Belle and the Beast, an updated version of the eighteenth-century fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, has waltzed into Boulder’s Nomad Theatre. “We always try to do something classic that appeals to families during the holidays,” says Nomad resident producer Theresa Klebert. “We want you to have a lighter,…
SAT, 11/22 Nothing quite says “thankful” like pitching a little poultry at a couple of placid pilgrims. Copper Mountain’s Turkey Bowling hits the slopes today and on Thanksgiving Day to scratch up a little chicken feed for charity by encouraging mountain moguls to fling frozen turkeys down an icy lane…
SAT, 11/22 A group of women frustrated with the local lesbian dating scene are reviving the flower-speckled 1960s game show The Dating Game, with a twist. The MissKiss Game Show, premiering tonight in Boulder and hosted by comedienne Edith Weiss, will feature four single gay women — one MissKiss and…
Let’s be honest: No one goes to the Diamond Cabaret & Steakhouse for its specialty cocktails and rare steaks — they go for the tits and ass. With its dark-red walls, leather chairs and neon chandeliers, the currently controversial Diamond was the perfect spot to pop my strip-club cherry. This…
As final exams wrap up the fall quarter this week at the University of Denver, neighbors are breathing a collective sigh of relief. The year-round residents are ready for a break from the town-versus-gown clash with rowdy college students, a common occurrence at campuses across the country. “I think that…
THURS, 11/13 When Denver resident Jason Bosch first attended the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in July 2001, he realized that knowledge, not ignorance, was bliss.”I felt kind of ashamed that I was so ignorant about the world,” says Bosch, adding that the New York-based festival “gives people the…
THURS, 11/13 At age 78, skiing and filmmaking legend Warren Miller shows no sign of slowing down: The powder runs, rail slides and freefalls are more extreme than ever in Journey, Miller’s 54th annual high-energy ode to winter sports.The filmmaker’s familiar voice opens the film with “Let’s get the freak…
THURS, 11/13 Why, exactly, does brown mustard suck? Find out tonight at the premiere of a new Denver-based sitcom, So Dope, to be screened at the entertainment extravaganza So Dope: An Evening of Comedy.”It’s a story about two lifelong friends who don’t want to work their corporate jobs anymore, so…
After my friends and I grabbed two open spots at Bowlero Lanes one Saturday night and strapped on our snazzy rental shoes, we placed a friendly little wager: The losing team must buy the next round. And even with a 49-point spread to make up for my ball-handling deficiencies, my…
I love snakes. Not big boa constrictors or mammoth pythons, but cute little green tree snakes about as long as a ruler. I’ve owned two, both of which met untimely deaths — but those are stories for another day. I’d never thought of mixing my fondness for reptiles with my…
SAT, 11/1 If there’s a giant squid hurling gutter balls next to a harlot in pasties, hot pants and yucky brown rented shoes, then Beats & Bowling must be twinkling its toes again. The competition, which rolls its fifth installment tonight, assembles costumed and themed teams of music-industry enthusiasts who…
SAT, 11/1 Seminal New Orleans musician Jelly Roll Morton, acknowledging his own Creole roots, used to say his syncopated early jazz music evolved with a “Spanish tinge,” and it’s an element of jazz that’s always grown with the genre itself. In fact, there’s a name for what’s become of that…
SAT, 11/1 The rumblings started early last season, when the Denver Nuggets became the first — and only — National Basketball Association team to add a Portuguese-translation page to its official team Web site.The catalyst for this linguistic link was rock-steady Brazilian rookie Nenê Hilario (now simply known as Nenê)…
Want to get in touch with your inner Little Red Riding Hood or let loose the Gandalf trapped inside your routine self?Don’t wait around for a fairy godmother to help. Instead, check out some of the dozens of costume stores in the Denver area. And while this isn’t a complete…
After spending an afternoon downing Old Fashions with the ladies who lunch at the Washington Park Grille, I was just like Rhett Butler: I didn’t give a damn about anything else I had to do that day. Rumored to have been created for a retired Confederate general who didn’t care…
FRI, 10/24 According to Boulder activist group Vox Feminista, it’s time to declare war. The target? White supremacy. And the battle starts with tonight’s premiere of White Lies.”We are a group of mostly white women who live in Boulder, which is predominantly white,” explains Joy Boston, founder of the fourteen-year-old…
SAT, 10/25 Feel free to prance around in your unmentionables at tonight’s second incarnation of Floozy Night at the Buckhorn Exchange.Sponsored by local saloon girls, soiled doves and floozies — actually just a group of grown women who wanted an excuse to parade around in frilly costumes — this sultry…
SAT, 10/25 Keep your eyes peeled for paranormal behavior at today’s Meet the Fire House Ghosts at the Denver Firefighters Museum. “There is some definite poltergeist activity going on around here,” says the museum’s executive director, Carey Southwell. Built in 1909 as Denver Fire House Number One, the station, at…
FRI, 10/24 Pour on the liquid latex and give that corset an extra tug, because the 4th Annual Victorian and Fetish Ball will cast its sexy spell tonight. The masquerade tease will harness the talents of four professional dominatrixes, unleash an exhibition of the sensual art of Japanese bondage and…
Harking back to my Irish roots (in case you’re interested, Dunn means “brown” in Gaelic) on a blustery fall evening, I headed to Fadó Irish Pub for a stiff drink and comfort food. After settling into a secluded booth not far from the blazing fireplace, I ordered a Screw the…
SAT, 10/18 Like most local gallery-goers, you’re probably going to find yourself fighting the crowds at the Denver Art Museum to see El Greco to Picasso from the Phillips Collection at some point during the coming weeks. All well and good: We don’t always have such a wonderful opportunity to…
FRI, 10/17 Tyrannosaurus Rex and dozens of his big-boned friends will roar into town today as part of the Dinosaur World Tour. Featuring the largest flying-reptile exhibit ever assembled — including the giant Quetzalcoatlus, with its 27-foot wingspan — Dinosaur World offers more than a hundred displays, including 2,000 square…
