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May 25, 2012
Ten things to do for $10 this Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28, 2012
Three-day weekends rule, and this one is certain to be a hit. The city is bursting with stuff to do, and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Watch Footloose, see a Tim and Eric Awesome Show puppeteer, and more, all for under $10. Enjoy staying out late on Sunday night and experiencing ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Puppet Masters
Three-day weekends rule, and this one is certain to be a hit. The city is bursting with stuff to do, and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Watch Footloose, see a Tim and Eric Awesome Show puppeteer, and more, all for under $10. Enjoy staying out late on Sunday night and experiencing ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
Buntport's Tommy Lee Jones Goes to Opera Alone is brilliantly original
Three-day weekends rule, and this one is certain to be a hit. The city is bursting with stuff to do, and you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to do it. Watch Footloose, see a Tim and Eric Awesome Show puppeteer, and more, all for under $10. Enjoy staying out late on Sunday night and experiencing ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
Buntport's Tommy Lee Jones puppet doppelgänger a group effort
Tomorrow night, Buntport Theater will open a new show, inspired by a true event, called Tommy Lee Jones Goes to Opera Alone. But the title belies the community effort it took for Buntport to produce and animate a nearly life-size puppet of the solitary actor.
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January 19, 2012
Project Runway All Stars already jumps the shark? Oh yes.
It's only episode three of Project Runway All Stars, and already they're jumping the shark by having the client for this week's challenge be a fictional character. Not just a fictional character, but a fictional animal character. A fictional Muppet character. That's right, the designers are making ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Turning Japanese
It's only episode three of Project Runway All Stars, and already they're jumping the shark by having the client for this week's challenge be a fictional character. Not just a fictional character, but a fictional animal character. A fictional Muppet character. That's right, the designers are making ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
I'm Your Puppet
It's only episode three of Project Runway All Stars, and already they're jumping the shark by having the client for this week's challenge be a fictional character. Not just a fictional character, but a fictional animal character. A fictional Muppet character. That's right, the designers are making ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Reader: Kathy Griffin isn't worthy of a Muppets cameo
The Muppet Movie is doing boffo box office; the puppets alone are enough to draw the crowds. But during their lengthy career, the Muppets have also cozied up to many celebrities -- including the quintet profiled in our "Five most memorable Muppet movie cameos" post. DustyD One of them was from 1999 ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
On Q: See Avenue Q for cheap, tonight only!
Denver's Vintage Theatre took on a major project when its members decided to take on Avenue Q: The Tony Triple Crown-winning adult musical featuring Muppet-like puppets, made from scratch with big, flappin' dirty mouths, isn't cheap to to stage, nor is it your everyday song-and-dance.
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November 25, 2011
10 things to do for $10 this weekend, November 25-27, 2011
If you do shop this weekend, make sure it's for cool Japanese accessories. This weekend is all about one thing: spending. But we have a crazy idea: Don't. We dare you. Those holiday gifts will all be there waiting at the stores after Black Friday and Saturday and Sunday. Promise. So instead o ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Five new Muppets that Sesame Street should create to teach kids about food issues
Sesame Street, the show that has taught several generations of suburban white kids how to ask where the potty is in Spanish, is introducing a new Muppet this Sunday in a special episode about hunger, sponsored by Wal-Mart. Lily, the "food-insecure" Muppet, is seven years old, pink-faced, dressed in ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
A conversation with Garrett Ammon and Alex Ketley
Photo by Chris GoldenSarah Tallman, Sean Watson, Julie King, Jason Franklin, Damien Patterson & Elizabeth Towles in Rarities & Oddities rehearsal.Ballet Nouveau Colorado's innovative season draws to a close this weekend with a program of four brand-spankin'-new pieces, one by BNC artistic dir ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Odd Ones Out
Photo by Chris GoldenSarah Tallman, Sean Watson, Julie King, Jason Franklin, Damien Patterson & Elizabeth Towles in Rarities & Oddities rehearsal.Ballet Nouveau Colorado's innovative season draws to a close this weekend with a program of four brand-spankin'-new pieces, one by BNC artistic dir ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Grammy 2011: Five performance collaborations we're rooting for
The 53rd ceremony to determine the absolute best music! It's Grammy time, people, when we all leap off our couches to buy that Lady Gaga album from 2009 once we all realize it's the best album of 2010. But seriously: the only people paying attention to who wins are people betting on it. What ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Monsters and meatballs at YesPleaseMore "Test Market" Foodie Call
On Saturday night, YesPleaseMore, an organization that spreads the love for Colorado artistic endeavors through pop-up retail stores and events, descended on the Denver Pavilions for "Test Market," a collaborative production featuring a bevy of creative projects from around Denver, including ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Zook's Coffee and Ice Cream opens in the Denver Puppet Theater
