Denver Arts Events September 7-13

Attend any of this week’s events and get access to a lineup of rad, accomplished, local (and not) artists. If I could enjoy five shows, performances, events, or exhibitions this week, this is what I’d do. Enjoy.

✺ September 8 Join artist Geovanni Barrios for an exploration of taking up space within American institutions and the outdoors at the first VASD Program Friction Series Artist Talk. Private location. 5:30 p.m. More info and registration.

✺ September 8 Join heavy-hitter filmmakers, directors, writers, and producers, including Amy Redford and Rian Johnson, at Mostly True Stories From the Sundance Film Festival at the Newman Center.7:30 p.m.More info and tickets.

✺ September 9 View a locally-produced documentary exploring motherhood, the female body, and humanity’s relationship with Earth through the eyes of three female artists at the premiere of HOLDTIGHT’s mother: un/tethered at Sie Film Center. 6:15 p.m. More info and tickets.

✺ September 9 Join NKCollectiv’s writer-in-residence, Rachel Turney, and‍ Fort Collins’s poet laureate, Erica Reid, for Poetry, Paintings, and Pinot - A Writing Workshop and Open Mic atNKollectiv Gallery at EASEL. 6 p.m. More info and tickets.

✺ September 11 There’s only one way to find out what to expect from a surrealist horror improv theater production—attend Dramatheurgy’sUndertow at Dairy Arts Center. 7 p.m.More info and tickets.

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