The Colorado Symphony has been infected with a virus — a terrible affliction that compels the group to play classic horror film soundtracks. But that’s not all. “Oh, god, it’s terrible,” says Scott O’Neil, conductor of the Undead Orchestra. “They’ve been exhibiting these really strange mood swings and food cravings…
Calling trivia masters, puzzle-solvers and fun-lovers of all types. There’s a new game show in town: Off-Center@The Jones presents Wheel of Misfortune, billed as “the scariest game show ever.” “Actually, it’s not really a parody of Wheel of Fortune at all,” says Off-Center co-curator Emily Tarquin. “It’s more like a…
Boulder has always had sex appeal, but the Boulder Exotica Erotica Ball will take things up a notch when it lands at Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place tonight — a new location. The ball had been held at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art for many years, but that venue…
This week, the Brown Palace is playing host to a three-day conference sponsored by the Inter American Press Association, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the rights of the press in the Americas as a whole. Among the panels taking place as part of the conference, a tri-language mix of Portuguese,…
Joan Dickinson blurs genres to create works that span the mediums of drawing, literature, film and performance. The current artist in residence at PlatteForum, she will display genre-bending work inspired by the astrological and paranormal there at a show that opens today; she’s been working with students from the West…
Kim Robards Dance has settled in at its new home in the Aurora Cultural Arts Center, and to celebrate, the company is throwing a free benefit tonight called Ignite the Light, featuring a performance of its new work, Aurora. Presented in three movements, the show is both a celebration of…
The circus from town is coming to town! The Squirm Burpee Circus: A Vaudevillian Melodrama features Denver’s own Handsome Little Devils Productions. Starting October 16, this troupe will be offering its memorizing cirque/vaudevillian act at the Lone Tree Arts Center. “We call it a vaudevillian melodrama,” says Mike Huling, actor…
The Corvo Brothers, Marco and R. Gonzago, come from a filmmaking background, but their preferred art form is still photography. The Denver transplants manipulate multiple photographs to create dreamscapes that almost come alive as “one frame films,” explains Marco. This Saturday, October 12, at Groundswell Gallery, the brothers will present…
“The air is something very unique,” says Idan Raichel. “Landing in Denver and taking the first breath is something you remember.” Raichel is from Israel, and he’s one of the biggest pop stars in the world — but Denver is one of his favorite cities to play. “For Israel, it’s…
Mestizo, a new play written and directed by Anthony Garcia, kicks off Su Teatro’s new season on Thursday, October 11. The premiere stars Daniel Valdez, who in 1973 composed the album Mestizo — the first and only Chicano protest album to be released by a major record label. And the…
Picture.Me.Here is a digital storytelling exhibit for refugees from the Mercy Housing/ Grace Apartments in Aurora. A year ago, Brigid McAuliffe, Erin Preston and Lauren Dorn, digital storytelling professionals, sat in a Bhutanese woman’s apartment, drinking amazing tea and teaching that woman and other refuges how to handle hand-me-down cameras…
College is expensive — we all know that — but we also know there’s an exception to every rule. And this exception is indeed exceptional: The University of Colorado Denver, in association with the Anschutz Medical Campus Graduate School, will be hosting a Mini School for the Humanities today through…
Nancy Stohlman can do it all. She can create new genres of literature, write operas and teach you how to do both. Someday she hopes to become a pirate, but in the meantime her new flash novel The Monster Opera will be transformed into an opera on Friday, October 4…
Adam Milner wants you to spend the night with him. He wants to take your picture. He wants to record Internet chats with you and, more important, he wants to talk to you. Milner’s latest show, Wave So I Know You’re Real, is now on display at the Emmanuel Gallery…
Family members of people lost to homicide gathered today in front of the new Denver Crime Lab to memorialize their loved ones on the seventh annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Approximately 200 people waited in line, holding posters and pictures, and awaited their turn on the microphone…
If you’re interested in saving money on gas and maintenance for your vehicle, get in gear and head over to “Take Charge,” Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition’s third annual National Plug In Day. It will rev up on Saturday in the parking lot at South High School. Chevy, Nissan, Tessla…
LoHi is one of the hottest real estate markets in town — and Little Man Ice Cream is one of the businesses that’s made the area so cool. The man behind the iconic Little Man just teamed up with Jolt, a graffiti artist and Westword MasterMind, to create another landmark…
“I am bullet stopping building crashing weapon,” sings Adam Stone in his song Steel. “I don’t feel anger panic envy or aggression, yes I could fly and could withstand the fires of hell.” Yes, Stone has formed his own theater production company, Screw Tooth, but he also sings. And at…
On the Western frontier, fur traders would rendezvous to barter goods and share ideas. Chef Kurt Boucher is now working to create a similar gathering place at the Rendezvous Cafe at the History Colorado Center, one that focuses on homegrown goods. “Basically we’re Colorado-based,” Boucher says of the restaurant, “so…
People love talking to their pets — and some even imitate their pets. But how many people can not only imitate their pets, but play a slew of characters at the same time? Somehow, Gemma Wilcox morphs seamlessly from male to female roles, from feline to feathered pets, in her…
The show must go on, and for Laura Ann Samuelson and Joanna Rotkin, a helicopter rescue was the only way to keep their production THE GREAT GREEN on track for the Boulder International Fringe Festival, which starts today. Rotkin, creator and star of THE GREAT GREEN, resides in Jamestown, which…
Looks like Kelsie Huff will be just as funny in the afterlife as she is in her real life. “My tombstone will read: Kelsie Huff. Not buried here. We decided to go in another direction,” she said in her Twitter feed last week. Huff hails from Chicago, where she’s a…
