The Cherry Arts Festival was held this past weekend at Stanley Market, a shopping complex in the Stapleton neighborhood (located in both Denver and Aurora, Colorado), and so I thought I would drop by and check it out Saturday afternoon. The Stapleton neighborhood is on the site of the former Stapleton International Airport, which served Denver for many years and was a mere 6 miles away from downtown Denver. City fathers decided that this was WAY too convenient, and moved the airport close to the Kansas state line, to the joy of cab drivers throughout the city. But I digress. The Stanley Marketplace is located in the old Stanley Aircraft Corporation building, and is actually a lot of fun to visit, with all kinds of locally owned restaurants and bars, not to mention two brewpubs. And it is technically in Aurora. Imagine - something fun in Aurora. Unheard of! In any case, the art fair was held both outside and in the center's exhibition space, a former airplane hanger. The crowd was good-natured and happy, and included a lot of young families, as befits suburbia. However, it was not nearly as crowded as the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which sponsors this festival, too. But who cares - it was a very pleasant afternoon, there was a lot of photography on display, and so it was a win-win day for all.
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