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In Culture: Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey
by Lisa Gedgaudas

I don’t believe that I will have too much trouble convincing anyone that alcohol would be considered a large part of our cultural activities. Wine goes well with art, vodka transcends music, and whiskey- can make a man wanna dance.

In Culture: Denver's Creative Space Survey
by Lisa Gedgaudas

This could be your new home...

These things take time, but it’s a damn good start- would be the best way to start the conversation about Denver’s creative work and living space problems.

In Art: American Association of Museums Expo

“Leadership: An Open Mic for New Ideas”
2008 Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™
April 27 - May 1, Denver

The American Association of Museums (AAM) marked their 100th anniversary in 2006.
Their mission is to “enhance the value of museums to their communities through leadership, advocacy, and service.”

In Art: Phil Bender @ The Lab

It is a great moment when the brand-new meets the well-aged in true harmony.
The 2003 born Laboratory, a non-profit institution dedicated to developing and presenting creative insight into contemporary art has opened it’s exhibition walls to one of Denver’s long-time, well-know, eccentric contemporary artists, Phil Bender.

Plus Gallery's Newest Show with Denver's Wes Magyar & Robin Schaefer
by Lisa Gedgaudas

Plus Gallery opened a show on April 19th that features two of Denver’s beloved representational painters, Robin Schaefer and Wes Magyar. Both artists have a taste for high, visual enticement, detail, and perfection. The subject matter is usually blatant- a face, food, or flower, but each piece conceals complexities, and evoke multifaceted sensations.

You might have seen, on more than one occasion, an orange Greyhound with the words “Worland Warriors,” on the side, and perhaps you’ve even been so lucky as to observe the group of 20-somethings in band T-shirts and arty/ragamuffin garb step off, talking about how one really ought not to purchase The Communist Manifesto with a credit card, and then maybe you’ve wondered to yourself what-on-Ginsberg’s-angelheaded-hipster-grave (may he rest in peace) this whole thirty-nine-foot-long oddity is about.

Earth Day 08: Denver Greens Up its Act
by Lisa Gedgaudas

Earth Day Coast to Coast
The Green Apple Festival : Denver

The third annual Green Apple Festival announced itself as “America’s largest Earth Day celebration.” This one-day environmental awareness festival culminated in Denver on Sunday, April 20th with the same free festivals occurring simultaneously at landmark parks in New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Miami, and Los Angeles.

The Cinemocracy Film Festival :: Denver
by Lisa Gedgaudas

Denver is one of the luckiest cities to have a mayor like John Hickenlooper who carries a consistent track record of one-upping himself with his willing, innovative, charming and interactive-activist ways, simply to show everyone that it is just that easy to take part in your city.

In Music :: Stand Up Straight for Bela Karoli
Interviewed by Lisa Gedgaudas

Since the release of Bela Karoli’s CD Furnished Rooms this past October, Karoli
connoisseurs have come out of the woodwork to stock-up and fill their skirts with a sound
brand new to the scene. It’s calming enough to toss into your mother’s car, and sexy enough
to have a man over for dinner with. There’s a consistent and underlining hum to the album
that keeps you warm throughout, while the echoes of strings, tones, beats, glocks, and