Author: John Moore
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‘Shrek’ check: ‘Rally more, protest less,’ suggests former Parker mayor
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‘There is this major lack of empathy out there right now,’ says the bearded and burly Mike Waid, who plays three roles in controversial musical Mike Waid wonders if this country might not be so divided if we just rallied more – and protested less. As in: More in support of the things we believe in…
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Sundance Film Festival to move to Boulder
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The Sundance Film Festival will move to Boulder in 2027, the Sundance Institute announced Thursday. The internationally-recognized film festival has been in Park City, Utah, for more than 40 years, but organizers have been looking for alternative options to host the festival for another decade and had narrowed it down to staying in Utah or…
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Polis names Summit County commissioner to head state’s arts funding office
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Governor Jared Polis announced Friday that Summit County Commissioner Joshua Blanchard will be the new director of Colorado Creative Industries, the state’s arts funding office. That job falls within The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, which has been conducting a search to replace the retired Margaret Hunt for just under a year.…
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Denver Water demand hits 54-year low thanks to June rain
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When it rained … and rained … and rained … last month, Denver Water customers took the plunge. June’s historic rainfall brought a historic drop in demand to levels not seen in 54 years, Denver Water announced Tuesday. In all, 6.1 inches of rain fell in Denver in June, obliterating the 141-year-old record of 4.96…
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Delegation takes Colorado reps to arts school in D.C.
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The venerable Denver-based arts advocacy group WESTAF took its potent pro-arts message straight to those who need to hear it most: lawmakers and budget-shakers in Washington, D.C. For one shy of 50 years, the Western States Arts Federation has existed, in short, to support artists in 16 U.S. states and territories. WESTAF put together a…
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Denver’s gay community sickened, steeled by Club Q killing spree
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On Friday, The Center on Colfax held its annual Transgender Day of Remembrance to acknowledge at least 70 known deaths of trans people from violence or suicide over the past year. And on Sunday, Rex Fuller, Chief Executive Officer of the largest LGBTQ community center in the Rocky Mountain region, woke up to the horrifying…
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Arvada Center spurs citywide Ukraine refugee donation effort
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Employees from the city of Arvada, working in partnership with the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, organized a citywide collection last week that filled three minivans with essential goods for Ukrainian refugees who are now streaming into Poland. The bounty, which included practical items including tents, sleeping bags, clothing, toiletries, diapers, bedding, first-aid…
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Surge hits arts community in wallet — and in heart
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The rapid rise in COVID-19 positivity over the past week is knocking the flattened performing-arts industry right back to the canvas before it even had a fighting chance to get back on its knees. But the emotional impact might turn out to be even worse than the economic impact, Arvada Center CEO Philip Sneed said…
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Report shows pandemic’s blow to Denver arts community
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The pandemic-fueled shutdown of the cultural economy reversed up to two decades of growth in some segments of the metro Denver arts sector, according to a devastating new report released Thursday by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts. The prolonged closure of theaters, concert halls, galleries and more starting in March 2020 had a…
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Some of Denver’s most iconic halls among venues pleading for promised recovery funds
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“We are past the breaking point.” That’s the message the National Independent Venue Association sent to Congress on Wednesday in a fiery memo calling for the expedited release of $16 billion in promised emergency relief that was signed into law back on Dec. 27. “We can’t hang on any longer,” the group said in its…
