Tag: Shannan Steele
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The case for our artists as everyday heroes
The work is short and inconsistent. The pay is lousy. They’re underfunded. Man, are we lucky to have artists who do it anyway. Why is it so hard to be a working artist? In my professional life as a journalist covering the arts in Colorado over the past 25 years, that timeless question has come…
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Nicole Harrison will give you the shirt on your back
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 9 Prolific costume designer had a hand in the making of 60 theatrical endeavors in 2025, surely the most of anyone in Colorado I’m pretty sure I first met Nikki Harrison in 1995 while mutually fanboy/girling a popular Denver funk ‘n punk band called the Psychodelic Zombiez. Tom…