SUN, 2/22 As if the success of her Stories on Stage series — a delightful on-stage pairing of top-notch actors with fabulous snippets from the literary world — weren’t enough, SOS founder and executive director Norma Brown saw an untapped audience out there and decided to go after it. A…

THURS, 2/19 After a ten-year absence from the Colorado History Museum, the 10th Mountain Division: Soldiers on Skis exhibit marches back into the spotlight today, retooled and ready for another tour of duty. “This is an important part of Colorado’s history, so we felt it was important to update it,”…

FRI, 2/13 Nobody knows more about love among the animals than zookeepers, whose livelihoods rely to some extent on successful sex in captivity. “Ninety percent of the animals you see in zoos were actually born in zoos,” notes Denver Zoo spokeswoman Suzanne Balog. So if Leo and Leona aren’t getting…

Meet René Risqué, a self-proclaimed international pop sensation who claims he was raised by a loving prostitute in a Paris brothel. Risqué is on a mission. “A lot of people live very dreary lives,” he observes from an undisclosed New York location. “My performances allow audiences to experience a little…

SAT, 2/7 The word “ballet” often conjures up images of traditional Degas-like ballerinas in pretty pirouettes, but the Colorado Ballet will defy convention tonight when it tosses out the tutus and presents Rodeo/Rubies/A Little Love. The tippy-toed triptych will guide patrons through a post-modern plié of contemporary ballet. “We love…

SAT, 2/7 Will the speaker yield to a two-part question? Is it true that if a black hole’s mass is more than a billion times that of the sun, the tidal gravitational forces are weak enough that a star could pass across the Event Horizon without shredding? And, if so,…

SUN, 2/1 The title says it all: Fred Hess’s new quartet CD on the Tapestry label, The Long and the Short of It, displays the entire breadth of the local saxophonist/composer’s musical abilities, which draw simultaneously on the traditions and the broken rules of jazz. As Hess himself has said,…

FRI, 1/30 While graffiti and tagging are most commonly seen in alleys and on the sides of buildings and highway overpasses, the spray-paint works showcased in Rhythmic Chaos: Graffiti As Art, will hang on the walls of the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center. The exhibit, which opens today, is the…

SUN, 2/1 Joe receives a ticket to the Super Bowl, but when he arrives at the stadium, he discovers he’s in the last row. Then he spies an empty fifty-yard-line seat. After getting past security, he sits down in the choice spot and asks the gentleman next to him if…

TUES, 1/27 In her closing scene as Crystal in the cinematic version of The Women, Joan Crawford stares through her deliciously darkened diva eyes and growls, “There’s a word for you ladies, but it is seldom used in high society — outside of a kennel.” The manicured claws of bored…

FRI, 1/23 Everything from bronze wildlife sculptures to intricately beaded jewelry, crafted by more than 300 artists from across the nation, will be on display this weekend at the 23rd annual Colorado Indian Market and Southwest Showcase. “It’s a mixture of Native American, Southwestern, Western and wildlife art,” says spokeswoman…

FRI, 1/16 They say blood is thicker than water, and when it comes to The Duke Ellington Orchestra, the family lines are still flowing strong after more than 75 years. The pedigree is impressive. Edward “Duke” Kennedy Ellington led his illustrious orchestra to prominence in the 1920s through a series…

FRI, 1/16 Given enough time, I do believe that people eventually begin to look like their pets. I’ve seen it happen: English bulldogs marching their masters down the street, both of them with oddly sagging jowls; poodles with their hair and nails done, exactly matching their owners’ style. Honestly, it’s…

FRI, 1/2 Steve McQueen loved motorcycles, Nicolas Cage covets comic books, and Bob Barker has a fetish for military men. No, not in that way. We’re talking about collecting, of course, that uncontrollable passion to possess. A multitude of memorabilia will be herded into the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th…

Now that Santa is finished trudging through chimneys and dropping off toys for good girls and boys, he’s settling in for a long-overdue evening of separating winter whites from his rosy reds. “You caught me doing my laundry,” the right jolly old elf says with a chuckle. Santa suits are…

A hundred bottles of tequila at the bar, a hundred bottles of tequila.Jesse Morreale and Chris Swank, the folks behind Nobody in Particular Presents, and three new partners have given Capitol Hill/City Park residents reason to sing. A hundred and four reasons, to be exact, which is the number of…

Pick up a pair of knitting needles and get down to business with Knit for the Homeless, a campaign to collect handmade hats, scarves and gloves for the underprivileged.”I get the chills when I think about it,” says Shellie Lubowitz, owner of the Shivering Sheep & Coppélia’s Needlepoint. “To me,…

THURS, 12/11 Showtime needs a little love this season. A lone toy fresh from the factory, he sets off on an adventure, discovering a whole crew of lockin’ and poppin’ playtime allies to provide a solid dose of holiday spirit. It’s all part of the new family-friendly production Toyz, A…

SUN, 12/14 Author Michael Shapiro is pure Brooklyn. A man of his borough through and through (though he no longer lives there), the fifty-something journalist speaks thick Brooklynese punctuated by a flurry of exclamation points, and his enthusiasm for the Brooklyn he grew up in — the fabled blue-collar Brooklyn…

Through his Coke-bottle lenses, Mark Mothersbaugh sees “a beautiful world.” Sketching ironic illustrations of political idioms, suicide bombings and war on the back of postcards, the Devo frontman stays true to the band’s “Spudboy” cyber-cynicism in his most recent touring art show, HomeFront Invasion! “HomeFront Invasion! refers to the images…

WED, 12/10 In the Simpsons episode “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation,” Homer attends a Rock-and-Roll Fantasy camp to be trained in the ways of rock. Brian Setzer makes a memorable guest appearance. Weighing in as the Professor of Slide Guitar, the rockabilly guitar legend is referred to as “Brian…

FRI, 12/5 It’s full speed ahead into spring as the 2003 Max Fashion Show charges onto the catwalk tonight at El Jebel Event Center, 4625 West 50th Avenue. This is an opportunity for the upper echelon of the fashionista community (or those who just want to resemble it) to hobnob…