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Crossroads Theater

  • Culture

    May 31, 2007

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    War of the Words

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Bustin' At the Seams

    Leadville or Bust! is a romp through an old-fashioned dance hall.

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Bygone Days

    Crossroads Theater resurrects the Rossonian.

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    Sweet December

    An original holiday play hits the Denver Crossroads Theater.

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2009

    X Marks the Spot

    A new play examines nurture versus nature in relationships.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Today's featured event: Let Flowers of Evil take you on a cross-cultural spree at Crossroads Theater.

    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 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009

    Cross-Cultural Spree

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Today's Featured Event: Help send off the 2009 Slam Nuba team to the National Poetry Slam

    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 n ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 6, 2009

    Now Playing

    Capsule reviews of current shows

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Today's featured event: Dig the Trench tonight at the Crossroads Theater

    ​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, in ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 13, 2009

    Now Playing

    Capsule reviews of current shows

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    Gwylym’s World

    This film screening is poetry in motion.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Telling the Truth

    This film screening is poetry in motion.

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    Inroads at the Crossroads

    This film screening is poetry in motion.

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010

    Chimes of Freedom

    This film screening is poetry in motion.

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    Naughty by Nature

    This film screening is poetry in motion.

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Gone to Pot

    This film screening is poetry in motion.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Moulin Rouge forces naughty burlesque show to change its name

    ​Last week, Reyna Von Vett -- whose alter ego, Cora Vette, emcees naughty burlesque shows every Wednesday in the heart of Five Points -- got an e-mail from a business in France asking her to cease and desist using the name of their venue in the title of her show. The venue? Why, the Moulin Ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Coffee at The Point is officially open for business

    J. WohletzCoffee at The Point​Coffee at The Point opened for business this week, with the full beverage, food and dessert menu available to Crossroads Theater patrons next door and anyone else who needs a kidney-punch of espresso made with Denver's own Novo coffee. Owners Ryan Cobbins, his wi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    Smooth Talking

    J. WohletzCoffee at The Point​Coffee at The Point opened for business this week, with the full beverage, food and dessert menu available to Crossroads Theater patrons next door and anyone else who needs a kidney-punch of espresso made with Denver's own Novo coffee. Owners Ryan Cobbins, his wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Will a nearby school put a halt to Welton Street's resurrection?

    The Rossonian Hotel is just beyond the 500-foot, no-liquor line.​As we reported yesterday in Cafe Bites, there have been numerous roadblocks to the redevelopment of the strip of Welton Street that's at the heart of Five Points -- some anticipated, some surprising. The most recent? The Tubman H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Denver Art Talk: April Hoy on costuming, Burning Man and the fine art of corset-making

    ​The newly rehatched Denver Art Talks, hosted by Eric Matelski, will hit the new year running by featuring designer/seamstress extraordinaire April Hoy as its first guest of 2011. Hoy has stitched her way through many behind-the-scenes professional layers: She's a stage costumer, a corset-mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Tonight: DADA and Dana Cain launch an Art Collectors Summit series

    Mark Penner Howell, "ONE," acrylic, ink, and spray paint on three canvas panels.​ Dana Cain makes no secret of her blossoming identity as a collector of works by local artists, and is always looking for ways to share her fervor: Her latest, the Art Collectors Summit series, debuts this evening ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and Division of Theatres and Arenas to merge for art's sake?

    ​Denverites love the arts -- but the arts didn't officially become a part of the city structure until "1 percent for the arts," a program established under Mayor Federico Peña that earmarked one percent of any city construction project for art works. Even as that project grew, so did the str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    When the going gets tough, the tough get going: SlamNuba's final faceoff commences tonight

    ​There are slam poets, and then there are SLAM POETS: Though there's more than a little love and support spread around in the performance poetry community, it's still everybody for themselves when they hit the stage. That means there's going to be some fierce nitty-gritty going down at Westwor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    The Fine Art of Dining

    ​There are slam poets, and then there are SLAM POETS: Though there's more than a little love and support spread around in the performance poetry community, it's still everybody for themselves when they hit the stage. That means there's going to be some fierce nitty-gritty going down at Westwor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Dyn-o-mite! Black Dynamite's badasssss screening

