William Morris’s “New Wave the World Over” film series came to him out of necessity. Frustrated by the lack of global films included in conversations among friends and film buffs about the New Wave era of cinema, Morris saw an opportunity. “When I talk to other people who work in…
First: If you’re a Courtney Love-hating troll and you’ve just stopped by this post to take a verbal shit on her existence with your misogynist insistence that she’s a fame whore who ruined Nirvana forever and killed Kurt, you can just stop reading right now. Seriously, go back to wanking…
A lot of new-age bullshit goes on in my household. I say that with the utmost love: I live in a place known as “The Witch House house.” My roommates are all witches, astrological-chart readers and metaphysical experts who use their skills to guide us and our friends through many…
In conjunction with Defaced, its exhibition on contemporary Romanian painters, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art sought to connect visitors with Colorado’s own vibrant Romanian community. The result is today’s celebration of Great Union Day, a Romanian holiday marking both the unification of Romanian provinces after Soviet occupation and the…
For a second night, Denver marchers took to the streets as part of a nationwide action in response to the decision of a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, not to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Several hundred people — a much…
Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker spent his life running a modest family business building A-frame cabins in the Rocky Mountains. At home, he was a practical engineer, too. One winter in the 1960s, Stoecker designed a sleek, cone-shaped series of connecting concentric circles that hung from the ceiling — his own shiny…
House venues are unofficial by nature. There are no real rules at a house show other than to respect each other and the space. There are no tickets, only donations. There’s no promotion, no bar, no third-party marketing team. What is created right then and there at each show is…
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It all began with Artist Trading Cards. Back in 2004, local painter Lisa Luree had already started selling her full-size paintings online when customers began asking if she made Artist Trading Cards, those two-and-a-half by three-and-a-half-inch pieces that artists generally traded. Luree asked her online art community if other artists…
“If you want to wear a prom dress, you’re more than welcome to. Same goes for a banana suit — it’s not mandatory, but encouraged,” says Gretchen Wodniak, co-organizer of tonight’s Dong Gong Show. But off-the-wall costumes are just one part of this yearly adult-themed extravaganza, which blends a costume…
Back in August, I went to see Dave Chappelle perform at the Boulder Theater with my boyfriend and a gaggle of our best dude friends. A longtime fan of Chappelle’s work, it was the first time I would be seeing his standup live, and I was stoked. But halfway into…
Back in June, it was announced that part of the Ruby Hill Park revitalization project was to turn part of the space into a 7,500-person ampitheater. In a public-private partnership, the City of Denver and Levitt Pavilion Denver (one of several philanthropy projects supported by the Levitt Foundation, which has…
Sit down and take a load off, because tonight, the humble chair will be elevated and celebrated at Chaircuterie, an art party and a fundraiser for the American Institute of Graphic Arts Colorado and the Denver Art Museum Design Council. More than one hundred chair-inspired works will be showcased and…
On Thursday, November 13, the American Institute of Graphic Arts Colorado and the Denver Art Museum Design Council will host Chaircuterie, a celebration of design and a fundraiser for AIGA’s mentorship and scholarship programs and the Denver Art Museum’s Department of Architecture, Design and Graphics. More than a hundred chair-inspired…
When artists and roommates Laura Conway and Anna Winter started talking about curating their own gallery show in their home, it was crucial to challenge the traditional format of a place for art. “While subverting the white wall gallery model isn’t new, we wanted to experiment in our own alternative…
After providing community health and services in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood for decades, Servicios de la Raza moved this week to a new home at 3131 West 14th Avenue. To do so, the organization had to sell its buildings at 41st Avenue and Tejon Street, which meant the removal of the…
To know Phil Goodstein’s work is to know Denver. The author, tour guide and all-around encyclopedia has written countless books on the Mile High City, from The Ghosts of Denver: Capitol Hill to the comprehensive Denver History Index. Tonight he’ll share his thoughts on his latest release, Curtis Park, Five…
For actor and comedian Katie Rubin, the key to a balanced life is finding the humor in spirituality. A veteran solo theater performer with a master’s degree in spiritual healing, Rubin began doing standup about six years ago, shocking and winning over audiences with her lighthearted approach to the metaphysical…
Colorado artist Jerry Jaramillo was devastated when he found out that his mural, “Primavera,” had been sandblasted and removed from a brick wall at the corner of 41st Avenue and Tejon Street in Sunnyside, where it had been for more than thirty years. “It felt like I lost a child…
Last night, as I sat inside a packed 1STBANK Center with a bunch of ladies who looked like my mom, I waited for Theresa Caputo to appear and wondered what exactly I was going to see. How does someone like Caputo, known to the world as the Long Island Medium,…
The Neustadt JAAMM Fest, which started seven years ago at the Mizel Arts & Culture Center as a literature festival, has grown into a three-week bash celebrating Jewish authors, musicians, filmmakers and more. The audience has grown, too. “Our attendance picks up each year,” says the festival’s Stuart Raynor. Every…
Theresa Caputo is not your run-of-the-mill TV psychic or a one-dimensional caricature. Rather, she’s full of charm — something that the clairvoyant shows off perfectly in TLC’s brilliant Long Island Medium, a show that is just as much about Caputo’s everyday life as a wife and mother as it is…
