Tag: Art And Entertainment
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Pikes Pick: Mark down these free days at Denver’s museums
A reminder that Denver’s museums hold free days throughout the year. That includes Sunday for the art museum, with the next dates being April 9 and 28. April 28 is also a free day at the Museum of Nature and Science. — Seth Boster
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The new life of Colorado’s Frozen Dead Guy: A curious tale grows larger
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ESTES PARK • Last April, Stanley Hotel owner John Cullen found himself on a 14-hour flight to Norway to discuss the acquisition of a man’s dead, frozen grandfather. “What the hell am I doing?” he recalled asking himself. He recalled another thought: “Thank God I…
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Racism and 2,000 miles on foot could not stop this Colorado Springs man from an Olympic dream
Toward the end of his life in 1975, Kelley Dolphus Stroud reflected on the fierce persistence of his youth. These were memories recounted by his daughter, Marilyn Casanave, in a magazine article. “When I was young, I thought that I could do anything,” Stroud told her. Casanave wrote that the man “would smile and chuckle,…
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‘An exercise in the absurd’: This whimsical art center in Salida is all about the unexpected
SALIDA • Ken Brandon often will hear chatter about his square building on the corner, marked in the parking lot by a purple gypsy wagon, a dragon, a robot and a big, rusted drill labeled Astro Auger, among other things speaking to no certain business here. Passersby might spot the words on the wall: Box…
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Level 1’s next big jump: For Denver’s famed ski filmmaker, a project like nothing before
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • In a downtown warehouse and office space, behind the racks of Level 1 merchandise purchased by ski fans around the world, Josh Berman wipes the dust off a camera. It was his first professional-level camera, a Sony Handycam. At the start of the…
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A marathon of action and adventure movies filmed in Colorado
Across Colorado’s movie landscape, you’ll find comedy (“Dumb and Dumber,” shot in Aspen, Breckenridge and Estes Park). You’ll find dark drama (“The Prestige,” with scenes from Redstone Castle near Carbondale). You’ll find romance (“Catch and Release,” filmed in Boulder). But this is Colorado, where action and adventure seem most fitting. That’s what we’re thinking for…
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Made in Colorado: 21 gift ideas born in the Centennial State
An artist whose pottery dream came true after leaving a “real job.” A pair of gardeners seeking to spread the flowers they loved. A skiing fanatic with an unusual idea for the best poles. A high-altitude explorer wishing to preserve his memories, and wishing that for others with a brand fittingly called CO14k. And yes…
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4 classic Colorado ski towns and what to do while you’re there
It’s the natural world that brings us to Colorado’s great ski towns. The steeps, the glades, the bowls, the moguls, the bunnies. And, of course, the views. The state’s skiing pioneers outdid themselves in picking these locales. Folks beneath the slopes finished the job with restaurants, bars, shops and various forms of entertainment. It’s true:…
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‘Totally awesome’ forever: Welcome to the 1980s wonderland of Denver
DENVER • Big-haired rockers play on a TV. “The Facts of Life” sitcom plays on another. Galaga awaits on another. Come on a Saturday morning, and it’ll be cartoons on the screens. Those color-changing T-shirts — Hypercolor, they were called — wait to be worn again. They are for sale on one rack. The shelves…
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As Colorado master retires, ski map art lives on
In 2015, Rad Smith nervously emailed James Niehues. “What do I have to lose?” Smith recalled thinking. “He may or may not get back to me.” Over three decades, Niehues had become famous as the painter behind ski area maps in Colorado and around the world. The blue sky, the white powder, the trees and…