Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 090, June 2021 A Perfect Cemetery by Federico Falco (2016), Translated by Jennifer Croft 2021 Federico Falco circles the melancholy circumstances of death in his first translated book into English through five short stories. Each set in the mountainous region of Córdoba, Argentina, Falco winds us into snippets […]
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 090, June 2021 Eolian | Division Ian O’Dougherty is no newcomer to conceptual song cycles. One of his old bands Uphollow crafted ambitious art rock and pop songs from the late 90s onward. This 2021 release from Eolian drew from O’Dougherty’s Zen-like observations about tragedy and disaster
MCA Denver Shopmaker: Animal Handmade By Rachel Grammes Published Issue 090, June 2021 This is an excerpt from a recent blog interview with Animal Handmade, a maker who has been featured in the MCA Denver Shop since 2017. The cult favorite leather bags, wallets, clutches, and accessories consider exceptional craftsmanship and imaginative, fanciful designs that
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Floating in the Underside with Frankie Toan By Dave Jasmon Published Issue 090, June 2021 The Denver-based artist will be featured in Meow Wolf’s third permanent exhibition, coming Fall 2021. The Creation Large, plush fingers crawl down the walls of Frankie Toan’s third-floor artspace at Meow Wolf Denver’s upcoming exhibition. The playfully bold colors, bright knuckles,
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Published Issue 090, June 2021 They say it takes a village to raise a child, but in a pinch, a forest will do. Mythologies about children raised by animals stretch back through human civilization for millennia. Like the founding of Rome by a pair of postnatal milk sucklers surviving off of the war teats of
The Disciple of Many Faces By Joshua Viola Published Issue 090, June 2021 “Let there be darkness,” the disciple said. He pierced the wretch’s eyes, and it was good. The wretch cried out in pain. “Let there be silence.” The disciple, never seen twice with the same visage, loosed the wretch’s tongue with a slash,
Taco Tuesday By Ray Young Chu Published Issue 090, June 2021 Ray Young Chu’s background starts with his grandfather being taken away by North Korean soldiers for being a preacher when his dad was six. They never saw him since. This back history has contributed to Ray’s continuous search for meaning and purpose behind his
Ayahuasca Analogs By Curtis Bergesen aka Collage The World Published Issue 090 Curtis Bergesen, known as Collage The World, was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Bethesda, MD. He is a vegetarian, only child, Eagle Scout and nature lover. Curtis has spent much of his adult life working in the music business. After
Kodak 400 By Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 090, June 2021 Caitlyn Grabenstein, a.k.a. Cult Class, is a collage artist, sketch artist, and designer out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She started doing art at a very young age and has pursued it in different forms throughout her life. While working in the music industry and running her