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Does the cold weather make Mexicans mad??

Celebrate Mother's Day late at an Artistic Mamas arty party

Jacquie Van Horne believes that artists who are mothers, too, need to stick together, because -- as she writes on her Facebook page -- "Motherhood is not the time to put the paintbrush down." That's why she created Artistic Mamas, which is as much a celebration of mothers who paint and sing and dan ... More >>

I hate Mexicans except for the girls!

Jacquie Van Horne believes that artists who are mothers, too, need to stick together, because -- as she writes on her Facebook page -- "Motherhood is not the time to put the paintbrush down." That's why she created Artistic Mamas, which is as much a celebration of mothers who paint and sing and dan ... More >>

Artist Corrina Crazie Espinosa finds her inner unicorn in all the strangest places

The trees talk to Denver artist Corrina Espinosa, whose work often starts with a piece of wood; a carver with a deep soul, she's made art out of stumps and branches, and whole trees shaded her Metro State College of Denver senior thesis exhibition, Hybrid Zoetic. The finished pieces sometimes seem l ... More >>

Latino Life on Screen

The trees talk to Denver artist Corrina Espinosa, whose work often starts with a piece of wood; a carver with a deep soul, she's made art out of stumps and branches, and whole trees shaded her Metro State College of Denver senior thesis exhibition, Hybrid Zoetic. The finished pieces sometimes seem l ... More >>

Joe's Buffet Mexican hamburger lives on at Taqueria Mexico

It wasn't until Gustavo Arellano, our Ask a Mexican columnist, started researching the spread of Mexican food in this country -- or what passes as Mexican food in this country -- for his new book, Taco USA, that we realized Denver was not only home to a unique green chile, but was also the place wh ... More >>

Why Denver is home to the best Mexican dish in the United States

Also read: Chipotle or Qdoba? Either way, burritos legally stand on their own

Beginning of the End

Also read: Chipotle or Qdoba? Either way, burritos legally stand on their own

Stories on Stage shakes things up with Distant Voices on Sunday

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

Short and Sweet

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

What Goes Around

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

A Long Time Coming

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

The Long Road Home

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

Tell Me a Story

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

Meeting of the Mentes

The root of theater is storytelling, and Stories on Stage has made a practice of matching expressive words with talented actors for many years. The March 11 offering, Distant Voices, features Sherman Alexie's short story "War Dances," about a young man afflicted with a mysterious partial deafness wh ... More >>

Ousted from its former digs, Shadow Theatre Company will share space with Su Teatro

Moved.​After two months of bankruptcy proceedings, an eviction and at least one accusation of looting, the embattled Shadow Theatre Company opens its first production since it moved An Evening with Nina mid-run from its former space at 1468 Dayton Street to the Aurora Fox in January. The show, ... More >>

No Day-O

Moved.​After two months of bankruptcy proceedings, an eviction and at least one accusation of looting, the embattled Shadow Theatre Company opens its first production since it moved An Evening with Nina mid-run from its former space at 1468 Dayton Street to the Aurora Fox in January. The show, ... More >>

Story Time

Moved.​After two months of bankruptcy proceedings, an eviction and at least one accusation of looting, the embattled Shadow Theatre Company opens its first production since it moved An Evening with Nina mid-run from its former space at 1468 Dayton Street to the Aurora Fox in January. The show, ... More >>

Cheap movie time: Ora sí, Tenemos que Ganar

​Regardless of what it did for Mexico, the Mexican revolution of the early 20th century spawned some of the most badass figures in history: You might remember Pancho Villa, maybe the most famous bandit/revolutionary ever, or Emiliano Zapata, the guy who said "it is better to die on your feet t ... More >>

Knee-jerk reactions to the debate between Tom Tancredo and "Ask a Mexican" Gustavo Arellano

Tancredo and Gustavo.​By our count, about 1,600 people watched the debate on immigration between almost-Colorado governor Tom Tancredo and Gustavo Arellano, who writes the "Ask a Mexican" column that appears in Westword each week, on Tuesday night at Su Teatro on Santa Fe. That of course, incl ... More >>

