TUES, 7/15 The versatile David Taylor Dance Theatre will upend the notion that theirs is a mono-cultural medium when the troupe presents A World of Dance in a free outdoor performance at Englewood’s CityCenter Amphitheater. The show, which begins at 7 p.m. tonight, is a colorful compilation of eight short…
FRI, 7/11 Get ready for sensory overload at this weekend’s Denver Black Arts Festival. In keeping with this year’s “Stimulating the Senses” theme, Denver’s 17th annual African-American cultural celebration aims to overwhelm with music, pageantry and art. “We’re giving people an opportunity to experience all the senses — touch, smell,…
SUN, 7/6 Do you remember your first Grateful Dead concert? The one you went to before Jerry got really tired and grizzled? Maybe you’re having a hard time remembering after the concoction of mind erasers you took that day, but it wouldn’t have been a real Dead concert otherwise, right?…
Comets on Fire rescramble reality SUN, 6/29 Do you remember that one time Alice Cooper was a guest star on The Jetsons? No? How about when your MC5 Kick Out the Jams eight-track got twisted up in your stereo and started playing backward, forward and sideways all at the same…
TUES, 7/1 For children, the life-sized elephant puppet may be the highlight of Walden Family Playhouse’s Toby and the Big Top. But adults will be amazed by the sense of nostalgia for an old-time circus re-created by internationally accomplished artists. “We’re kind of re-creating the turn-of-the-century circus that stopped a…
FRI, 6/20 Comic Greg Proops has a simple image of himself: “I’m like Mt. Rushmore. People know I’m there, but they don’t visit me much anymore.” Say what? If this shocking — though obscure — admission is true, it’s probably because the Los Angeles-based stand-up comic and improviser spends much…
SAT, 6/14 Many new phrases — Ground Zero, “Let’s roll,” “axis of evil” — have entered the American lexicon since terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The latest, “Dixie Chicked,” is a term signifying political backlash — and it’s one that rebel comedian Bill Maher can probably…
TUES, 6/17 How, after seeing all that he saw, did Jack readjust to normal life once he descended the beanstalk? The Arvada Center deals with this question in the children’s-theater production of Under the Beanstalk. The answer? He didn’t. Picking up where the traditional tale leaves off, Under the Beanstalk…
FRI, 5/23 Partnership, the life and core of the Argentine tango, is a means of exploration for the artists of TangoMujer, an all-female dance ensemble performing in Denver as part of the 3rd Annual Memorial Day Tango Fest. “The girls alternate between leading and following,” says Scarlet Antonia, manager of…
SAT 5/24 I should have seen it coming: When I was a kid, I watched Japanese cartoons such as Astro Boy, Marine Boy and Gigantor with the utmost fascination. They were weirdly beautiful to look at and never made a lick of sense, and I seriously couldn’t take my eyes…
SUN, 5/18 Among the 1.4 million individuals who regard him as an essential part of their weekend, This American Life host Ira Glass is officially famous: Since graduating from the tape-cutting room at an NPR station in Washington, D.C., where he began as a bumbling intern at age nineteen, Glass…
