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Denver comedian Timmi Lasley hosts Denver Voice benefit tonight

Over the last year Denver comedians have shown they're not the selfish bastards they sometimes claim to be, organizing several charity benefits for people like Mara Wiles and Mike Marchant. And tonight Timmi Lasley will keep that communal comedy spirit alive, hosting a benefit for the Denver Voice a ... More >>

Bill Maher Goes Off

Eleven movies to look forward to in 2012

The best and worst of sitcoms starring musicians

We feel the same way about you, Fred Durst.​The bad news is that Snoop Dogg is getting a sitcom, a no-doubt hackneyed affair starring the Doggfather as a patriarch with his mind on his family and his family on his mind. The even worse news is that Limp Bizkit front-penis Fred Durst is apparent ... More >>

Jonathan Franzen from last night: His ten best quotes on writing, divorce and Michael Jackson

Jonathan Franzen is a great American novelist in large part because he has written a great American novel -- two, in fact. Last night's Pen & Podium lecture at the Newman Center found the charming and occasionally awkward author of Freedom touching on bird watching (an enthusiastic hobby), The Moody ... More >>

American Dream

Ranting and Raving

ACTA weighs in on the Ward Churchill decision

Ward Churchill, in an image from HBO's documentary "Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech." Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech, a documentary currently airing on HBO, includes passages implying that attacks against former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchil ... More >>

Ward Churchill, HBO and an effective speech to the choir

Ward Churchill, in an image from HBO's documentary "Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech." The promo for Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech made it clear that controversial professor Ward Churchill would be receiving the hero treatment in the HBO documentary -- and l ... More >>

Flight of the Conchords and Iron and Wine

Saturday, May 16, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

7News wins second Peabody award this decade

Images from Channel 7's Peabody-winning series of reports. The Peabody award is the TV-news equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize -- and Channel 7 is among the 2008 winners, along with CNN, Saturday Night Live and HBO's epic John Adams mini-series. The station was honored for "Failing the Children: Dead ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The dudes of Haggard

"This is part of Ted's journey," Gayle Haggard told a reporter. "It's made him a better man. I see what has happened as a divine rescue." Of the Haggards' bank account, if nothing else. Three years ago Ted Haggard, then pastor of the New Life Church and head of the National Association of Evange ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Justice for Sister Dorothy?

Dorothy Stang died many thousands of miles from Denver, murdered in the Amazon rain forest, but her story resonates here in Colorado. Her brother, David, lives in Palmer Lake, and has spent years trying to find justice for his sister, a 73-year-old nun who had spent decades working with the poor s ... More >>

Week in Review: 2/16/09 - 2/20/09

All right, so we've reached the end of another work week in the Mile High City. While we can no longer brag about having the best selling band in the country, from what we can tell, Denver music is still on the minds and in the ears of at least a few prominent folks in what's left of the industry. T ... More >>

Jessica Sonner lands song on Big Love

Photo: Jason GaskinsOnce upon a time not all that long ago, Denver seemed like it was isolated from the rest of the world, with musicians making great music that, with a few notable exceptions, the rest of the world just wasn't privy to. (Granted, some of the more cynical among us still contend that ... More >>

Toxic Avenger at the Esquire

Flick Pick

Generation Kill: Not Your Father's Band of Brothers

Free Snarking

Bill Maher takes the Paramount Theatre stage.

Midget Mayhem

Up and Coming

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

Up and Coming

DVD releases for the week of October 2

Fuzz Busters

The Sopranos Should Have Stopped Believing

Feastival

Classic Coke

It's the real thing.

Our top DVD picks for the week of December 26:

Bad News With Al

Westword's top DVD picks for the week of October 19, 2006.

Lewis Blows His Top

You're My Boy, Blue

Before he was the Last Comic Standing, he was a Westword cover.

Our top DVD picks for the week of July 18.

Engines Running Hot

The Reel Truth

Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say Puh-lease.

An Incredible Journey

Discover the beauty of India on IMAX.

Mos Def

Tuesday, October 26, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

Like Moths to a Flame

The timing is hot for Ladder 49, an unabashed homage to firefighters.

Crybaby

George Lopez lets the tears flow in his autobiography

Latin Tornado

Leguizamo rolls into town with his razor-sharp wit

Lit Up

It's more fun watching the movie get made than watching the movie.

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor.

Unflinching

Nomad Theatre's Wit illuminates the dying process.

High Flyers

Remembering the Tuskegee Airmen at the Aurora History Museum.

Blonde Ambition

Candace Bushnell writes about more sex and the city

Father Knows Best

For Dan Savage, promiscuity takes a back seat to parenthood.

Best concert in a club

Gil Scott-Heron at Lion's Lair on February 29, 2000

Friday Night Fights

Li'l Stevie Johnston scores a victory for Denver boxing fans.

Chilly Reception

The cable industry pushes through a new law aimed at signal pirates.

Star Tech

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