The Scene: Barry's Opens, Sustainable Fashion at Free Market, ReelAbilities, Mother's Day Brunch at JW Marriott Denver, Weddings at St Julien Hotel & Andrew Jensdotter at K Contemporary
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NOW OPEN // BARRY’S CHERRY CREEK
Business & Innovation Editor Michael Silverman (l) with Barry’s CEO Joey Gonzalez
Barry’s, the lifestyle brand behind the original high-energy, calorie scorching, cardio and strength interval training workout, debuted in Denver on Saturday, April 24. Known worldwide for its workout, top instructors and unparalleled community, Barry’s Denver opened its doors in Cherry Creek North at 260 N. Josephine St., Suite 100.
Founded in Los Angeles in 1998, the signature Barry’s method has remained the same for more than 22 years: A 50-minute class, burning up to 1,000 calories, increasing lean body mass and raising metabolic rate up to 15%. Barry’s Denver classes take place in the brand’s signature Red Room, a dimly-lit room, with a red glow, that allows participants to focus on the motivating cues from best-in-class instructors, and lose themselves in the energy of those around them.
“We are thrilled to bring Barry’s to Denver with our first Colorado location, and we look forward to introducing the signature Barry’s method and expert instructors to the Mile High City,” said Joey Gonzalez, Barry’s CEO. “The enthusiasm for fitness, health and wellness in Denver makes it a great fit for Barry’s newest studio location.”
With 6,575-square-feet of studio space, Barry’s Denver features treadmills and floor spots for up to 21 at current, COVID-19 regulated capacity (42 at 100% capacity) in its Red Room, while LIFT classes have a current capacity for up to seven. 50-minute Original HIIT Workout, Original Double Floor and LIFT classes are available daily, and each day of the week focuses on targeting specific muscle groups to ensure the body gets a balanced workout and proper time to recover. Class packages and 30-day memberships are available, starting at $30 and $190, respectively. Private and charity events, group packages and corporate bookings are also available.
Barry’s Denver COVID-19 precautions and guidelines can be found here. Visit www.Barrys.com/Studio/Denver for class schedules and more information and follow along on social at @Barrys and #BarrysDenver.
EVENT // SUSTAINABLE FASHION WEEKEND AT FREE MARKET
Photo: Jeff Fierberg
FREE MARKET, The Conscious Merchant and Dairy Block are partnering to host a Sustainable Fashion Weekend on Friday, May 14th – Sunday, May 16th at the LoDo micro-district.
The event will kick off with a Slow Fashion Denver Panel on Friday, May 14th at 6 p.m. in the Alley. Cherry Creek Fashion Magazine Publisher & Editor in Chief Esther Lee Leach will serve as the emcee for the panel discussion, which will also include jeweler Dante Perozzi, designer Meçlâ, and others. This ticketed event will also feature cocktails by Poka Lola Social Club.
The Sustainable Fashion Weekend will also feature a special market inside FREE MARKET on Saturday & Sunday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. featuring Colorado’s Tenth & Spruce, Dante Perozzi Jewelry, Meçlâ, Mimi Shim, YOU4ic Fitwear and others.
“Eighty billion pieces of clothing are consumed globally every year with very little being worn more than few times and ending up in landfills. As designers, retailers, and consumers, we can collectively make an impact in fashion waste by taking a closer look at ways to embrace and elevate slow fashion,” said Kara Armstrong, owner of The Conscious Merchant. “This event is a place to continue the conversation and connect our greater community to Denver’s slow fashion movement.”
For more information and to register for the Sustainable Fashion Weekend, please visit https://dairyblock.com/events/sustainable-fashion-weekend-slow-fashion-denver-panel/2021-05-14/.
EVENT: REELABILITIES: DENVER FILM FESTIVAL
The JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center is hosting the first-ever Colorado-based ReelAbilities: Denver Film Festival from May 5-8, 2021. The entirely virtual festival includes diverse and thought-provoking films alongside supplemental content including discussions and panels by, for, and about people with various disabilities. To continue their dedication to inclusivity, the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center will provide several accessibility features for films and supplemental content to ensure the festival can be enjoyed by everyone.
