One thing's for sure: You can pretty much always count on Denver Chicano Renaissance man Gwylym Cano to come up with something completely different. His reputation as a filmmaker is built on the funny 1995 yarn El Corrido de Cherry Creek, but he's also made a name locally as a spoken-word poet and actor, as well as editor of the late comedian Don Becker's yet-to-be-released autobiography, One Hand Clapping. And through it all, a couple of things linger: a strong sense of place and a wild, blac
The 2008 Slam Nuba team made it to the semifinals last year.In 2007, the inaugural year for Denver's own competitive slam-poetry team, Slam Nuba, the poets did the Mile High City proud at the annual National Poetry Slam: In its very first year of competing, Slam Nuba placed fourth in the nation out of 75 teams. Last year, Slam Nuba performed at the wrap party for DNC volunteers and won an array of competitions, including the Flagstaff Win and You're In bout, the South West Shoot O
Don't you go around saying there's never anything new happening in town. You can get a shock of the new tonight, in fact, when Paragon Theatre hosts an edition of The Trench, the company's ongoing new play reading series, which offers a first look at works by locals. A talented young cast, including Curtiss Johns, Michaela Cullen, Hannah Marie and Steve Burge, will run through Mormania, a play by Front Range Community College instructor and playwright David Ewald, tonight at 7 p.m. at the
