It's been 20 years of Gil Boggs leading #ColoradoBallet, and it's hard to find a more nimble upswing for a nonprofit arts company in Denver (despite starting with financial ruin and enduring COVID, a changing audience and everything else). How'd he do it? My latest for @denverpost.com

The Denver Post@denverpost.com · 2d ago

Colorado Ballet can handle the weight. That’s not a metaphor, said artistic director Gil Boggs, who’s marking his 20th year leading the state’s top dance company. In fact, it’s the product of disciplined, balanced steps — one after the other.

And heeeeeeere we go: Venues, discounts, dates for passes going on sale, expanded categories and Oscar qualifications, and much more from @sundance.org's film fest coming to Boulder in January. Link to #EllaCobb's detailed story for @denverpost.com and @dailycamera.com in comments

I don't remember seeing statements like this from History Colorado, well, ever. They depend on a bit of federal funding but not a ton. Still.

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History Colorado’s board of directors condemned proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act this month, saying a new rule would upend the goal of learning about — and from — the nation’s past.

LMFAO

“There is no ethical use of generative AI. The labour of working creatives has already been steadily devalued over the years, and now it has arrived at a place where it only holds financial merit when fed to the machine.” www.anxietyshark.ca/an-empty-bit...

An empty bit of good.

Let the machine work and drain and sputter and purge, may we dance and clap at what meagre pleasures it can conjure.

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Truly, I hope both events succeed. But I've never seen anything like this in any local music scene -- 2 major fests with hundreds of local bands on each, on the same days and geographically so close. For @denverpost.com (link in comments)

Journalism friends, please share: The @denverpost.com is looking to hire 2 new reporters: a full-time legislative reporter, plus a part-time breaking news reporter #journalismjobs —> myworkdaycenter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MNG/jo... —> myworkdaycenter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MNG/jo...

More of this Denver please (sober, early starting and catering to small groups). #FMBoutique, formerly Fancy Tiger Clothing, is a South Broadway institution and expansion is never a given, but owner/founder Matthew Brown is an enterprising guy. My piece for @denverpost.com

The Denver Post@denverpost.com · 4w ago

FM, which doesn’t serve alcohol, is another part of Denver’s burgeoning vinyl culture scene.

Any professors/grad student at a Colorado university interested in talking about research or grant funding canceled under this federal administration & the impacts of that to your field/science/academia/career etc? I’d love to chat! Feel free to message me & pass along. #HigherEd #Edcolo

Denver musicians! I'm writing for @denverpost.com about making ends meet as an artist, and wondering if anyone would let me shadow them at their dayjob(s) to show how hard folks have to work to get gigs and stage time and etc.? DM or email me (jwenzel@denverpost.com)

Looking for something to do over the long weekend?

Cherry Creek Arts Fest’s 35th, Andrea Gibson tribute at Red Rocks, and more Denver events

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That's my guy since like 1984

I can't handle the Rodeo Burger@tonygoldmark.bsky.social · last mo.

"Weird Al" Yankovic has always been a real one. Just learned that he very recently turned down "a nice pile of money" to shill for A.I. Damn right he did. @alyankovic.bsky.social www.syracuse.com/entertainmen...

Time to bookmark stories like this ahead of national journalists swooping into Boulder, pre-Sundance, and writing stories of varying accuracy and ownership over a city they'd never been to! Great job here by the award-winning #OliviaDoak of the @dailycamera.com (link in comments)

This one hurts. #BretSaunders is a tireless, upbeat host, writer, interviewer, podcaster, humorist, fundraiser and all-around great guy as long as I've known him. Laid off today. And more KBCO 97.3 FM layoffs are on the way, I'm hearing. Details for @denverpost.com

Denver radio legend Bret Saunders laid off from 97.3 KBCO after three decades

Host, jazz expert, writer, podcaster and interviewer Saunders is one of the most prominent radio names in Colorado.

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A literal “radio tower” art installation at The Tate Modern. Made of radios. 📻

No context news clip, May 4, 1982, Rocky Mountain News.

These are Colorado’s top 150 movies. Where did your favorite land? www.denverpost.com/2026/05/28/c... by @johnwenzel.bsky.social

These are Colorado’s top 150 movies. Where did your favorite land?

Curators combed more than 800 films made in Colorado, about Colorado, or by Coloradans past and present.

