Leisure and Travel Blog https://www.denver.org/blog/all-posts/ Leisure and Travel Blog Thu, 09 May 2024 10:21:27 +0000 The Many Sides of Kalyn Rose Heffernan of Wheelchair Sports Camp https://www.denver.org/blog/post/wheelchair-sports-camp/ https://www.denver.org/blog/post/wheelchair-sports-camp/#comments https://www.denver.org/blog/post/wheelchair-sports-camp/ Tue, 07 May 2024 09:00:00 -0600

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

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Denver’s Proposed Lavender Hill Cultural District Spans Many Neighborhoods https://www.denver.org/blog/post/lavender-hill/ https://www.denver.org/blog/post/lavender-hill/#comments https://www.denver.org/blog/post/lavender-hill/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0700

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

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Mile High Voices: Rex Fuller on LGBTQ+ Pride in the Rocky Mountain West https://www.denver.org/blog/post/rocky-mountain-lgbtq/ https://www.denver.org/blog/post/rocky-mountain-lgbtq/#comments https://www.denver.org/blog/post/rocky-mountain-lgbtq/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0600

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

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Behind the Scenes: Denver's CinemaQ Film Fest Delights Sold-Out Audiences https://www.denver.org/blog/post/cinemaq/ https://www.denver.org/blog/post/cinemaq/#comments https://www.denver.org/blog/post/cinemaq/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:00:00 -0600

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.

Portrait of Keith Garcia of CinemaQ in DenverKeith Garcia, the artistic director of Denver Film’s Sie FilmCenter and the instigator and impresario of the

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Mile High Voices: Leaders of Denver's Historic, Culturally Diverse Communities https://www.denver.org/blog/post/mile-high-voices/ https://www.denver.org/blog/post/mile-high-voices/#comments https://www.denver.org/blog/post/mile-high-voices/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 08:00:00 -0600

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

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Meet 'America’s Next Drag Superstar': Denver’s Own Yvie Oddly https://www.denver.org/blog/post/yvie-oddly/ https://www.denver.org/blog/post/yvie-oddly/#comments https://www.denver.org/blog/post/yvie-oddly/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:00:00 -0600

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

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