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Coverville Records successfully funds its passion project: jazz renditions of video game tunes

Nerds of a feather flock together, as they say. Brian Ibbott and jazz composer Andrew Allen have once again proven this adage to be entirely true. The two have paired up to produce another passion project that is sure to appeal to the dorkiest dweebs you know, Free Play, an album of traditional jazz ... More >>

Go inside The Shining documentary Room 237 with director Rodney Ascher

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a film that inspires strong reactions, and people have been trying to pin down what it's really about almost since the day it was released. With Room 237, first-time feature director Rodney Ascher has gone deeper down the rabbit hole than anyone before him, bringing ... More >>

The Invisible War screens tonight at the Women Film Voices film festival pre-showing

Stepping into its third year, the Women Film Voices Festival is gearing up for another phenomenal run this March. As a precursor to the week of films written by, directed by, produced by and starring women, the Sie FilmCenter will host a special one-night only screening of The Invisible War this e ... More >>

YouTube stars battle for money and creative control

Olivea, one of Denver's top restaurants, is closing in mid-January

After nearly four years on Seventeenth Avenue's Restaurant Row, Olivea, the intimate Mediterranean restaurant owned by Stephanie and Keith Bonin, who also oversee Duo in Highland, will close in mid-January. The Bonins, who opened Olivea in May of 2009, are moving to the East Coast in June. See also ... More >>

Get to know Westword's Tom Murphy -- and more! -- at the Onus Spears talk show Rawlitix

I can vouch for Rawlitix because I was a guest last month, and I had the time of my life. The Denver-centric live talk show conceived and hosted by local funny man and comedy promoter Onus Spears is still finding its legs, but it's a grand idea. Spears focuses on people -- writers, musicians, comics ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (5 free!), December 21-23

Yeah, the world might end tonight. But just in case it doesn't, hold onto some of your cash, rather than ending up like one of Harold Camping's followers. Because there will be plenty of ways to spend it this weekend in Denver, where bargain activities include skating at a roller disco, dancing away ... More >>

Open Media Foundation celebrates Independent Voices with party tonight

With all the bad news about media layoffs, here's a real reason to celebrate: Tonight, the Open Media Foundation will celebrate six years of independent voices on Denver Open Media -- which not only runs Denver's public-access channels on Comcast, but also provides training and services for non-prof ... More >>

Open Media Foundation celebrates sixth anniversary with party, awards Friday

On Friday, December 7, the Denver Open Media Foundation will celebrate six years of independent voices on Denver Open Media with a party from 7:30 to 10 p.m. - with music by Achille Lauro, pioneers in Denver's independent music scene; a silent auction to support independent businesses and OMF; and f ... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival: $2.5 million gift puts Opening Night in the money

The opening evening of the Starz Denver Film Festival always focuses on the love of movies, and last night was no exception. But this year (the fest's 35th), the event was also about...a huge pile of cash. Before a big crowd at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, fest vet Ron Henderson revealed that phi ... More >>

Dragonette at Larimer Lounge, with The Knocks, 9/21/12

DRAGONETTE @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 9/21/12The Larimer Lounge wore three sizes too small on Dragonette last night. The Canadian band, which stopped at the Larimer Lounge for their first Denver show three years ago, put on a show that rock n' rolled too hard for the constraints of the venue this time aroun ... More >>

BoldLeaders trip to Kenya postponed, but the explorations continue

After months of planning and fundraising, this year's BoldLeaders trip to Kenya has been grounded, thanks to threats of violence from the Somali militant group, Al-Shabaab. The Denver-based group had flights arranged and was within a week of departure when the U.S. Department of State and its embass ... More >>

Chris Daniels is back after a harrowing battle with illness

Extraterrestrial lands in Denver tomorrow, thanks to Tugg

Want to host a screening? Find a film in Tugg.com's library, create an event, spread the word and Tugg handles the rest. Want to see how it works? Tomorrow night at 9:30 p.m. Nacho Vigalondo's comedic alien invasion movie, Extraterrestrial, is showing at Denver Film Center.

