Mariza was in Denver last night. It was a real treat to hear her sing songs filled with beautiful longing and sadness.
She sang one of my favorite fados, “Primavera.”
At one point she had to ask a person in the front row what on earth they were doing with their cellphone, anyway.
Yum. David Olney + Coleridge.
I like this so much – with the exception of the yellow text running across- I could just bust.
Again. A little bit.
Artist Jim Green’s sinks will sing solo, or in the round.
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“The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience But You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, ‘I have fought the Big Knives and will continue to fight them until they are off our lands!'”
Happy Independence Day.
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I need to stop smoking again. For good. It’s such a trial. But a little levity about it helps.
I almost choked on my coffee when I found this PSA by Nate Starkey.
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Cinco de Mayo is being celebrated this weekend in Denver. CHAC gallery is one my favorite places to stop into when I’m on Santa Fe Drive. Here’s a video they put on YouTube in honor of the holiday.
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Nice time-lapse film of a huge mural recently completed in Denver.
Eric Matelski is an artist in Denver who frequently interviews other artists for First Monday Art Talks at Dazzle Jazz. Here he is on video interviewing himself.
Paint Fumes 