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Art Meets Altitude: Ten Days of Celebrating Denver’s Creative Heartbeat

Anya Flores McDowell, Freelance Writer November 17, 2025

Proud Denverites display their vibrant cultures and celebrate the city as an artistic landmark throughout the ten-day celebration of Denver Arts Week. Already celebrating its 19th year, Denver Arts Week...

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Shiki Dreams

Annica Edstrom, Assistant Editor November 17, 2025

Colorado Mills Mall, a more than one million square foot behemoth of brightly lit Nike outlets, expensively moody Urban Outfitters, and fragrant Auntie Anne’s, hosts an unlikely and refreshingly unique...

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DIY Saved Our Sanity

Danielle Stanton, Freelance Writer November 12, 2025

Boredom is a killer, and at the height of lockdown in 2020, it seemed that death by Covid-19 or ennui were the only options. The TV helped, but Tiger King episodes and Mandalorian seasons could only do...

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The Non-Fan Guide to 2025 Broncos Country

Danielle Stanton, Freelance Writer November 12, 2025

Every fall, Denver goes orange and navy in support of their NFL team: the Broncos. With a team history spanning over 60 years, joining the fandom can be daunting for those new to Broncos Country, especially...

Illustration of Patricia Smith and an illustrator representing Pablo Rivera, Patrick Kelana, and Eli Minaya.

Exploring the Spaces Between Stories and Brushstrokes

Maya Rae Taylor, Design Editor November 12, 2025

Creativity often blooms in moments of conversation, within the space of asking questions, and in the exchange of ideas and diverse perspectives. When poets, storytellers, and illustrators come to campus,...

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Beyond Bingo: Drag Queens Bring Visibility and Voice to CU Denver

Lucy Lassman, Freelance Photographer November 10, 2025

At long last, Drag Queen Bingo is making a comeback to the CU Denver campus; and it’s going to be fabulous. Hosted by the Campus Activities Team, Queen Bingo will take over the Tivoli Turnhalle on Thursday,...

New Music Venues Popping Up Right Under Our Feet 

New Music Venues Popping Up Right Under Our Feet 

Emelia Stahl, Business Manager November 5, 2025

With the summer announcement that this year’s annual Underground Music Showcase would be the last one ever, the Denver music community was faced with uncertainty about the future of its music scene....

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Wachowski, Del Toro, and Johnson? Oh my!

Andrew Hyman, Freelance Writer November 3, 2025

Every Friday, students from around campus traverse the winding corridors of the Tivoli until they reach the Annex, home to Film and Television students. From there, they venture into the strange basement...

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Pudding with a Fork!

Annica Edstrom, Assistant Editor October 29, 2025

Denver is no stranger to niche happenings, though few events fit that category as completely as Danielle Ford’s “Pudding with a Fork” held October 12th, in the lush southwest corner of City Park.   Pudding...

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Capitol Hill Is More Haunted Than Previously Thought

Anya Flores-McDowell, Freelance Writer October 29, 2025

On a dark and chilly October night, the faint glow of a lanterns light can be seen wandering Denver’s ghostly Capitol Hill neighborhood as “Terrors of Denver Ghost Tours” presents the city’s haunted...

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Do the Revolution

Andrew Hyman, Freelance Writer October 23, 2025

We open on Perfidia (a ferocious Teyana Taylor) walking along a highway as the sun sets, growing orange and huge in the distance. Jonny Greenwood’s score anxiously twinkles in the background. She surveys...

Clip of the poster used for the ILL Exhibition. Slightly sunburnt shirtless man holding one side of his headphones with two different colored afterimages on either side of him.

ILL: Student Illustration in the Spotlight

Maya Rae Taylor, Design Editor October 22, 2025

Since its debut in March of this year, the ILL Exhibition has returned for a second time at CU Denver’s Experience Gallery, located across from the Buell Theatre within the Denver Performing Arts Complex....

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