After months of construction and permitting work, Zook's Coffee and Ice Cream is finally open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright-yellow institution at 3156 West 38th Avenue. And just like the puppets that have long called the theater home, Zook's is colorful, fun and designed for kids o ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
David Simpich spices up A Christmas Carol... with puppets
Unless you're a troglodyte who lives under a rock and hates freedom, you've seen A Christmas Carol. The play, the cartoon, the movie, the movie adapted from the play that is also a cartoon based on a true story -- you know the storyline like the underside of your house-rock, and you've seen i ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus talks bagpipes, Bright Eyes and the Boss
Titus Andronicus is frightfully serious about punk rock. The group of well-read, New Jersey-bred twenty-somethings recently released The Monitor, a concept album about the Civil War that contains spoken-word, era-appropriate interludes, male-female call-and-response, and three track punk su ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
ENTER SANDMAN
Titus Andronicus is frightfully serious about punk rock. The group of well-read, New Jersey-bred twenty-somethings recently released The Monitor, a concept album about the Civil War that contains spoken-word, era-appropriate interludes, male-female call-and-response, and three track punk su ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Leave room for cream and sugar at Hot-Chick-A-Latte
Titus Andronicus is frightfully serious about punk rock. The group of well-read, New Jersey-bred twenty-somethings recently released The Monitor, a concept album about the Civil War that contains spoken-word, era-appropriate interludes, male-female call-and-response, and three track punk su ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Zook's, in the Denver Puppet Theater, to serve mochas alongside marionettes
Puppets and caffeine? Now that's a combination we can get behind. A cafe called Zook's is slated to open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright yellow landmark at 3156 West 38th Avenue, by the end of July. "We wanted to use the space more," says theater owner Annie Zook. "We don't do puppet ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
BALLS! to the Walls
Puppets and caffeine? Now that's a combination we can get behind. A cafe called Zook's is slated to open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright yellow landmark at 3156 West 38th Avenue, by the end of July. "We wanted to use the space more," says theater owner Annie Zook. "We don't do puppet ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Q&A with Greg Hill of Six Months to Live
Having released three albums in four years, Six Months to Live has been one of the most prolific of poppy rock and roll bands out of Denver. Formed by former members Mr. Tree and the Wingnuts, Six Months' membership has included Mendel Rabinovitch of Cabaret Diosa and Zack Littlefield of Sonnenbl ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Last night: They Might Be Giants at the Gothic Theatre
They Might Be Giants, Guggenheim Grotto Thursday, November 5 Gothic Theater Better than: Seeing an expertly executed live show that didn't include sock puppets. They Might Be Giants couldn't stick to one sound during their appearance at the Gothic on Thursday night. The band's show, which nearly ... More >>
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August 13, 2009
Under the Jaguar Moon
Teatro Jaguar Luna pulls strings at the Boulder Fringe Festival.
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August 13, 2009
Bulgarian Rhapsody
Catch a folk tale for modern times at the Fringe Fest.
Blogs
June 19, 2009
Freaky Friday: "Defenders of the Universe" - Videogame Theater
Your appreciation of today's clip is likely to be wholly dependent on your affection (or lack thereof) for foul-mouthed puppets rapping about old-school video games. If you read that and said 'Holy shit, I can die happy now," you will be thrilled -- otherwise, this may not be quite your thing. Thank ... More >>
Culture
September 18, 2008
Avenue Q brings puppetry of the people to Denver
Your appreciation of today's clip is likely to be wholly dependent on your affection (or lack thereof) for foul-mouthed puppets rapping about old-school video games. If you read that and said 'Holy shit, I can die happy now," you will be thrilled -- otherwise, this may not be quite your thing. Thank ... More >>
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September 4, 2008
Neighborhood Watch
Avenue Q arrives at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
Music
July 24, 2008
Uncle Monsterface
Monday, July 28, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
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July 10, 2008
Pleasing Pupptery
DAVA’s latest production features giant puppets in space.
Music
November 15, 2007
The Lawrence Arms
Thursday, November 15, Marquis Theater, 1-866-468-7621.
Music
November 8, 2007
Dethklok
Sunday, November 11, Glenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado, Boulder, 303-492-7704.
Music
July 26, 2007
The Slats
Saturday, July 28, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7352.
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July 5, 2007
Into the Labyrinth
A cult favorite screens at Starz.
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November 23, 2006
Holiday Plays
The DCTC offers theater fit for the season.
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April 28, 2005
What's So Funny
The DCTC offers theater fit for the season.
Culture
December 2, 2004
Encore
The DCTC offers theater fit for the season.
Music
June 17, 2004
Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Friday, June 18, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007
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March 27, 2003
Best Place to Get Your Five-Minute Freak On
Freak Train
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March 27, 2003
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March 29, 2001
Best Multimedia Musical Mindfuck
Negativland
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June 29, 2000
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