Archive for the 'Design' Category

April 16-17: Doors Open Denver

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
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MODERN ARCHITECTURE | Doors Open Denver Take a free self-guided tour or an  expert guided tour of modern architecture in Denver from the 50s and beyond. Over 70 sites are open to the public this weekend. What: Doors Open Denver Where: 70 locations, see website for details When: Saturday and Sunday, April 16th and 17th, [...]

April 9th: Second Saturday RiNo

Friday, April 8th, 2011
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It’s Second Saturday time of the month, which is the time to browse art at your leisure. Enjoy the nice weather and a little gallery or booth hopping. SECOND SATURDAY | RiNo A number of galleries and studios have long open hours this Saturday. A few of note to check out, plus more on the [...]

April 4: Gary Baseman

Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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GARY BASEMAN | DAM AIGA presents prolific artist, animator, producer and toy designer Gary Baseman. His work  has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Time, and Rolling Stone, and he designed the best-selling game “Cranium.” What: An Evening with Gary Baseman Where: Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, 720.865.5000 [...]

Mar 4-8: This is The Big One

Friday, March 4th, 2011
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I honestly looked for any reason to omit events from my list for this week because it’s not only First Friday, it’s also the Month of Photography AND the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. However, delivering a short list this week is impossible. The overwhelming amount of great art opening this week and ongoing [...]

Jan 26-29: Wake UP

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
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It’s time to awake from your winter hibernation. The days are getting a little longer, and you’ve got no more excuses for sitting at home watching television every night. Or maybe that’s just me. FASHION SHOW | Rockstar Lounge DeVelo Magazine is one of the new fashion publications in town, focusing on connecting the disconnected [...]

Nov 5-13: First Friday & Denver Arts Week

Friday, November 5th, 2010
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It’s the fourth annual Denver Arts Week next week, and tonight is the super First Friday that kicks it off. There is a lot going on if you want to sift through the listings, including things like theater and restaurant specials that I don’t cover here. But what I do cover – contemporary art events [...]

Guest Editorial

Monday, October 11th, 2010
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ANGELO MARASCO | Guest Editorial Watch Denver Grow: Major Construction Projects in Denver As a young kid, I was always on the lookout for a new house going up in my neighborhood.  The smell of fresh earth and recently sawn lumber was like a calling for me.  I’d grab my hammer and tool belt and [...]

Oct 8: My Three Picks

Friday, October 8th, 2010
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Simple mid month short list of picks. Two of these events you are not going to find out about anywhere else but you are going to want to go. This is the digging I do for you. I just want you to know that I care. Of course I care. DESIGN NOW | DWR This [...]

Oct 1-6: First Friday and Beyond

Friday, October 1st, 2010
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First of all, I want to say congrats to AIGA and Elysia Syriac for an awesome Bordo Bello skateboard art event last night. Fantastic art from students, designers and artists, both national and local, jam packed the place, and man can they throw a party. Onward to the First Friday blowout, plus a pretty cool [...]

Sept 24-30: Signage Art, Post Punk, Short Films & Skateboards

Friday, September 24th, 2010
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Again there is not a ton of stuff happening but what is going on is pretty sweet stuff. BLACK SHEEP FRIDAY | MCA I know this was on last week’s list and it may be on next week’s list too, dunno. But I’ll see you there tonight. Please come and say hi if you see [...]

Aug 27-29: Denver Modernism

Friday, August 27th, 2010
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Last night was a fun party launching the new Xbox Kinect. The interesting part of it was that it was held at a relatively new gallery I’ve been meaning to check out, Fat Tail Gallery, and that it was held in Denver. Xbox took its private launch parties to only five cities in the US, [...]