ART
THRU DECEMBER 8: “Stem & Surface,” a contemporary art exhibition with Dreamscaper and Cam Margera – Pulse Visual Art Pulse Visual Arts, invites you to slow down, look closely, linger, and meditate on the beauty of impermanence in a creative collaboration between painter/resin artist known as Dreamscaper and photographer/floral artist Cam Margera. Their show “Stem & Surface” runs October 2 – December 8, 2026, at 3256 Walnut Street in RiNo and features fresh and preserved florals, textured plaster, photography, and resin-based artworks. Both solo and joint works will be on display. Dreamscaper is a Colorado-based artist and community arts facilitator whose vivid, large-scale works animate public spaces through dynamic portraiture and biophilic imagery. Cam Margera is a visual author and florist based in northern Denver, Colorado. Born in Syracuse, New York, and educated in Fort Collins, Margera works across photography, cinematography, and abstract floral arrangement, treating dried and fresh botanicals as a formal medium alongside the lens.
THRU NOVEMBER 1: “SHIFT,” a Juried Art Exhibition – NKollectiv “SHIFT,” is a juried exhibition that explores the many ways change moves through our lives. Colorado artists were invited to submit work that reflects movement, transformation, and the moments that nudge us into a new way of seeing or being. Pieces were selected by art consultant and juror Liz Graham, who curated a multidisciplinary showcase of artists who shared their own understanding of SHIFT, be it the movement of the natural world, the evolution of identity, the energy of social or political engagement, or the internal moments when something realigns. In sum, 60 pieces by 41 different artists were selected from a total of 172 artworks entered.
THRU NOVEMBER 1: COLORADO CURRENTS – MCA The exhibition Colorado Currents brings together recent artworks by twenty-eight artists with ties to Colorado, in the spirit of exploring how Colorado is experienced today. This multigenerational group of artists draw from their personal experiences, research, concerns, and hopes for their hometowns, current homes, or homelands. Their artworks address a wide range of topics including Colorado’s indigenous communities; histories of mining, labor, cowboys, and violence; the state’s mountain, desert, and prairie landscapes; close investigations of local flora and fauna; coping with drought and wildfires; pop culture references; shifting cities and neighborhoods; stories of inclusion, exclusion and protest; and responses to recent events.
NOW ON VIEW: Sustained!: The Persistent Genius of Indigenous Art – Denver Art Museum Sustained! The Persistent Genius of Indigenous Art explores how Indigenous peoples’ resilience, diversity, and creativity have sustained them throughout time. The exhibition centers Indigenous voices, perspectives, and artistic expressions past and present, and is a celebration of Indigenous contributions to the arts and the museum over the past 100 years. This exhibition combines historic and contemporary works from DAM’s permanent collection to investigate the ways in which Native people have been sustained by beauty, by connections, and by spirituality, tracing these themes through fashion, family, ancestors, and the reasons people gather, such as games, ceremonies, and dance.
NOW ON VIEW: NEW EXHIBITION – Space Gallery A selection of outstanding works by featured artists. Space Gallery – 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204. Wed-Fri 11am-5pm. Saturday 10am-3pm. 303-993-3321 www.spacegallery.org
MUSIC
OCTOBER 28: Geese – Mission Ballroom They’re so loose because they’re so tight. When Geese take the stage, they don’t re-create their recordings. It’s the kind of free-flowing organized chaos that can only come from a hard-won mind-meld, from years spent coming of age together, instruments in hand. They play like a single virtuosic organism..
OCTOBER 30: Dinosaur Jr. – Washingtons J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph strike a near-perfect balance between past and present on the finest of their remarkable second act. For 40 years, J Mascis has quietly led his incredibly loud band Dinosaur Jr. into the annals of indie rock. The original Dinosaur Jr. trio remains one of the true lasting exemplars of indie rock, as formative for alternative rock’s ascent in the ’90s as for the modern mix of indie rock and country.
NOVEMBER 14: Kurt Vile & The Violators – The Summit Music Hall Kurt Vile and the Violators bring that old school rock and roll vibe to every show. The group’s rotating ensemble reflects Davis’ commitment to spontaneity, with each musician contributing to a sound built on collaboration and exploration.
COMEDY
AVAILABLE NOW: Michael Che: Shot in Minnesota – Netflix Michael Che is coming back to Netflix with another stand-up special “Shot in Minnesota,” his third hour for the streame. Che takes aim at racism, marriage, free speech and everything in between.
FILM
NOW PLAYING: You Can See Everything – In Select Theatres Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. With co-director Lance Oppenheim, Mr. Fielder gets around the restrictions on his access to the locked-up Ms. Holmes with his customary hilarious meta-narrative brilliance. The significance of ‘You Can See Everything’ is clear as a film that might advance a new cinematic language in the mainstream non-fiction sphere. This film blurs the lines of reality and fiction in ways so akin to those that exist in the modern state of pop culture. Ethical boundaries are always on the bleeding edge of a Fielder project and that is no different here.
NOW PLAYING: The Scout – In Select Theatres Sofia works as a location scout for a network TV show shooting in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the soon-to-be-shot show will take place. This means a daily journey into the private spaces and lives of numerous city residents, photographing their properties and briefly stepping into the fabric of their lives. Over the course of a day filled with these encounters, Sofia plays witness to moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension, until her work takes a sudden, personal turn. THE SCOUT is a contemplative exploration of urban disconnection, following one woman’s quiet journey through other people’s worlds as she struggles to find her own.
