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Neighborhood Ties

Debuting November 13th, 2016, this 8-week series celebrates the connection between people and place. Each week, we'll uncover the origins of a different Denver neighborhood, explore significant people and places associated with the area and hear from residents about why they love where they live. Featured neighborhoods include: Capitol Hill, Wash Park, Five Points, Cherry Creek, Lincoln Park, Globeville, Highland and Stapleton. Drawing inspiration from both contemporary and historical  Continue Reading

Teach a Child to Read

Yes! You can do this! Help a struggling young student (K-4th) in Denver Public Schools find success in reading through one-on-one tutoring. All it takes is 1 hour per week. But wait, you say, I don't know anything about teaching a kid to read! No problem. At each tutoring session with Reading Partners, you'll receive a complete packet with a step-by-step lesson plan and all the materials you'll need. Truly, if you can read, you can become a reading tutor with Reading Partners. Learn  Continue Reading

Painted City

Debuting Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 our 12-week Painted City series will explore the world of Denver's street art murals through weekly feature interviews with the artists who created them. Each installment of the series will coincide with the release of limited edition hand-painted macarons inspired by the featured artist's work at Black Eye Coffee Cap Hill (8th & Sherman). This is going to be deliciously fun and fascinating!  Continue Reading

Painted City: Anthony Garcia Sr.

Anthony Garcia Sr. – @birdseedanthony Anthony grew up in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver near 50th and Broadway. As a teen he did graffiti and feels that hanging out with other graffiti artists all over the city eventually lead to his evolution into an artist who now does studio work and murals. He also credits his experiences with the Art Street program for getting him into public art. Anthony is the founder and director of Birdseed Collective, a nonprofit organization that supports  Continue Reading

Painted City: Macaron Gallery

Each week, the talented pastry chefs at Black Eye Cap Hill, Alicia Luther (left) and Ann Marie Trent (right), have captured the unique colors and style of that week's featured artist on a delicate macaron shell. Check out their amazing work!  Continue Reading

Painted City: Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans – @detour303 Growing up in a military family, Thomas moved around a lot, but it was always his art that allowed him to connect to each new community. Eventually landing in Colorado, Thomas graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with an MBA in marketing, but now works full time as an artist. He has a studio at The Temple at 24th and Larimer.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Gemma Danielle

Gemma Danielle – @optimysticism Weaving a world of surreal dreamscapes and captivating geometry, Gemma conjures a sort of Pythagorean quantum mysticism in her work. She plays with mathematical theory inspired by Torsion Field Physics, Sacred Geometry, and our experience of the many dimensions in Quantum theory.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Lauren YoungSmith

Lauren YoungSmith – @lolo.ys Lauren's work aims to create and populate a misfit wonderland in which imaginary heroines can address the absurdities of reality in the confines of a page or a wall. Dreams and mythology add to the myriad of influences that stem from her upbringing in Colorado and her time spent at Stanford, writing for Juxtapoz, working at DreamWorks, and teaching English to high schoolers at San Francisco's 826 Valencia.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Victoriano Rivera

Victoriano Rivera – @yungleeo Victoriano grew up in Harlingen, Texas (located at the southern tip of Texas, 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico), and came to Colorado to attend the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) where he earned a BFA in Fine Art Painting in 2014.  Continue Reading

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