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Denver, CO, United States

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Andrea Gibson's New Poetry Collection Keeps Mortality in Mind

The poet, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, has released a new collection, You Better Be Lightning. → Read More

Dyketopia Is the Queer Standup Comedy Series Denver Needs

Lee Robinson and Kate McLachlan are creating a queer comedy world of their own. → Read More

Denver Poet Franklin Cruz Writes at the Nexus of Art and Science

Franklin Cruz refuses to choose between art and science. → Read More

Poet Megan Falley's "Drive Here and Devastate Me" Drops This Month

Poet Megan Falley's forthcoming book of poetry, "Drive Here and Devastate Me," is full of love poems, something she doesn’t usually find herself writing about. → Read More

Denver Slam Poet Toluwanimi Oluwafunmilayo Obiwole on Art and Public Health

Toluwanimi Oluwafunmilayo Obiwole has learned to slow down after being nominated Denver Youth Poet Laureate and burning herself out. → Read More

Denver Rapper Ray Reed Doesn't Shy Away From the Struggle

Denver rapper Ray Reed makes honest music that reflects the real events of his life. → Read More

Sunflower Bean Talks Activism and Music Before Westword Music Showcase

Sunflower Bean, the New York City-based indie-rock trio playing the main stage at this year's Westword Music Showcase, Saturday, June 23, doesn't shy away from sounding different. The group began performing in the DIY scene around 2013 and released its second album, Twentytwo In Blue this March. → Read More

Denver Punk Band the Corner Girls Drops New Single, "Boyfriend"

The Denver punks in the Corner Girls formed with one goal in mind: “It was definitely for fun,” drummer Madi Pietruszka recalls. → Read More

Dollhouse Thieves Drop New Record, an Homage to Colorado

When Niki and Luke Tredinnick came to Denver, they didn't intend to start a band. Then things changed. → Read More

Youth on Record Unveils Big Gigantic Lab at Block Party

Big Gigantic donated a state of the art lab to Youth on Record. The organization is showing it off at the annual Youth on Record Block Party, Saturday, May 26. → Read More

Pat Anthony on His New Album, Love and Drugs

Pat Anthony survived the bullies, learned to sing and just released his new album, Love and Drugs. → Read More

Denver Rapper A Meazy Is Taking on Depression in Denver's Black Community

Denver MC A Meazy aims to make music that people can relate to and rap about topics that most rappers steer clear of. → Read More

Golden Souljahs Records Is Searching for a Golden Standard

Golden Souljahs Records is a family affair that hopes to elevate music to "a golden standard." → Read More

Denver Rappers Freestyle at Hush, a Hip-Hop Cypher at Mutiny Information Cafe

Denver MC Matthew Jones, aka Broth3r, hosts Hush, a freestyle rap night held at Mutiny Information Cafe the third Friday of each month. → Read More

#NeverAgain: the Conversation Continued Addresses Mass Shootings Through Art

Soon after the Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, Nancy Noyes of Noyes Art Designs decided to host an exhibit showcasing artworks by Denver and Boulder high school students responding to the traumatic event. → Read More

Family Ties Spotlights Denver Hip-Hop Music and Art at Your Mom's House

Denver hip-hop artists Alex Gage, aka AG Flux, and Josh Warner, aka Just Enough Food, first crossed paths in 2012 while performing with their respective crews, Black Mask crew and Travellers Music. Over the years, the MCs/producers have attempted to create space to showcase area artists. Thursday, May 2, they will... → Read More

A Drum Circle Has Been Taking Over the Red Rocks Stage

Anybody can join Denver Drum and Dance's weekly drum circles on the Red Rocks Amphitheatre stage. → Read More

Bianca Mikahn on the Maybe So's, Check Your Head and Music's Healing Power

Poet and experimental musician Bianca Mikahn works at the intersection of art and mental health education with the nonprofit Check Your Head. She will be performing at Untitled, at the Denver Art Museum. → Read More

Cooper Claire on Songwriting, Psilocybin and a Police Chase

David Claire, who performs as Cooper Claire, first had the idea for his debut electronic country rock album TH3 W312D W3ST (pronounced "the weird west") in 2012. → Read More

Caspa Talks Dubstep, Pirate Radio and Denver's Dance Music Scene

London-based dubstep DJ Gary McCann, aka Caspa, is performing three nights at the Black Box this weekend. → Read More