Do you are feeling bonita?
Friday-March 3. The colour pink has been on the minds and palettes of loads of artists over the previous few weeks as they ready works for NEXT Gallery‘s seventh annual Casa Bonita Artwork Present, which opens Friday, Feb. 16. This 12 months, there might be greater than 70 items — work, drawings, ceramics, embroidery, sculpture and extra — from artists throughout the nation.
The theme of the quirky present this time round is “How do you want me now?” NEXT requested artists “to create work that displays their opinion in regards to the newly reopened Casa Bonita,” in response to a press release from the gallery. The present runs for 3 weeks at NEXT, which is conveniently positioned contained in the 40 West ArtHub, 6501 W. Colfax Ave., in the identical car parking zone as Casa Bonita itself in Lakewood. A gap reception takes place Feb. 16 from 5 to 10 p.m.
Beer bashes
Saturday. Two native breweries will have fun anniversaries immediately, on both finish of the age spectrum. River North Brewery, which helped kick off the period of craft beer in RiNo in 2012, notches its twelfth anniversary with events at each places, 3400 Blake St. and 6021 Washington St. It should additionally launch a whopping 22.1% ABV stout that may be a mix of a number of beers that had been aged repeatedly in Colorado bourbon, Kentucky bourbon, honey barrel-finished whiskey, tequila barrel-finished whiskey, sherry barrel-finished whiskey, Colorado rye whiskey, and Colorado single malt whiskey barrels.
In the meantime, Second Daybreak Brewing, which opened a 12 months in the past at 2302 Dayton St. in Aurora, hosts its first-anniversary celebration from midday to 9 p.m. Based by one of many former prime brewers at New Belgium Brewing, Second Daybreak will launch two beers, a triple hazy IPA and a s’mores stout.
There might be music by DJ Steez, meals from Laziz Ya Lebanese and extra.
Jazz it up
Saturday: Expertise the historical past of jazz in Denver’s 5 Factors neighborhood on the second annual Jazz Roots collection, happening from 1 to six p.m. on each Saturday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 24. Reside jazz performances, in addition to spoken phrase, dance and extra will happen at a number of totally different venues, together with Spangalang Brewing, 2736 Welton St., and Blair-Caldwell African American Analysis Library, 2401 Welton St.
As soon as generally known as the “Harlem of the West,” 5 Factors hosted many nice jazz musicians of the Thirties-50s, and “we intention to honor the neighborhood’s long-standing historical past of jazz and black tradition because it pertains to American historical past at massive,” mentioned the neighborhood enterprise enchancment district, which deliberate the collection. Get extra data at fivepointsbid.com/jazzroots.
Tough and prepared
Saturday. Rocky Mountain Curler Derby is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of bringing the hard-skating sport of Girls’s Flat Observe Curler Derby to Denver. To have fun, the nonprofit will introduce its new dwelling groups in a Valentine’s Day-themed doubleheader that includes the Paindeer vs. the Slayyy Bells and the Sapphire Sirens vs. the Amethyst Assassins.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the game laborious, so Rocky Mountain Curler Derby can be celebrating its comeback. Doorways to the Rollerdome, 2375 S. Delaware St., open at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17, with the primary sport at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 prematurely or $18 on the door.
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