Veterans' Day

Tancredo and Gustavo.​By our count, about 1,600 people watched the debate on immigration between almost-Colorado governor Tom Tancredo and Gustavo Arellano, who writes the "Ask a Mexican" column that appears in Westword each week, on Tuesday night at Su Teatro on Santa Fe. That of course, incl ... More >>

Mi Casa es Su Casa

Tancredo and Gustavo.​By our count, about 1,600 people watched the debate on immigration between almost-Colorado governor Tom Tancredo and Gustavo Arellano, who writes the "Ask a Mexican" column that appears in Westword each week, on Tuesday night at Su Teatro on Santa Fe. That of course, incl ... More >>

Heating Up With Salsa Wars

Tancredo and Gustavo.​By our count, about 1,600 people watched the debate on immigration between almost-Colorado governor Tom Tancredo and Gustavo Arellano, who writes the "Ask a Mexican" column that appears in Westword each week, on Tuesday night at Su Teatro on Santa Fe. That of course, incl ... More >>

Su Teatro is safe in the Denver Civic, but what happens to Elyria?

​One of the best moves of the year -- both literally and figuratively -- was the city's last-second save of the Denver Civic Theatre for Su Teatro, which just opened its first production in the heart of Denver's historic Santa Fe Drive area. Su Teatro was already in the process of creating a ... More >>

War and Peace

​One of the best moves of the year -- both literally and figuratively -- was the city's last-second save of the Denver Civic Theatre for Su Teatro, which just opened its first production in the heart of Denver's historic Santa Fe Drive area. Su Teatro was already in the process of creating a ... More >>

Su Teatro Goes Home

​One of the best moves of the year -- both literally and figuratively -- was the city's last-second save of the Denver Civic Theatre for Su Teatro, which just opened its first production in the heart of Denver's historic Santa Fe Drive area. Su Teatro was already in the process of creating a ... More >>

Today's bonus featured event: Celebrate bilingual bards at the Neruda Poetry Festival

National Poetry Month is for everyone, and so is El Centro Su Teatro's tenth-annual Neruda Poetry Festival, which begins today, smack dab in the middle of the nation's bardish celebration of metered, arranged, improvised and performed verbiage. And you'll enjoy some of each during this three-day e ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Pony up for the Arts

Fresh from shmoozing with Barack Obama, John Hickenlooper will be at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House tonight, presenting the 2008 Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts to Charles Burrell, the Denver Young Artists, Su Teatro and the Bloomsbury Review, as well as a Mayor's Cultural Legacy Award t ... More >>

Mi Teatro, Su Teatro

The Chicano theater group turns a page and looks to the future.

A Christmas Tale

The Chicano theater group turns a page and looks to the future.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a pig?

The Chicano theater group turns a page and looks to the future.

Colorado Navidad

Su Teatro and Tish Hinojosa unite to celebrate the season.

Viva Mexico

Su Teatro and Tish Hinojosa unite to celebrate the season.

Stinking Stereotypes

Su Teatro and Tish Hinojosa unite to celebrate the season.

Holy Tamale

El Centro Su Teatro starts a new holiday tradition.

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Brief reviews of current shows

Now Playing

Brief reviews of current shows

Near Myth

Su Teatro's El Sol Que Tú Eres is an uneasy marriage of styles.

High and Low Show

Cordell Taylor gets a shot at Red Reel

Growing Concerns

Su Teatro's Papi, Me and Cesar Chavez cultivates an audience.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Su Teatro's Papi, Me and Cesar Chavez cultivates an audience.

Offbeat Big Top

Sensory Circus seeks to juggle creative circuits

Birdland

Roosters sometimes moves slowly, but magic realism shines through.

Paradise Lost

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.

Cause and Effect

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.

Casa Bernarda

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.

Thrills for the week

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.

COMMUNITY CHESTNUT

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.

DOUBLE FEATURE

Tony Garcia revisits the old neighborhood with El Corrido del Barrio.