First seen in the Colorado Springs Indy Ten new murals are on display throughout downtown Colorado Springs, Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs this month to celebrate local Black artists. The Solidarity Mobile Mural Project […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Community Mural honors Conejos Neighborhood
First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Painting has begun on Colorado Springs’ newest mural on the Colorado Avenue I-25 underpass, highlighting the history of the Conejos neighborhood. It is the largest of the city’s […]
Gregg Deal nets Art on the Streets award
First seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Gregg Deal of Peyton won $10,000 from the Art on the Streets program, a first-place award for his mural, “Take Back the Power.” Deal is an indigenous artist […]
New high-tech Paralympic and Olympic museum opens to public
First Seen in the Colorado Springs Independent Colorado Springs is getting a fancy new museum full of technology and adaptive displays to celebrate Paralympians and Olympians of the past and future. Despite COVID-19 shrinking the […]
A Colorado School Shooting Survivor Stars in a New Horror Movie
First seen in Denver Westword When Douglas County School District middle school film teacher Brett Beckett and school district video producer David Tybor set out to film a horror short called “Invisible World” this summer, […]
Queen Tingz Brings Soul to Denver’s Daytime Party Life
First seen in Denver Westword Epiphinae McClennon and G’Vanti Carter always pushed their friends to go out, threw parties and turned every night into an adventure. In the spring they started a business, Queen Tingz, that […]
SoBar Rebrands as Bar Zero, Adds Catering Business
First seen in Denver Westword Denver’s first sober restaurant is inching closer to opening and providing an antidote for people looking to make social connections outside of standard booze-focused establishments. The path to creating the […]
Ten Medal-Worthy Colorado Museums to Visit This Summer
First seen in Denver Westword Denver is one of two finalists for the National Medal of Honor Museum, which will commemorate recipients of the highest award given for bravery in combat. In September, the museum board […]
Butterfly Pavilion Will Create World’s First Pollinator District
First seen in Denver Westword The Butterfly Pavilion is getting ready to move to a new development in Broomfield where endangered pollinators — including 946 types of bees and 233 kinds of butterflies — will […]
The Rock in the Piece of the Rock Award Is Not From Red Rocks
First seen in Denver Westword The Piece of the Rock awards that Red Rocks performers receive are not made from rock that actually comes from the famed amphitheater. Although the artist who creates the awards […]
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