    ​If it weren't for a few smirking touches of ironic self-awareness, you'd swear Black Dynamite was straight out of the blaxploitation era. Not only does it feature the baddest motha-shut-yo-mouth since Shaft and Sweet Sweetback rolled into one, plus a ridiculously convoluted plot reaching to t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Community Table

    ​If it weren't for a few smirking touches of ironic self-awareness, you'd swear Black Dynamite was straight out of the blaxploitation era. Not only does it feature the baddest motha-shut-yo-mouth since Shaft and Sweet Sweetback rolled into one, plus a ridiculously convoluted plot reaching to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Cavem Moetavation talks about Saturday's Brown Suga Festival at the Crossroad's Theater

    ​Cavem Moetavation is one of the hardest hustlers in the hip-hop scene. Not only is he more than proficient on the microphone, he has perfected the balance between art and activism. It's his mission to teach folks how to eat and engage the community, and this year's Brown Suga Festival will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Brown Suga Youth Festival at Crossroads Theater, 4/30/11

    Marissa GavelMembers of the "Going Green Living Bling" panel discussion BROWN SUGA YOUTH FESTIVAL 04.30.11 | Crossroads Theater This year's Brown Suga Youth Festival marked the third year that Cavem Moetivation (aka Ietef Vita) and his wife Neambe brought the community together in the name of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    National slam champ Rudy Francisco says "hey" to SlamNUBA on Memorial Day

    ​Denver is one slammin' town, and that's to our advantage: It means we're not under the radar of the national slam poetry community. Rather, Denver is a destination: Touring poets make it a point to stop over here, say "hey" to their Denver brothers and sisters and perform for them in an appre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Top 5 ass-kicking Pam Grier roles

    ​Don't mess with Pam Grier. The Colorado-residing actress is known for her bad-ass roles in blaxploitation films like Foxy Brown and Coffy, which are both screening tonight as part of the Crest Film Series at Crossroads Theater. In advance of the screening, we took a look at the top five ass-k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Blue Mustang is DIA's most famous artwork, but there are other pieces to love... or hate

    ​"Mustang," Luis Jimenez's killer horse at Denver International Airport, just placed third in a recent survey of the country's most bizarre public art. But it definitely ranks first in the hearts and minds of Denver residents, who either really love or really, really hate the sculpture.

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Just say neigh! Town hall on airport art master plan tomorrow

    "Mustang," by Luis Jimenez​Quit horsing around! It's time to come clean about how you feel about the public art at Denver International Airport, a collection that includes everything from Gary Sweeney's beloved "America, Why I Love Her" to the loved, and loathed, "Mustang," aka Blucifer, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Reader: Scary airport artwork won't fly!

    ​Love "Mustang," the blue horse that stands guard outside of Denver International Airport? Loathe it? Tell DIA officials all about it tonight, when the airport and Arts & Venues Denver host a DIA Art Master Plan town-hall meeting at Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington Street, from 5 to 7 p.m.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    DIA Art Master Plan calls for performances' return... and what about Blue Mustang's eyes?

    ​Although the fancy architect is gone and the ownership of Santiago Calatrava's DIA expansion design is still up in the air, plans for construction of the South Terminal, including a light-rail station and a public plaza, are moving forward. That means Denver could soon commission another $3 m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Fashion Forum at Crossroads tonight

    ​Another clothes call! Arts & Venues Denver will host a fashion forum tonight for local fashion/accessory and jewelry designers, which it describes this way: "This is a forum to LISTEN & HEAR from YOU! We want to know from you as designers what will be the best for this creative community." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Black Actors Guild does the most with Doin' the Most

    ​The Black Actors Guild was originally founded by five juniors at the Denver School of the Arts who were frustrated with the available material and also by the stereotype of the black actor, according Ryan Soo, the guild's director of operations. "A lot didn't apply to them, and a lot that did ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Tonight at Slam Nuba: Have your slam, and learn your lesson, too

    ​Slam Nuba is still on a roll: After winning one of Westword's coveted MasterMind awards last year and sending a team to the nationals last summer that snagged first place, the spoken-word collective (which will also perform February 18 at Artopia ) is hard at work finding fresh ways to forge ... More >>

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