Communikey Kilowatts Performance - Fox Theater, Boulder 4/18

I've got my ticket - do you? Communikey has got a lot in store for this 2nd annual exerperimental, sustainable, live-music and visual arts festival in Boulder. I am especially excited about the Saturday night headling performance at The Fox with:

Future Simple Project
Mr. Projectile
kiloWatts - http://www.myspace.com/kilowatts
Thomas Fehlman
Lux Lucidus
Movax

To check out the other events happening on this weekend, go to Communikey's website for descriptions and schedules at www.communikey.us

Kilowatts and special guests
The Fox Theater, Boulder
$20 - http://foxtheatre.com/Store/ChooseTicket.aspx?sid=15406
9pm to 2pm

Plus + Gallery Opens New Site with new paintings by Karen McLanahan

Friday, March 13th - 6pm

2501 Larimer Street, Denver

www.plusgallery.com / 303.296.0927

Cafe Nuba 10 Year Anniversary Party!!

Join Cafe Nuba on Saturday, February 28th in celebrating 10 years of spoken word and music showcasing local and national talent! This not-to-be-missed event is presented by BluBlak Media at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver and will be hosted by the (ever) beautiful, Ashara Ekundayo - Cultural Jedi of our "fair" city.

This Saturday's party will feature spoken word performances from:
Roger Bonair-Agard (Brooklyn)
Will Evans (Columbus)
Nuba Goddesses - Lady Speech, Isis, Day Acoli
and the Slam Nuba Team

Resident DJ: S.D.
Video Arts: dBom
Live Painting: Thomas & Jay Paul Apodaca
Live Band Performance: The Reminders (CO Springs)

Mercury Cafe
2199 California, Denver
Doors: 7:30pm
Cost: $10-$15 (sliding scale)
ALL AGES ARE WELCOME.

DON'T MISS IT - THESE PARTIES ROCK!!

CAFE NUBA "Obama is Mr. President Edition" - 1/30

It's time for another CAFE NUBA spoken word, poetry and music showcase - this one at The Crossroads Theater in 5 Points. I was just there the other night for a wonderful little night of local theater and the venue really is a great local spot - small but intimate; ready to make you wish there were a few more rows of seats in front of you for when Cafe Nuba's poets start breaking down their celebratory energy for our new President, Barack Obama!!!!! Yes, this month's show is the "OBAMA IS MR. PRESIDENT EDITION". I am DEFINTELY going to this one. Join me for a night of fierce poetic expression, relentless joy and possible anxiety about our next Presidential term. Check out the entertainment:

OPEN MIC & FEATURED GUESTS:
Sunni Patterson - New Orleans
Sabrina Gilbert - Brooklyn
Katie Wirsing - Denver
Zin - Houston
Chosen - NYC

Plus:
Chair massages, Africentric vendors and vegan delights from Solar Cafe

Doors open: 8pm (16+)
Location: Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington Street, Denver
Cost: $10

SAVE THE DATE: Cafe Nuba 10 Year Anniversary Party. February 27th

AFROBLU for World Aids Day - 12/13, Denver

Join hostesses Peju Alawusa and Ashara Ekundayo for another one of their after hours dance rituals, AFROBLU - for WORLD AIDS DAY 2008 -www.myspace.com/afroblu.
This national NextAid fundraiser www.nextaid.com promotes aids education and financially assists the youth in Africa orphaned by AIDS. Come get wild at another soulful house, afrobeat party with guest DJ IVY, Blackridge and resident DJs RJ Duran & CES in the name and energy of our fellow African peoples!!! Located at Bar Standard in downtown Denver, expect sumptuous cocktails, high fashion, fabulous people and a fabulous time!

AFROBLU - Afterhours Dance Ritual Remix
for World Aids Day 2008
Bar Standard
1037 Boradway, Denver
9pm to 2am
$5 at the door / 21+
Additional donations are always accepted!

Trunk Show at The Fabric Lab 11/15

This week The Fabric Lab (www.fabriclab.com) presents a fashion designer trunk show called "Prototype". A small studio it is, but the union of the neighboring cupcake shoppe The Shoppe (www.theshoppedenver.com) , as well as the media sponsor FM Magazine (www.fm-mag.com), will make it another hip-to-be-seen art party with live music, cupcakes, and of course, PBR. I don't have much info on the designers but the scene is always super fun. Actually, the last time I was on east Colfax for an art party the boys in blue had helicopters overhead. It must have been The Denver Roller Girls fashion show on the storefront sidewalks that they couldn't get enough of - way extreme, but a good story none the less. See you there!!

The Fabric Lab
3105 East Colfax Avenue, Denver
Call to RSVP - 303.321.3604 or www.thefabriclab.com/prototype

Damien Hirst Works at MCA/Denver

Three Damien Hirst pieces are currently being shown in The Large Works Gallery at the Musuem of Contemporary Art/Denver. (Sorry, this isn't one of the pieces being shown.) But expect to see a formaldehyded steer, a medine chest filled with pharmaceutical containers and a beautiful butterfly painting. As a single presentation it isn't the most striking show, but Damien Hirst's work should be seen by anyone who has even a slight interest in contemprary art - right now he IS contemporary art.

The opening night party was super fun; with funky cool people and a great pop/electro-punk band from Denver. Definitely check out the exhibit on one of the Friday late night evenings - open till 10pm, get a cocktail on the roof too.

Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver

1485 Delgany (Delgany and 15th)

www.mcadenver.org

303.298.7544