This city contains multitudes, to borrow from our old friend Walt Whitman. And Kalyn Rose Heffernan is an exemplar of that abundance. The front person for the hip-hop band Wheelchair Sports Camp, a one-time mayoral candidate, a playwright, an installation collaborator at Meow Wolf Denver, and an…
Go ahead, smile at the notion that the boundaries for Denver’s proposed Lavender Hill Cultural District are a wee bit fluid. After all, the ever-inclusive LGBTQ+ term is nothing if not expansive, so it's only fitting that the district spans several neighborhoods. While the perimeter of the nascent…
Rex Fuller’s job often requires him to view the lives of Colorado’s LGBTQ+ people from a slightly elevated perch. As the CEO of The Center on Colfax, he’s fundraising, he’s strategic planning, he’s green-lighting new programs, and each June, he’s likely listening to staffers discuss what the…
Every film fanatic has an origin tale that opened their eyes. Be it a slow fade or conversational jump cut into a memory, they know what made them devote their lives to the movies. Keith Garcia, the artistic director of Denver Film’s Sie FilmCenter and the instigator and impresario of the…
Meet a few of the people leading some of Denver’s most historic and culturally diverse communities. Cleo Parker Robinson, Founder & Artistic Director, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance A Denver native, Cleo Parker Robinson (pictured above) takes great pride in the studio, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, she…
The first thing you notice about Yvie Oddly is her laugh: It’s deep and loud and soulful. The second is whatever dramatic, totally-different-from-anything-you’ve-seen-before outfit she’s wearing. Whether she’s painted her entire body pink to portray…
