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June 7th, 6pm-midnight, the Dikeou Colleciton and TIE will host a collaborated event entitled, Cinema Jou Jou III, "An evening of cake and creative fetish," which will feature music, poetry readings, a cake walk and short screenings of experimental films. $10 at the door benefits TIE, a 501(C)3.

Music will include: Ian Cooke, Team Awesome, Mr. Pacman and Castles

Featured films will include those directed by: Tom Chomont, Lenny Lipton and Jesse Kennedy

Poetry readings will feature: Eleni Sikelianos and Andrea Rexilius

Cake walks will feature: Very pretty ice cream cakes

Friday May 30th, 7pm, the Dikeou Collection will host a combined jazz/poetry performance featuring poets Leo Goya, Kayanne Pickens and Marcelo Games accompanied by Evan Cantor (bass guitar) and Bob Mulligan (percussion).

More than once have I heard in the last few months that RiNo (River North Art District, located in the warehouse neighborhoods, an expansive square between Park Ave W and 30th St, and extending from Welton to Wingsby Ct) is the new "it" scene in Denver. The entire district, founded by local artists Tracy Weil and Jill Hadley Hooper, includes almost 50 galleries, workshops, and studios, as well as the widest collective of Denver's most energetic figures, ranging from savvy Plus Gallery owner, Ivar Zeile, to hip and innovative Travis Egedy at Rhinoceropolis.

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.

Local musician, Edward Almost, recently performed at Hi-Dive with Themes and the Build-Up. The experimental folk songster is also in the English department of graduate studies at the University of Denver so it's no surprise (or really, unexpectedly fitting) that much of his music has a strong (though innovative) narrative component.

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 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.

This Week In Denver :: April 14-20 2008

In Denver, every day of the week has a little something up it’s sleeve. The following are some hand-picked moments taking place this week that may wet your cultural pallet. Pick a medium, any medium, and walk around in it.

Monday April 14th

*Fleet Foxes- 7pm @ Hi Dive, Denver, CO

Final Fridays : Untitled
@ The Denver Art Museum
By Lisa Gedgaudas

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) has made quite the statement with their new 146k square-foot Frederic Hamilton Building. The geometric, titanium-clad, building stands as one of the country’s
most unique structures, built to provide more space for the Museum’s permanent collection. Aside
from what you would normally expect from the DAM, like pre-Columbian, modern, contemporary,
or textile art, they also continually have other things up their sleeves to get the public and especially

Draw Rings 2, an exhibit of twenty-two, hot-blooded Colorado artists, opened at Rhinoceropolis, a gallery and music venue where, “dudes, a lady, two cats, and one dog” also live.