Tag: Colorado Black Arts Festival
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Perry Ayers founded seminal Colorado Black Arts Festival | Arts news
M. Perry Ayers, founder and artistic director of the Colorado Black Arts Festival, died of cancer March 23 at his home in Wheat Ridge, his family has announced. He was 71. Ayers was a metal art and jewelry artist, a Cleo Parker Robinson Dance company member in the 1970s and, above all else, friends say:…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond: Tattoo and Black Arts festivals, Rhythm on the River and more
Here’s what’s happening in and around Denver this weekend. MONDAY-FRIDAY The Grateful Dead, the Doors, Cream and Jefferson Airplane were all in concert in Denver in the late-1960s at the club considered the start of Colorado’s rock music history. Music and art lovers can relive it at The Family Dog Experience. The Museum of Outdoor Arts created…