This year's Juneteenth Music Festival features not only live music and dance but local vendors, food and drink, and kid-friendly activities
Nuance is often hard to find in this era of crazed polarization, but a gallery show at the“Eyes Wide Shut,”
which opened June 1 but holds its official reception on Friday, June 16, marks the 40th anniversary of the Denver Principles — a group of people living with AIDS who bravely demanded respect and dignity from a culture that devalued their lives. “Eyes Wide Shut,” which runs through June 30 at McNichols Civic Center Building, features work from a dozen-plus artists commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Denver Principles AIDS-activist group.
“Eyes Wide Shut – Visual Meditations on the Plague” features artists such as Susan Goldstein, Emilio Lobato, Father Bill McNichols , Annalee Schorr, Louis Trujillo and more with diverse, mature works. The free opening reception runs 4-7 p.m. on June 16 at McNichols Building, although more events are planned, including panel discussions at theand walking tour of Denver’s LGBTQ history. The exhibition is free and open daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at 144 W. Colfax Ave. VisitDenver comic Janae Burris performs at the 2021 High Plains Comedy Festival.
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