Colorado Cool

The 2023 Green Box Arts Festival returned for the biggest iteration of the annual arts celebration in its fifteen-year history. Serving up more than eighty unforgettable performances, classes, camps, live music events and more, this year’s festival included residencies by Paul Taylor Dance Company, visual artists Brooke Smiley, Nikki Pike, and Molly Rideout. Opening festivities on June 30, 2023, included a concert by the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance and Practice (SICPP) performing music by composer-in-residence Marti Epstein. The occasion also included the unveiling of works by Smiley, Pike, and Rideout, along with a new sculpture by artist Brian Wall and a large-scale Lake Street Display by Brenda Biondo. After two weeks of performances, screenings, and happenings, the festival wrapped on July 15, 2023, with a block party complete with food trucks and a performance from Arkansas-born folk duo Handmade Moments.