Kent Nelson is a Ouray fiction writer. His collection, The Spirit Bird, won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press, and his stories have been included four times in The Best American Short Stories series, as well as in the O. Henry, Pushcart, and Best of the West anthologies. His novel Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still won the Colorado Book Award and the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Award for best novel. $10.

Join us every month on fourth Fridays for a Spoken Word Open Mic Night from 4:30-6:00 p.m. The Western Colorado Writers’ Forum has partnered with Carboy Winery in Palisade, CO,  to bring you this opportunity to read your work. We welcome poetry, prose, storytelling, and slam, and all skill levels are welcome.

Signups start onsite at 4:15 and there is a 5-7 minute time limit.

May 23
June 27

Hosted by Pikes Peak Writers. For all writers, from the well-seasoned to the absolute beginners, an informal setting to discuss all things writing related. At Angelo’s Pizza Parlor.

Hosted by Pikes Peak Writers. For all writers, from the well-seasoned to the absolute beginners, an informal setting to discuss all things writing related. At Storybook Brewing.

On the 4th Tuesday of every month, share up to 5 minutes of poetry, slam poetry, comedy, or storytelling at this spoken word open mic event in Montrose. Sign-ups at 6:30, and mic at 7:00 p.m, at Healthy Rhythm Art Gallery.

Lithic Bookstore & Gallery hosts an open reading/open mic on the last Friday of every month at 7 p.m. Bring a poem, a short story, a monologue, or a short passage to read.

The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama features more than 40 paintings loaned to the museum by the Japanese American National Museum and Ueyama’s family, whose combined efforts to preserve his work have allowed the story of this accomplished and cosmopolitan artist to be told at the DAM for the first time.

At Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy.,Denver, through June 1.

See RMR review of Amache: The Story of Japanese Internment in Colorado During World War II by Robert Harvey.

An evening with historian, author and journalist Hampton Sides, at Hotel Jerome in Aspen. Book Ball is a fundraiser for Aspen Words programming, including workshops for middle and high school students featuring acclaimed authors and poets, scholarships for aspiring writers and community talks with Pulitzer Prize winners. Tickets start at $800/person.