, now you don't! Way more than some tech gimmick, the new augmented reality (AR) tool available at the Clyfford Still Museum as part of their current exhibition "Still & Art" gives visitors fresh context and perspective on artists and works that may have influenced Still. Visitors can use one of the phablets to zoom in on these virtual works by simply walking toward the wall and even examine the texture of the paint by moving the device around. A fascinating (and really fun!) Continue Reading