OPENS OCTOBER 16: Terrestrial – In Select Theatres Not long ago, Allen was a struggling science-fiction writer trying to get his work seen and his voice heard. But now he’s living high in the Hollywood Hills in a big mansion with a fountain, a vintage Mustang, and a room devoted to THE NEPTUNE CYCLE, the classic science-fiction novels written by Allen’s hero, S.J. Purcell. Allen’s friends Maddie, Ryan and Vic have come to visit and celebrate Allen’s big book and movie deal, but they’re quick to believe his out-of-nowhere good fortune may be too good to be true. And Allen’s erratic behavior isn’t helping matters any; he’s coming across as sad, paranoid, and delusional, not like someone who’s about to hit the big time. Is it writer’s block? Or maybe they picked the wrong time to visit? And maybe they weren’t the only ones?
OPENS OCTOBER 30: Queen at Sea – In Select Theatres Amanda and her stepfather Martin struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother Leslie, who has dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And, if so, who is responsible — a spouse, a child, an institution — for making such a determination? As Amanda and Martin are forced to make increasingly difficult choices, the repercussions spiral out of their control. Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche (The Taste of Things), Academy Award nominee Tom Courtenay (45 Years), Anna Calder-Marshall (Wuthering Heights), and Florence Hunt (Bridgerton) star in this unflinching drama.
THEATRE
NOVEMBER 27-29: Waitress – Buell Theatre Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage. Pouring her heart into her pies, she crafts desserts that mirror her topsy-turvy life such as “The Key (Lime) to Happiness Pie” and “Betrayed By My Eggs Pie.” When a baking contest in a nearby county — and a satisfying encounter with someone new — show Jenna a chance at a fresh start, she must find the courage to seize it. Change is on the menu, as long as Jenna can write her own perfectly personal recipe for happiness.
EVENTS
OCTOBER 16-18: Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival – Colorado College The 39th Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival is a 3-day celebration of women and others who are often unseen, unheard, and misunderstood. To cultivate awareness, empathy, and a deeply connected community, all eyes shift each year in November to the array of talent in the women’s movie-making community. According to the creator Martin, “We wanted to tap into a strong community of progressive people in Colorado Springs who valued rich and diverse information, who supported the arts and respected and affirmed life in all its different iterations. Our intention was to expand people’s consciousness – including our own – and continue to grow wiser about all the important issues facing us in this world of special interests and the deft marketing viewpoints of consumerism.”
OCTOBER 16-18: Telluride Horror Show – Telluride The 17th annual Telluride Horror Show is coming your way in early fall. It’s the scariest time of the year, and Telluride meets the mood with the state’s spookiest and largest horror film festival. Whether you like dark fantasy, thrillers, suspense horror, or dark comedy, you won’t be disappointed in the eclectic mix of opportunities for a good fright. Telluride has unique theaters for viewing, delicious comfort food between thrills, and a showcase of feature films and shorts. The movies are sure to scare your pants off and prepare you for Halloween.
OCTOBER 22 – NOVEMBER 1: Denver Film Fest – Sie FilmCenter The Denver Film Festival is the Rocky Mountain region’s largest celebration of the art of filmmaking. Offering a schedule of both virtual and online events, this 49-year tradition peaks every season with bigger and better festivities. Starting with an opening night red carpet event, the long festival will feature over 250 films, music videos, and shorts of all kinds, including those from 175 international filmmakers. Film lovers won’t want to miss all of the diverse creativity and artistry from novices and professionals that will proudly be on display.
OCTOBER 24: Emma Crawford Coffin Races & Festival – Manitou Springs Commemorating the dead is usually a gloomy occasion. Well, not in Manitou Springs. Celebrate autumn and the Halloween season at one of the weirdest events in Colorado, the Emma Crawford Coffin Races. It was in 1994 that they decided to put fun into the funeral – by creating an event that aimed to honor, though fun and crazy at that, one of the most notable persons in the town’s history, Emma Crawford. A then 17-year-old woman, Emma Crawford, moved to Manitou Springs in 1889 to be with her fiancée. Suffering from tuberculosis and being very spiritual in nature, the young lady was hopeful that the clean mountain air and natural mineral springs would be the cure for her affliction. Like many others who traveled the place, she went on a hike up a nearby mountain, called the Red Mountain. As such, she developed an unusual connection to it and told her fiancée that should she succumb to her disease, she wanted the top of the mountain to be her final resting place. Two years later, Emma passed away. Her wish was honored, and she was given a proper burial on the top of the Red Mountain. A couple of decades later, a railroad company started construction in the same place, forcibly relocating Emma’s Coffin. Apparently reburied in a reckless manner, her coffin got easily dislodged after heavy rainfall, and her remains raced down the mountain into the canyon below.
NOW THRU OCTOBER 31: Ghosts in the Gardens – Botanic Gardens Denver Botanic Gardens invites you to venture out after dark for an unforgettable evening of eerie history and unsettling tales. Explore the Gardens after hours as storytellers share true staff experiences, security guard encounters with the unexplained and the haunting history of the land once known as “The Boneyard.” If you’re feeling brave, step inside the historical Waring House for an exclusive glimpse into the Beaux-Arts mansion and the secrets it may still hold. Conjure your courage as you explore the Gardens after hours. Will you leave with a chilling tale of your own? This tour is self-guided, and you may visit the storytellers in any order you would like. The tour takes approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. Storytellers will begin new stories every quarter-hour.