Culture
Culture
Daniel Wolf, rancher and visionary art collector, dies in Ridgway
Daniel Wolf, whose collections now are housed in such places as the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Denver Art Museum, was as at home on horseback at his Western Slope ranch as he was hobnobbing in New York.
Movshovitz: The coronavirus pandemic will inspire filmmakers, but we’ll have to wait a while to see
Films from Chaplin to Coppola have captured and reflected the trauma of world war and crises
Rennie Davis, “Chicago Seven” activist, dies at 80 in Berthoud
Davis and four co-defendants — Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and David Dellinger — were convicted during the "Chicago Seven" trial in 1969 and 1970
Grizzly Rose temporarily closes after video shows recently packed dance floor
Tri-County Health Department Environmental Health Director Brian Hlavacek said The Grizzly Rose in Adams County was questioned for allegedly violating county restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19
Philanthropic angels rescue some Colorado arts groups, but most still struggle under coronavirus
Online performance and events don’t feel the same, but some organizations say they’re buoying attendance to about 90% of that in non-pandemic times.
Some of Colorado’s conservative talk radio stations are turning down the volume on “rigged election” claims
Cumulus Media orders stations to “help induce national calm,” but some question whether the move is driven by a fear of business blowback
Colorado Convention Center bidding misconduct leads to $9 million settlement
Trammel Crow Company and Mortenson Construction must pay $4.5 million each and issue a public apology to the city, according to the settlement.
Denver Zoo struggles during coronavirus to feed its hungry animals
The zoo was closed nearly three months early in the pandemic, then imposed restrictions on crowd sizes since reopening to the public June 12
The best Colorado beers and breweries in 2020 and what to watch in 2021
A survey of beer fans and rankings from the Untappd app reveal what breweries stood above the crowd in Colorado
A plaque near Denver’s historic Chinatown marks a race riot. Its critics see it as an opportunity.
An effort to replace the Lower Downtown marker has raised the possibility of reconciling a painful chapter in the city’s history -- and reimagining a new Asian district
It’s the time of year for barrel-aged beers in Colorado, but not all are turning to the dark side
Rocky Mountain Barrel Company in Wheat Ridge is the hub for Colorado brewers to find barrels from across the globe
Free to good home: Century-old bridge spanning the Arkansas River near Cañon City
Martin Marietta needs a new bridge to its gravel mine. But first it has to find a home for the historic 20-ton Parkdale Bridge
Grand Junction woman transforms coronavirus’ staggering death toll into a comforting work of art
Artist Linda McBride began honoring the pandemic’s dead when the toll was 120,000. Now it’s over 300,000 and her work is far from finished.
Colorado musicians find new ways to share holiday season sounds during coronavirus
Singing and other forms of breathing-based music can be high risk for coronavirus transmission, pushing many groups to virtual programs
Colorado’s Tattered Cover bookstore sold, will become nation’s largest Black-led bookseller
The Tattered Cover opened in 1971, and now has four locations in and around Denver
“Black in Denver” illustrates through photos — and words — the vast diversity of the Black diaspora
Nashville-born artist Narkita Gold might have chosen a larger canvas, like Chicago or New York, but she found “communities” in Colorado
In southwest Colorado, high tech plays in the mud to produce ecologically sound architecture — and art
Combining age-old materials like adobe with the wonders of 3D printing, two California-based artists create museum-worthy homes
Denver Beer Company’s head brewer dies after climbing fall near Aspen
Jason Buehler, 43, of Niwot died Friday after falling from a ridgeline while crossing from South Maroon Peak to North Maroon Peak
Murals return to Pueblo’s levee as artists make concrete above the Arkansas River their canvas
Structural repair ground the old murals to gravel, but now painters have begun the physically demanding work to restore the critical public works project’s role in the city’s essential artistic life.
Denver lands CARNE y ARENA, a powerful immersive, virtual reality experience about refugees
Filmmaker Alejandro Iñárritu collected the stories of refugees and guards, using VR goggles to share the very real anguish and terror of surreptitious crossings of the southern border
