Kristen Fiore

Denver

Culture Editor at Westword

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Articles

Meow Wolf CEO Steps Down, Company to Conduct External Search

1 week ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

Meow Wolf CEO Jose Tolosa will step down after more than three years leading the immersive art conglomerate with five locations nationally, including Convergence Station in Denver. The company that brings guests into alternate universes and fantastical realms will conduct an external search for a new CEO; boardmember Rebecca Campbell has been appointed as interim CEO in the meantime.
The Molly Brown House Museum Has a New Titanic Exhibit to Dive Into

2 weeks ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

As the Molly Brown House Museum put the finishing touches on its new Titanic exhibit, it found itself on a collision course. Not with an iceberg, but with a large, immersive Titanic experience washing up in the Mile High City next month.
DIVAs Awards Recognizes Drag Industry Workers Across the State

2 weeks ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

Colorado drag industry workers, queer business owners, bartenders, managers, event producers and allies will come together April 14 for the sixth annual Drag, Initiatives, and Variety Awards created by influencer, emcee, powerhouse performer and advocate philanthropist Jessica L'Whor as a way to celebrate and honor the state's drag community. "It's important to highlight your community, it's important to show how large it is," L'Whor says.
Gamer's Guide to Beat the Bomb in Denver: How to Play and More

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

Step into a real-life video game equipped with censors, lasers and projections at York Street Yards. This isn't your mother's escape room: The stakes are higher, because if you lose, a paint, foam or slime bomb explodes on you and your team. And people can watch — the bomb explodes in a glass room looking out onto a beer garden. Beat the Bomb, opening Friday, April 4, is the latest in a string of immersive experiences for Denver, and founder Alex Patterson did not hold back.
Yearning for Yarn: Andrea Fischer's Colorful Creations Have Been Winding Their Way Around Denver

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

At the time, Fischer was a photography student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and working at Goldmine Vintage's old Boulder location during a break from school. "I would just sew for them all the time, play dress up with my friends, say hi to dogs and then repeat, and that was like two years of my life and it was really fun," Fischer recalls. Then one day, her friend and Goldmine owner Joan Jones gave her that latch-hook kit.
Conference on World Affairs Tackles Topics Like AI, Oligarchy and Censorship

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

"We're certainly not in an era of a shortage of information," says Vara Reom, student program chair of the University of Colorado Boulder's . "It's so easy to go online or go on social media and find someone talking about something. Really, what we do have a shortage of is engaging in issues holistically from a lens considering multiple viewpoints."That's the point of the CWA, a free gathering now in its 77th iteration and slated for April 7-10 at CU Boulder and online via livestream.
Denver Turns Out for One of Mercury Cafe's Last Big Events

3 weeks ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

Until last night, I had never been to the Mercury Cafe. After I moved here from Florida, I'd always meant to go; I was invited many times by friends who liked to hang out and dance or perform there. As an amateur keyboard player and singer/songwriter, I really wanted to perform at the Mercury's legendary open mic, but an event starting at 9 p.m. on a Wednesday was just too late when my last job had me starting work early Thursday mornings.
Broomfield Woman Asks Kim K for Help After Her Dog Ate "$13,000 of Underwear"

1 month ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

Sarah Oakley knew Reta was "a little problem child" before she adopted the eleven-year-old mix recovering from a major ovarian tumor surgery and dealing with other health issues from Harley's Dream, but she never imagined how problematic her new dog could be. Since January, Reta has been happily situated in Oakley's dog family, which includes fellow senior dogs Grace and Brodie (who uses a wheelchair). But now her dirty laundry is being aired on the internet.
Spark Gallery Leaves Santa Fe Arts District for Plaza by Denver Art Museum

1 month ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

After twenty years in Denver's Art District on Santa Fe, the artists behind Spark Gallery are hoping to make local art more accessible to a broader audience at a new location in the Golden Triangle, right by the Denver Art Museum.
Tattered Cover Holding Sunrise on the Reaping Release Parties In and Around Denver

1 month ago | westword.com | Kristen Fiore

There's no denying that the odds haven't been in our favor lately. But fans of the popular dystopian series The Hunger Games are in for a win on March 18. That's when Suzanne Collins releases her second prequel to the trilogy that imagines a version of the United States broken up into twelve districts and ruled by a tyrannical Capitol that forces two children from each district to fight to the death in an arena every year until the last remaining tribute is crowned victor of the Hunger Games.