Evoking visions of hot summer nights in pre-revolution Havana, the mango mojito — sipped regularly by Ernest Hemingway, or so legend has it — is the perfect cool-down as Denver heats up. And the rum-soaked concoction is already a hot commodity at the eight-week-old Samba Room, which also features a…
Watch out, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg: A new generation of directors wants your jobs. These aspiring filmmakers will showcase their efforts at The First Look Student Film Festival this weekend at the Starz FilmCenter. Thirty-eight short films from around the globe will be screened during three presentations. “We have…
It may not be as titillating as the recent TV catfight between Tonya “TNT” Harding and Paula “The Arkansas Pounder” Jones, but the Throw Down in D-Town boxing match will come out swinging anyway. “This is going to be one of the best fights Denver has had in a long…
Bored with watching Russell Crowe battle in Gladiator, prattle in A Beautiful Mind or tattle in The Insider? Then here’s your ticket for a journey back to the real world: The Colorado Theatre Guild wants you to take in a live show on March 23 as part of its first…
They may wear gorilla masks, but the Guerrilla Girls don’t monkey around. Members of this anonymous group of women artists, formed in 1985 to highlight the lack of women and minorities in the art world, are coming to Denver for the first time to raise a little consciousness. Sporting simian…
Vagina, vagina, vagina. That’s a word many people don’t like hearing, much less saying, but local theatergoers haven’t been able to escape it lately. The Vagina Monologues, which came through Denver last summer and hit Boulder last fall, is back to expose audiences to the world “down there.” On February…
On Valentine’s Day, nothing says lovin’ like something from the oven — especially the oven at Allie’s Cabin. Nestled in an aspen grove halfway up the mountain at Beaver Creek, the ninety-seat restaurant is rife with romance — not just because of its lovely setting, but also because executive chef…
In 200 words or less, do you dream of owning a restaurant in the Colorado mountains? Taking inspiration from The Spitfire Grill, a 1996 film in which an ex-con convinces an aging cafe owner to give away her small-town Maine restaurant to whoever sends in the most convincing essay and…
