Maggie Donahue

mdonahue@cpr.org

Maggie covered all things arts and culture for Denverite until 2022.

Andrew Woolfolk in a press photo of Earth, Wind and Fire from June 12, 1979.

Earth, Wind and Fire saxophonist and East High School alum Andrew P. Woolfolk II has died

Woolfolk lent his musical talents to hit songs like "September."

Elitch Gardens, April 12, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Elitch Gardens will reopen this weekend!

The beloved Denver theme park will opens its doors April 30.

Meow Wolf's new building has a new sign. July 29, 2021.

Meow Wolf’s annual VORTEX music festival is moving to Denver

Toro y Moi, Bob Moses, 100 gecs and more will headline the three-day immersive event, which takes place at a secret outdoor location in Denver.

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The Five Points Outdoor Mural Gallery at Five Points Plaza on Welton Street. June 15, 2021.

Five Points is getting a new pedestrian-friendly community space near the Five Points Plaza

“Soul Street on Clarkson” will bring outdoor dining and community events to an "underutilized" block of Clarkson.

Susan Doty, Celeste Rossmiller and Judith Streit, three members of The Mercury 4, sit in front of their usual booth at Mercury Cafe in Five Points.

These four friends have sat at the same Mercury Cafe booth for 15 years. They just returned for the first time since the pandemic began.

The Mercury 4, who connected over their shared interests in theology and activism, have long been fans of the restaurant for its funky décor and social justice bent.

A new podcast uses storytelling to humanize and demystify Denver’s homelessness crisis

“There’s so much momentum to work on this issue. We know that there’s so many people doing really great things, and yet, it’s getting worse. And so I think people are seeing hope in a different approach to this.”

Brianna Boggs and Jamaly Farquharson in Marie Thomas' The Noir Door.

Marie Thomas describes her new play as ‘The Twilight Zone for Black girls.’ She funded it partially by waitressing.

'The Noir Door' is set to debut at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's Five Points theatre space.

Liminal Spacers co-founders Robbie Zelko (second from left) and Madeline Cohen (third from left) at a Sorted event in March.

A new project wants to make Denver’s dance parties safe for everyone

Liminal Spaces is showing up at parties to promote harm reduction.

Inside the "pencil" in Denver Public Library's central library. Dec. 23, 2021.

Denver is getting a new children’s library

The larger, reimagined space will take over a wing of the Central Library branch's first floor.

Boettcher Concert Hall. (Courtesy of the CSO)

Colorado Symphony’s 2022/2023 season will include collaborations with Itzhak Perlman, Bernadette Peters, RZA, Nathaniel Rateliff, Mary-Mitchell Campbell and more

The new season kicks off in September.

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