From the Film ‘Jmaxx and the Universal Language’
“We are excited to bring ReelAbilities to Colorado, and we’re honored to be the newest host site of the festival,” said Amy Weiner Weiss, Director of Festivals at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center. “Through ReelAbilities, we have the opportunity to highlight a robust catalog of films that connects us to fellow presenters all around the world. Hosting ReelAbilities: Denver allows us to not only bring this important programming to our own community, but it helps shine a light on the importance of inclusivity and the organizations doing this work locally.”
Films and supplemental programs that relate to the content of the films that are showing at the festival include:
· Film: Code of the Freaks – In this blistering critique of Hollywood representations of disabled characters, Code of the Freaks gives the mic to some of Hollywood’s most incensed and ignored critics – actual disabled people.
· A panel conversation about representation, visibility, and identity – Hosted by Phamaly Theatre Company, with SAG-AFTRA and Code of the Freaks filmmakers.
· Film: There’s Still Hope for Dreams: A PHAMALY Story – The inspiring and extraordinary story of Denver's own Phamaly Theatre Company, a critically acclaimed troupe of performers whose actors and actresses all live with some form of disability.
· Film: Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 – A portrait of a brilliant artist, represented by one of Los Angeles’ top galleries, whose body of raw, emotional work reveals a lifetime of extreme depression and anxiety. The film will be accompanied by a pre-recorded conversation with the film’s director, Frank Stiefel, and festival staff.
· A Creative Mindfulness Workshop entitled “How To Be Within Me” – Facilitated by visual storyteller and Colorado Art Therapy Association Board Member Arielle Rothenberg, MPS.
· Film: Living Art – The story of a young woman living with Familial Dysautonomia, whose art became her stunning and profound means of communication and livelihood. The film will be accompanied by a pre-recorded conversation with director David Rochkind, Mara Clawson, whom the film is about, and festival staff.
· Film: Spectrum: A Story of the Mind – A live-action and animated documentary exploring sensory issues through the lens of various autistic individuals. Features Colorado-based scientist, activist, and scholar Dr. Temple Grandin. The film will be accompanied by a pre-recorded conversation with Dr. Temple Grandin and festival staff.
· Film: Jmaxx and the Universal Language – Jarell is a Chicago teenager with autism, who has found hip hop dance as a way to communicate his true self to the world. The film will be accompanied by a pre-recorded conversation Q&A with director Ryan Mayers, Jarell Sullivan, whom the film is about, and festival staff.
· Adaptive Dance/Movement Class – For all ages and all abilities, presented by Colorado Conservatory of Dance in partnership with Art as Action.
For more information about the festival, visit jccdenver.org/reelabilities.
MOTHER’S DAY // SPECIAL BRUNCH AT JW MARRIOTT DENVER
Join Toro Latin Kitchen & Lounge by Chef Richard Sandoval for a Latin-inspired Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. In addition to Toro’s well-loved Bottomless Brunch selection, Executive Chef Oscar Padilla has curated an enhanced menu, served a la carte or bottomless – the perfect treat for moms.
From the exclusive Mother’s Day Brunch menu of nine items, standout features include fresh Half Shell Oysters, which will be shucked at interactive chef stations for guests to view, served with rocoto ponzu, a traditional ponzu crafted with a red pepper native to Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, lemon and horseradish; Callao Anticucho, chicken thigh skewers from the grill with huacatay mint marinade, a strong aromatic herb grown within the Peruvian Andes, criolla sauce, which is a traditional Latin salsa or relish composed of onions, vinegar and more, and aji amarillo aioli; and Sweet Plantains complimented by honey butter, tequila flambé, and crema fresca. In addition, other menu highlights include Shrimp Cocktail Aguachile, Mahi Mahi Tacos, Smoked Brisket Skewers, Churros and more. Bottomless Brunch cocktails include Toro’s Mimosa Tradicional, Micheladas, Bloody Marias, the Breakfast Old Fashioned with bacon-infused bourbon, maple, angostura bitters and orange bitters, and more.
