PICTURE a typical peaceful afternoon on Denver’s 16th Street Mall.
The sun is shining, pedestrians are entering and leaving shops and eateries, shuttles are making their way up and down the shade-dappled thoroughfare.
And then . . .
Something happens . . .
It wouldn’t really be fair to reveal precisely what it was that happens on that fictional Denver afternoon, for the element of surprise is crucial to its effect.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 August 2010 13:23 )
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IMAGINE you are dead. Family and friends make condolence calls at your home, casually observing the artifacts of your life: books, photographs, clothes, dried cans of paint, furniture, kitsch.
Now pretend that your home is actually an airtight tomb that archaeologists stumble over 2,500 years later. All your possessions are meticulously preserved — including your body.
“Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” on exhibit at the Denver Art Museum through Jan. 9, 2011, is a voyeur’s paradise.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 August 2010 13:24 )
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FIRST-TIME visitors to the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art at 1311 Pearl Street must ring a bell in order to obtain admittance. Once inside, it’s a bit like tumbling down a long and winding rabbit hole of the senses.
Vance Kirkland would love it.
Arguably one of Colorado’s most famous artists, Kirkland painted fantastical creatures and explosive nebulae that existed only in his extraordinary imagination.
But when it came to a plate, a coffee cup or a living room chair, he surrounded himself with beautiful shapes reflective of 20th century moods.
Do not come to philosophize.
Nor to talk politics.
Or shoot the breeze.
Do not even come to talk about education, as in what happens in the classroom.
“I’m not here to tell the English teachers how to teach English,” says Bruce Benson, who has a knack of being quick, direct, precise, and also friendly, relaxed and welcoming.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 February 2009 08:50 )
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Avi Halzel’s first year as president and CEO of Herzl-RMHA at the Denver Campus has been anything but dull.
He came aboard just in time to play a role in the school’s participation in the Allied Jewish Federation’s Jewish Colorado Tomorrow project, which hopes to dramatically alter the day school’s physical plant.
He also got to cheer as the RMHA Tigers, both the boy’s and girls’ basketball teams, made history by getting this close to state championships, all while not compromising on the school’s pledge never to compete on the Jewish Sabbath — a stance that earned the school not only international attention, but respect.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 February 2009 08:51 )
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