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 >>

Versus Verses

Luis Alberto Urrea: Evil Companion and a man of the people

Luis Alberto Urrea really is the story he writes in so many ways: A reporter, poet and novelist, he's covered the illegal immigrant story from the front lines, where he once worked as a relief worker, and found pieces of himself in the fictionalized retelling of the history of his great-aunt Teresit ... More >>

Ben and Maggie Weinroth clear their names after Colorado State Fair goat-doping allegations

Sue Weinroth describes it best: "This goat story got legs and ran," says the mom, shaking her head. Last summer, she watched her two children, nineteen-year-old Maggie and fourteen-year-old Ben, lose their titles, reputations and hobbies when they were banned from the Colorado State Fair on allegati ... More >>

Vlirty, new online dating site by local software geek Adam Norrell, focuses on video chatting

Adam Norrell, human.​Adam Norrell likes the words "snazzy" and "sparky." He says them more than you'd expect from a 34-year-old software nerd from Castle Rock, especially when he's describing his new online dating site, the snazzily named Vlirty. Norrell came up with the idea for Vlirty, which ... More >>

Shel moves forward after parting ways with Republic Nashville with new five-songEP

​Paging Alexandra Patsavas: Have you met Shel (due at the Bluebird tonight with Elephant Revival) yet? If not, you should definitely make their acquaintance. The music these lovely ladies make genuinely sounds like it was painstakingly crafted in a lab specifically to be played in an episode o ... More >>

Marijuana critic William Breathes's sublime & ridiculous global media blitz (AUDIO, VIDEO)

Mr. Breathes.​If medical marijuana reviewer William Breathes looks tired lately, it's not because he's been critiquing too much weed. Since being featured on Rupert Murdoch's iPad-friendly The Daily and National Public Radio, he's been absolutely inundated with interview requests, many from in ... More >>

The strangest social networking sites that would benefit from Facebook video chat

​In case you haven't heard, Facebook got two very cool upgrades recently, with the introduction of group chat and video chat -- thanks, in large part, to a partnership with Skype. Props to Mark Zuckerberg though -- being able to video chat with friends who are "online" on Facebook is not only ... More >>

Review: The Skivies at The Meadowlark, 6/25/11

"Toshi Fest," featured the Skivies, with Action Friend and OsyluthTHE SKIVIES at THE MEADOWLARK | 06.25.11This show almost didn't happen. A little after 9:15 or so, the power went out in the neighborhoods north of Broadway. About that time, you could hear Danimal from Osyluth playing his drum kit fr ... More >>

Wendy Alfredsen fights for daughter's return from Norway, where her other mom took her

Wendy Alfredsen.​On December 8, 2009, Berlyn Alfredsen, then five-years-old, was taken out of class by one of her adoptive mothers to attend her great grandmother's funeral in Norway. This wouldn't have been notable, except Berlyn's great grandmother was still alive. Wendy Alfredsen, Berlyn's ... More >>

Skype: A coming of age story

​Like all of us, Skype began as a mere twinkle in the eye of its creators. In less than ten years, it had matured into a beautiful adult. Skype has made its Swedish, Danish and Estonian parents proud, with its latest life accomplishment -- you guessed it -- being sold for $8.5 billi to Microso ... More >>

Medical marijuana: 2,000 patient aps to be nixed under health board MMJ doc compromise

​Update: Last November, we reported that nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patient recommendations had been rejected over a change in the definition of doctors okayed for this task. After an uproar, around 1,300 were temporarily reinstated pending formal action by the state board of health. That ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live-blogging the self-congratulatory golden phallus ceremonies

They've been doing this for EIGHTY-THREE years?!?​ There are a lot of things more important than watching and liveblogging the 2011 Academy Awards - but none of them are things we have to do today. Look for our recap after the show!

Ken Buck's last name rhymes with "Shmuck," and that's no hoax (like global warming)

Ken Buck.​Ken Buck: Too extreme for Colorado? How about, Ken Buck: Too embarrassing for Colorado. We seem to have our own Joe Biden in the house, a guy who can't stop putting his foot in his mouth. In some ways it's refreshing to see a politician who's not slick enough to lie and obfuscate e ... More >>

A Green Machine

Jobbed: Hey gamers, it's your dream come true -- unless it's a scheme to kill you

Welcome aboard, son. Here's your desk.​The Job: Telemarketing person Pay: $8 an hour Qualifications as posted online: "Are you a gamer? Do you play computer or online games that aren't super involved and allow you the time and freedom to make phone calls? You might be a good fit for our offi ... More >>

Randy Brown on the cancellation of today's Columbine-related Oprah broadcast

Kate Battan, Dave Cullen and Dwayne Fuselier on a Columbine-related episode of "Oprah" that will no longer air today. As pointed out earlier today in a blog about the many media appearances of Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis, Colorado journalist Dave Cullen, author of the widely praised volume ... More >>

Channel 4 traffics in Skype

As has been noted in this space a time or ninety, traditional media outlets beset by revenue shortfalls have been aggressively cutting costs -- and not all of these efforts have been invisible to news consumers. An example, and a likely harbinger of the future, turned up earlier today during Chann ... More >>