An accomplished TV writer and former correspondent on the unfortunately canceled Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell, Hari Kondabolu has emerged as one of the sharpest political commentators in comedy – even if it’s a label that bums him out.
As Denver grows with each passing month, its residents, both new and old, have more and more opportunities to participate in a thriving cultural scene. These are five free things to do this week.
The fireworks may be over, but Denver’s creative community has plenty of delights in store for adventurous and thrifty locals that will light up their days and nights.
Now that the dog days of summer are here, it’s time to roll out the ten best comedy events in Denver in July
Venture out, sweaty Denverites. All you need is a crisp Hamilton and an open mind to see all the best Colorado has to offer.
June may be winding to a close, but that hasn’t slowed Denver’s creative community’s tireless grind. Whether experimenting with European board games, eyeing nerd-inspired artwork in a hip boutique or taking songwriting lessons from Jill Sobule, you have access to everything you need to stay cultured, informed and entertained.
Few comedians have achieved arena headliner-level success, but even fewer of them got there on the strength of their jokes alone. While Brian Regan is famous for his broad appeal, befuddled persona and clean act, he’s relatively unheralded as one of the sharpest joke-writers of his era.
June has enough comedy shows in store to tickle every rib in town.
Although Memorial Day had its origins in the somber days after the Civil War, it’s become a three-day holiday when people celebrate American pastimes — like baseball and skiing in late May! Here are six ways to spend Memorial Day weekend in Colorado.
Bored and broke Denverites needn’t hide away. Fun can be had for $10 and under all weekend long.
From special visits to fond farewells, Denver comedy has enough entertainment in store to keep locals a-maying all month long.
While Denver is a world-class city with a thriving arts and culture scene, it’s more importantly a place where sometimes you can see an alpaca, perhaps even several alpacas if you’re lucky.
Denver is positively bustling with activity all weekend long, which means thrifty locals have plenty of opportunities to enjoy everything our city arts scene has to offer without breaking the bank.
Having fun and experiencing all that Denver has to offer needn’t be the lone purview of bourgeois weekenders. Our city is too vibrant, too filled with the creations of odd characters to let something like pricey tickets keep you home-bound.
There’s always plenty to do in Denver, but these five free events really capture the spirit of Colorado, April 17-20, 2017.
Despite what the grey skies above belie, Spring has begun in earnest and dampened Denverites have reasons to hope. As per usual, the comedy scene continues to flourish, with laughter ringing from our clubs, theaters and even VFW halls.
The Denver comedy community is still coming to grips with the loss of local comedian, lawyer, father and friend Frank Schuchat, who passed away on Tuesday, February 28. The CU Boulder and Georgetown-educated founder of Schuchat International Law Firm served as a judicial law clerk on the D.C. Court of…
They say March comes in like a lion, and Denver comedy has enough treats in store to keep you roaring with laughter all month long. From home-brewed showcases on local stages to top-notch headliners performing all over the Front Range, this month’s calendar is replete with shows to tickle your…
According to America’s preeminent groundhog meteorologists, we can expect six more weeks of winter and at least four more years of rapidly encroaching fascism. Needless to say, the cathartic release of comedy is in high demand, perhaps now more than ever. Fortunately, February’s post-Super Bowl weeks are stuffed with a…
Kathy Griffin is a writer, actor, television mainstay and astoundingly prolific standup comedian who has achieved a record-breaking number of career milestones since getting her start in the venerated Groundlings improv troupe during their mid-80s salad days.
Jamie Lee is coming to Comedy Works January 19-21; after her show, she’ll sign copies of her book Weddiculous.
One of Europe’s most famous working comedians, Gad Elmaleh recently relocated to New York to make his mark on the American entertainment industry, the last frontier of stardom. Born in Morocco, the multilingual Elmaleh has been performing one-man shows in Paris since the ’90s, and he wrote, directed and starred in Coco, a European box-office smash. Stateside, Elmaleh is probably best known as a character actor who stole scenes in films like Midnight in Paris, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn and Crisis in Six Scenes; since moving here, he’s appeared on Conan, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. In anticipation of his Sexpot Comedy-sponsored headlining showcase on Thursday, January 19, at the Gothic Theatre, Westword caught up with Elmaleh to discuss translating his act into English, his friendship with mentor Jerry Seinfeld, and his fascination with the Big Blue Bear, aka Lawrence Argent’s “I See What You Mean.”
