Theo Wilson

Move to Amend to cheer Amendment 65, argue corporations aren't people at Denver confab

The election may be over, but the campaigns continue. While pot proponents celebrate the passage of Amendment 64 at a national marijuana convention in Denver, backers of another successful initiative, Amendment 65, will also be gathering in town for a 2012 Grassroots Democracy Convergence to push fo ... More >>

Video: Watch all seven presentations from this year's TEDx Mile High Salon online

In January, the Denver branch of the national TED think tank staged its first-ever salon (and second-ever event). The evening's three hours of discussions and performances featured seven area personalities sharing their Ideas Worth Spreading -- with a couple even marking return performances with pro ... More >>

The Women of the World Poetry Slam marks Denver's largest slam gig to date

Denver's share of the country's slam-poetry scene is already a large one, with two nationally competitive teams and a role as the reigning national champion city. But from March 7 to 10, its role will grow even bigger as Denver hosts its first national slam competition, the five-year-old Women of th ... More >>

Video: Suzi Q. Smith performs her most popular piece

Suzi Q. Smith -- profiled in this week's cover story "Slam, Bam, Thank you, Ma'am" -- has performed poetry for more than a decade, and slammed competitively since 2006. Onstage, the Denver artist augments both her voice and her physical stature, increasing both her volume and her height as her messa ... More >>

Video: Suzi Q. Smith slams with champions Bobby Lefebre and Theo Wilson

In this week's cover story, "Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am," Westword shadowed Denver poet Suzi Q. Smith and traveled to Wyoming with her and two other big names on the national touring roster: Bobby Lefebre and Theo "Lucifury" Wilson. Aside from a lowly Westword writer, the rental car held three sepa ... More >>

Slam poet Suzi Q. Smith brought a national championship to Denver

TEDx Marks The Spot

TEDx Mile High recreates the eighteenth century salon tonight

Every TEDx event is many things, and all of them are happening at once. A cross between a theater and a lecture hall, the discussion series follows a creative combination of performance and insight, becoming a circus for the mind. And tonight, local chapter TEDx Mile High will reinvision an abridged ... More >>

Ayinde Russell on Slam Nuba's epic win and how they did it

Ayinde Russell, Dominique Ashaheed, Theo Wilson and Jovan Mays perform "Chain Gang."​In the world of slam poetry, there's no higher distinction than a win at the annual National Poetry Slam -- and over this past weekend, that distinction went to the poets of Denver's Slam Nuba, upstart arrival ... More >>