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  • 2 months ago | 5280.com | Barbara Urzua |Barbara O'Neil

    The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Sign up today! The Kirk of Highland is already a showstopper. The 135-year-old former church turned event venue in Denver’s Highland neighborhood feels like something out of Harry Potter. But while most people simply saw a beautiful building, Zürich-based artist collective Projektil found it to be a breathtaking blank canvas.

  • 2 months ago | 5280.com | Alyssa Chutka |Barbara O'Neil

    David Froman and Don Lucoff know a thing or two about jazz. Froman is president of 30-year-old nonprofit Gift of Jazz, which provides adult education music classes and holds monthly jazz education sessions for Denver Public Schools students. Lucoff has been working in jazz public relations since 1983 and is the founder of Denver-based marketing firm DL Media Music.

  • Mar 19, 2025 | 5280.com | Barbara Urzua |Barbara O'Neil

    The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Sign up today! Aimee Bushong didn’t spend her teenage years dreaming of dancing in hazy nightclubs. In fact, Bushong’s memoir, Rock ’N’ Pole, reveals that she was a typical awkward teenager, whose male classmates at her Aurora high school rarely glanced her way.

  • Mar 4, 2025 | 5280.com | Barbara Urzua |Barbara O'Neil

    When the Denver Month of Photography festival first launched in 2004, it recruited 30 local galleries to take part. Today, the 10th edition of the festival has burgeoned into a sprawling celebration of poignant snapshots with nearly 150 events at more than 80 locations throughout the metro area.

  • Feb 25, 2025 | 5280.com | Barbara Urzua |Barbara O'Neil

    Don’t be fooled by this false spring, 60-degree days are not here to stay. When the snow undoubtedly returns and you can’t bear the thought of wrestling your tot into snow pants, you don’t have to resort to a Bluey marathon (although that doesn’t sound too bad). The Denver area boasts an impressive number of places for your little ones to get their wiggles out. So, we’ve rounded up nine of the best indoor play places around the Mile High City. The best part?

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Henry Zimmerman

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Daniel J. Schneider

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Karen Morfitt

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Alan Gionet

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Alan Gionet primarily covers news in Denver, Colorado, United States and surrounding areas.