Author: John Moore Special to The Denver Gazette
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Looking ahead at the Oscar candidates | John Moore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The pandemic changed movies forever. Not only what films we see and how we see them, but when the seasonal national discourse blissfully shifts from head-splitting partisan politics to something far more partisan — and far more fun: The debate over the best films of…
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‘Mystery Quest’ to send history buffs on Denver-wide scavenger hunt
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Part history lesson, part outdoor escape room, History Colorado’s “Mystery Quest” is about to set adventure-seeking history buffs off on a Denver-wide, episodic scavenger hunt from Sept. 3-19. Organizers call the returning favorite an opportunity for Denverites to discover their city through new eyes and…
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Director Ben Raanan crushes eggshells
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For new Phamaly Theatre Company Artistic Director Ben Raanan, live theater is an act of political violence. Then again, as a man with disabilities, he thinks pretty much everything he does is an act of political violence. Because ordinary people tend to be as terrified…
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Denver Film names chief administrative officer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Film has hired a familiar face in its newly created position of Chief Administrative Officer. Most recently, Amy Allison served as Chief Operating Officer for the Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective at the City Auditorium, where she led the planning of a coming public…
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‘Wild Fire’ mixes live experiences with music
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last August, as playwright Jessica Kahkoska was driving through surreal-looking plumes of orange wildfire smoke enveloping Interstate 70 near Idaho Springs, she couldn’t help but feel that the image of hopeful headlights poking through the toxic daytime haze looked to her somehow theatrical. Beautiful, even.…
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Colorado Symphony announces 90 concerts starting on Sept. 17
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Symphony has announced its long-awaited return to normal concert operations with a 2021-22 season featuring 49 titles across 90 concerts beginning Sept. 17 at downtown’s Boettcher Concert Hall. Among the highlights will be…
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Meow Wolf brings big boost to Denver arts employment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No one knows exactly what Meow Wolf Denver will turn out to be just yet — that’s part of the intrigue that will reveal itself when the hipster arts and entertainment installation opens Sept. 17 at the juncture of I-25 and the Colfax Avenue viaduct.…
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Pandemic brings new wave of arts leaders
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It became clear early on that the pandemic was going to bring a major shakeup to Colorado’s arts leadership ranks – it just wasn’t clear how that shuffle was going to play out. But with at least seven major positions having been filled since February,…
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Creating safe spaces for creative artists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “The show must go on” has been a popular, almost nostalgic phrase among show people for decades. It means that no matter what adversity an artist encounters on the road to opening night and beyond, any promised performance simply must be carried out at all…
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Denver’s garage band kings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Duke Street Kings might just be Denver’s longest-running garage band, having knocked around the badlands of Denver’s Front Range for 40 years. And they might be the only garage band that is also a bona fide registered charity, having raised $350,000 over the years…