The Ten Best Movie Events In Denver In July

Welcome to July, baby, where the heat isn’t only on the pavement and the fireworks aren’t just in the sky, but on the big screen too. Let our chronological list lead you and your Popsicle-stained fingers through an ice cream truck’s worth of movie goodies in Denver this month. 10)…

Audition for LeBron James’s New Game Show This Sunday

Perhaps a side effect of Denver’s recent development boom and expansion is that this city may have just become an easy mark for reality television — at least judging from the sudden rash of audition opportunities headed our way.  Big Brother, The Bachelor, Jeopardy and Wheel Of Fortune all came…

Twisty Thriller Witnesses Takes Top Prize at Inaugural SeriesFest

The Sie FilmCenter was flooded with hundreds of television industry types and fans last weekend as SeriesFest: Season One, an ambitious new television and storytelling event, made its debut here in Denver. Programming included the latest offerings from some big networks, and audiences not only got a first peek at…

Lonnie Hanzon’s Equality Cake Will Be Served at PrideFest This Weekend

Back in April, artist Lonnie Hanzon successfully completed a $10,000 Kickstarter campaign to put the icing on his contribution to this year’s fortieth anniversary PrideFest event: a massive, twenty-foot-tall wedding cake that would symbolically stand for marriage equality in our state and country. The sweet piece was to be constructed…

Ten Ways to Celebrate Gay Pride This Weekend in Denver

In June 1975, a few hundred people marched down Colfax Avenue, sans permit, to mark Denver’s very first gay and lesbian pride event. The group walked to the Capitol to demand equal rights for the LGBT community; it was one of several events around the country commemorating the Stonewall riots…

Diva Watch 2015: Whatever Le’D Fatale Wants, Le’D Fatale Gets

In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. The “femme fatale” has long embodied a woman who,…

Out Of Print Focuses on Fight to Save 35mm Film

For film fanatics, it boggles the mind that a generation of movie-watchers have no idea what seeing cinema on 35mm film is like. The phasing out of this grand format, along with the slow death of the repertory movie house, is the focus of Julia Marchese’s documentary Out Of Print,…

Diva Watch 2015: Yvie Oddly Crowned Denver’s Ultimate Queen

In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. Last Monday, Tracks Ultimate Queen contest successfully whittled down…

Diva Watch 2015: Valerie Shearz Is a Cut Above

In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. Meet Valerie Shearz, a Denver native who’s honed her…

The Ten Best Movie Events In Denver In June

And the skies broke and the sun emerged as if to tell us all “It’s June! And these summer movies aren’t going to watch themselves!” Whether you’re planning on camping out at the multiplex for the finest Hollywood fare or squeezing as many classic, arthouse and foreign films into your…

Diva Watch 2015: Meet Vandy J. Sexton

In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. Meet Vandy J. Sexton, aka Jasmine Sexton. What’s in a…

Diva Watch 2015: Janessa Befierce, Denver’s Best Drag Queen

In Diva Watch, we’ll profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community. We’re expanding on our Diva Dozen list from earlier this year by asking a series of questions to get a peek underneath the make-up. Performer: Janessa Befierce Also known as: Josh Lucero Age:…

Calling All Cars: Denver Mart Drive-In Will Open on June 12

Of all of the new developments in the area, one in particular has had residents crazy with anticipation: Denver is getting a new drive-in theater and opening night for the Denver Mart Drive-In has finally been set for Friday, May 29. When the project was first announced in January, the…

Film On The Rocks 2015 Schedule Announced

Outdoor film fans, rejoice! One of the most anticipated puzzle pieces to the Red Rocks summer schedule has just been announced, the line-up for the sixteenth season of the beloved Film On The Rocks series, and it has something for just about everybody. Nine dates are polished and ready to…