If Bottomless Brunch is not desired, guests are able to order a la carte from both brunch menus on Sunday, May 9th. The pricing for Mother’s Day Bottomless Brunch options are:
Traditional Bottomless Brunch: $30 per person
Traditional Bottomless Brunch with Bottomless Beverages: $49 per person
Bottomless Brunch with Mother’s Day Enhancements: $50 per person
Enhanced Mother’s Day Bottomless Brunch with Bottomless Beverages: $69 per person
To reserve a spot for dine-in, please visit: https://www.torodenver.com/reservations/ or call 303.253.3000. To place a to-go order on Mother’s Day, please call Toro at 303.253.3000. Do not hesitate to reserve a spot today in order to celebrate the mom in your life with authentic Latin ingredients, international flavors, and artful dishes at Toro Latin Kitchen & Lounge by Chef Richard Sandoval!
WEDDINGS AT ST JULIEN HOTEL & SPA
This past year, in part, has meant getting closer – much closer – to a significant other, and for many, that meant an engagement. And, according to Brides’ recent American Wedding Study, couples (81 percent of their followers, specifically) have much different expectations when it comes to their weddings, meaning elopements, micro-weddings or private civil ceremonies will still trend through 2021.
So, whether couples are scoping out the location for a future wedding, eloping to avoid the uncertainty of the near future or, simply, planning a private celebration vacation – or, celebration – to mark the relationship milestone, St Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder, Colo. offers a Mini Moon Package for just that. With accommodations that feature expansive views of Boulder’s iconic Flatirons and the Rocky Mountains, couples will also enjoy a bottle of Veuve Clicquot delivered in-room, complemented by six expertly hand-dipped chocolate-covered strawberries. Plus, a daily $150 hotel credit can be used to dine al fresco on Jill’s Terrace under one of the heated cabanas or indulge in one of Spa at St Julien’s relaxing massages or facials.
NEW EXHIBITION: ANDREW JENSDOTTER AT K CONTEMPORARY
On May 15, K Contemporary, an art gallery located in lower downtown Denver, will feature a solo exhibition by Denver-based artist Andrew Jensdotter, titled “Road Work.” The show features new work by the artist, including sculpture, drawing, and painting, on both the first and second floors of the gallery. This is his first regional solo exhibition following his 2019 show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver.
Woman Grazing by Andrew Jensdotter
After a tumultuous year, during which the artist experienced a near-death health scare followed by the pandemic, Jensdotter’s work is a reflection on his transitional states of being.
“We are, from the womb, in a place of pure comfort and security for a time - our first place of consciousness - until we are expelled into what must feel like a harsh reality. Then we learn to breathe air, but the gravity is there. We live with this gravity. We are wounded, we find pleasure, but we are always pursuing that return to serenity,” said Jensdotter. “The idea of paradise and expulsion is interesting in that it implies a constant state of building and degradation of place. We are at home; we are removed from home. It feels like a constant game of chutes and ladders.”
“Road Work” will feature the artist’s signature carved latex paintings in a series of “persona” portraits, or what the artist terms, “Character Icons.” As with previous carved paintings, Jensdotter builds the surface with an extended series of representational portraits painted over the previous portrait. Instead of painting a specific individual over and over, each painting is a composite of an “archetype” of character, such as “hero,” “degenerate,” “jester.” The source material is drawn from internet image searches, and the final stage of painting is a reductive carving into dried thick paint to render the images into a single flat planar reading. With this exhibit, Jensdotter debuts a new process, akin to the carved series, that uses a mechanical grinder to render the final painting.
The exhibition begins May 15 with an opening event from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and runs through June 26. The gallery is limiting the number of guests at any one time and requiring advanced reservations. To sign up for a 30-minute time, please visit https://calendly.com/kcontemporary/andrew-jensdotter-road-work.