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Ruby Hill Pump House Gets 360-Degree Mural Honoring Immigrant Stories
A weathered pump house at Ruby Hill Park is about to become a full-circle canvas for three Denver artists telling stories of immigration, nature and neighborhood belonging. Metal sculptor Vanny Channal, muralist Ratha Sok and painter Joe Miller are collaborating on “Home,” a 360-degree public art piece that will live on the structure, with portraits of immigrants and refugees woven alongside natural imagery and details meant to capture what makes Ruby Hill feel like home.
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Split Shale And Keep 34-Million-Year-Old Fossils At This Private Colorado Quarry
A pile of rock on a mountain hillside holds bugs, leaves, and seeds that are about 34 million years old. You can pry them loose with your own hands. Then you get to take every single one home. The rock is shale from an ancient lake bed. Volcanic ash once...
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A new film looks at people with deep connections to the Colorado River – and why their futures are at stake
People who rely directly on the Colorado River for their existence – at a time when there's less water to go around. That's the subject of a new documentary called The River. The film takes viewers from a ranch in Wyoming to a surprisingly lush golf course community in Utah to farms in California’s Imperial Valley.
Estes Park Trail Gazette
Denver Art Museum will be only U.S. venue to host major Picasso exhibit
Denver Art Museum is set to host the most comprehensive collection of Pablo Picasso’s work ever assembled in Colorado. And in a programming coup for the museum, it will be the only U.S. venue to host the major exhibition. “Picasso: Magician” is an overview of 70 years of Picasso’s...
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Scott Spillman saw contemporary historical debate about slavery as “strangely narrow”
Scott Spillman is a historian whose writing has appeared in the New Republic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, n+1, and The Point. His first book “Making Sense of Slavery,” was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award in history. He has a PhD in history from Stanford University, and before that he studied history, English, and political philosophy at the University of North Carolina and Duke University. Spillman has worked in public history at the Colorado Encyclopedia, History Colorado, and the Leadville Historic Preservation Commission, and has taught at Colorado College and the University of Colorado–Denver. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
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This 1923 Colorado Highway Stop Smokes Its Own Sausage While Travelers Rock On The Front Porch
Somewhere along the Arkansas River on Highway 50, there is a stop that sells gas, fishing flies, hardware, ice cream and hot grill food under one roof. Plenty of Colorado drivers roll past it on the way to Salida or Gunnison without a second look. That is a mistake worth fixing.
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Denver Art Museum Lands Biggest-Ever Picasso Show, 150 Works Strong
The Denver Art Museum will present its largest Picasso exhibition to date at the Hamilton Building in 2027. “Picasso: Magician” opens October 31, 2027, and runs through February 27, 2028, bringing together paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and ceramics, according to Westword. The Hamilton Building’s Design. The Denver...
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El Rancho’s iconic sign removed as building preps for demolition
As the sun rose on a chilly Oct. 28 morning, a major chapter in the long life of El Rancho ended. Crews disassembled the 40-foot metal El Rancho sign that has marked the restaurant site for decades, and cut holes in the roof to remove the brewery tanks. QuikTrip owns...
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Denver Art Museum lands exclusive Picasso exhibition
The Denver Art Museum next year welcomes a name synonymous with modern art: Pablo Picasso. Why it matters: The exhibition will mark DAM's first comprehensive showcase of the Spanish master — one of the most influential artists of the 20th century — and its only U.S. stop. The big picture: DAM is partnering with Musée National Picasso–Paris and Manifesto Expo for "Picasso: Magician, " which chronicles seven decades of the artist's pioneering work, DAM announced this week. What to expect: The exhibition will feature about 130 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings and ceramics created by Picasso, plus 20 by other artists. It will present pieces from the artist's Blue Period, Cubism and Surrealist eras, with special attention to his focus on the human form. What they're saying: The exhibition will be "extraordinary," DAM director Christoph Heinrich said in a statement. Picasso was "just like a magician" with an "ability to transform reality into new creative forms full of humanity, mystery and emotion," he said. What's next: "Picasso: Magician" runs from Oct. 31, 2027 to Feb. 27, 2028 inside the Hamilton Building.