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‘No Kings’ movement to host weekend concert watch parties around Colorado

‘No Kings’ movement to host weekend concert watch parties around Colorado

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REVIEW: I'm not a Potterhead but "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is a killer show with a smart balance of character work and spectacle. Rank nostalgia, a tangled plot, accents of varying authenticity, and a shockingly terrible score by Imogen Heap notwithstanding. My review for @denverpost.com

Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ brings heart, spectacle in Denver debut

The new tour of the Tony-winning Broadway play is a stunner, despite a tangled plot and recycled dynamics.

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Great piece from @meganburbank.bsky.social that centers women and their experiences in music. Having written these kinds of pieces I know how difficult it is to report and how courageous the survivors are. Hard to argue there's a cancel culture when these shameless men keep coming back #BelieveWomen

Megan Burbank@meganburbank.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I didn’t know I was nominated for this! What a great way to find out Also I’m really proud to join the ranks of journalists who stay winning after getting laid off

Lil' surprised not to see Pam Grier's "Coffy" on here, but also glad they snagged some Westerns that haven't gotten much modern attention. Also: "Cannibal! The Musical" and the epically shitty "Snowbeast" are nice touches. Top 25 titles and screening details up now at @denverpost.com

These are Colorado’s top 150 movies. Where did your favorite land?

Curators combed more than 800 films made in Colorado, about Colorado, or by Coloradans past and present.

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Update: Colorado wordsmith Nikhil Ganta was toppled by "carreta" in the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Great performance, Nikhil! No CO kids left standing now. www.denverpost.com/2026/05/27/s... via @denverpost.com

Colorado sixth-grader toppled by ‘carreta’ during Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals

Nikhil Ganta advanced to the nearly century-old national contest after winning the 86th annual Denver Post Colorado State Spelling Bee in March.

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Denver's #SaidTheSky is a world-touring, Red Rocks-headlining EDM act with a pair of new albums and a unique live show at Mission Ballroom 5/29. So how does the Berklee-trained musician do it all from Colorado, and what keeps him inspired for his marathon stage sets? For @denverpost.com

Global headliner Said the Sky is bringing a special live set to Mission Ballroom

Songwriter/EDM producer Trevor Christensen recently dropped a pair of invigorating, and very different, Said the Sky albums.

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I'm not totally sure "The Mandolorian and Grogu" is a #StarWars movie, and that's maybe the best thing about it. I AM sure that it pays tribute to Ray Harryhausen and Jim Henson and other mid-to-late 20th century SFX and puppetry geniuses (woot!) My review for @denverpost.com (link in comments)

This Friday, Pam Grier will be honored as an Alamo Drafthouse theater will be renamed after her: www.denverpost.com/2026/05/14/p... by @johnwenzel.bsky.social

Pam Grier Cinema replaces Alamo Drafthouse, a food truck carnival and more Denver things to do

Colorado’s own Pam Grier — of legendary titles such as the Blaxploitation classic “Coffy” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” — is getting her due this weekend as a local Alamo Drafthouse…

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Another exclusive: I've got the rundown of local @sundance.org co-presentations this summer, from Film on the Rocks to Outside Days and Boulder Creek Festival. SFF director Eugene Hernandez tells me monthly events will continue right up until the festival's Boulder debut. More at @denverpost.com

Sundance Film hosting pre-festival summer screenings at Outside Days, other events

The Sundance Institute is co-presenting movies at local events before its January 2027 festival debut in Boulder.

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I talked to The Underground Music Showcase director Keanan Stoner about this year's lineup, whether Blucifer's First Rodeo is competition, and why RiNo is a good fit for the rebooted event. So who's playing? For @denverpost.com (paywall article; link in comments)

The performing arts can be a balm for the soul, and in this case, something that even gives me a modicum of hope (OK, maybe a sliver more) for the future. Brava, #ColoradoSymphony For @denverpost.com (paywall article)

A ‘Rhapsody’ with my kids: Colorado Symphony sounds brand new again

Colorado’s biggest and best symphony happily brings my kids into the fold

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If you're good at something, don't just not-do-it-for-free, make sure you own it. I'm moderating this panel at @seriesfest.bsky.social on Sunday with some industry pioneers, artists and writers AND YOU SHOULD ATTEND. Festival's on now at Denver Film's Sie FilmCenter (link in comments)

Truly insane that no one died from this, between employees, customers and folks on the street. I went by yesterday and the damage was hard to capture, but impressive (in the bad way).

The Denver Post@denverpost.com · 3mo ago

Restaurant owners Jason and Hallie Alfonso have had a rough few months. First, their Odyssey Italian restaurant closed due to a fire in February, and then a U-Haul crashed into their restaurant Ollie & Park's.