Last week, Denver’s contemporary art museum announced it was cutting four staff positions. The story continues this week, with another staffer gone.

As a show at Pirate: Contemporary Art pays tribute to artist Dale Chisman, his estate continues to seek answers concerning payment and sales, as his gallery responds to a legal challenge.

The Denver Landmark Preservation Commission on Tuesday rejected an appeal to overturn the Lower Downtown Design Review Board’s decision in February to approve the 34-story Bell Tower’s mass and form.

Phish, the incredible jam band fronted by Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon, announced today that a four-night stretch at Red Rocks has been added to their 2009 summer reunion tour.

They’ll play at Red Rocks in Morrison on four consecutive nights from July 30-Aug. 2, with a limited number of tickets now being offered through their secure online ticketing system here via a ticket request period.

Magicyclops isn’t just a famous artist with fans across the globe, he’s an expert at the whens and hows of having a good time. Here are a few tips from the man in the headband concerning partying etiquette, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Be forewarned: he speaks in the third person.

“Watchmen” took a 67 percent hit in weekend box-office receipts, placing second behind “Race to Witch Mountain.” Critic Bob Denerstein usually ignores box-office rumblings, but felt reasonably sure “Watchmen” — a two-hour and 43-minute adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel — wouldn’t sustain its opening drive. For a little more, try www.denersteinunleashed.com.

God dresses like Astaire, has the cadence of Walter Winchell, and is at least as clever as Eric Mather. All of this comes as comforting information.

Mather has long been a staple of Denver improv circles (and now Good Times commercials), but at Miner’s Alley Playhouse in Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s The Visitor, he takes on a dramatic role and sprinkles it with just enough amusements to make the Creator a thoroughly entertaining fellow.

As of March 20, four employees will no longer be working at MCA, dropping its staff by 20 percent. Layoffs aim to soothe the budget.