WED, 9/17 The horrors of 9/11 left many Americans grasping for meaning. New York journalist Anne Nelson was one of them, and when she was asked to assist a fire captain in writing eulogies for eight of his finest who died, she composed a commemoration for each. In the process,…

SUN, 9/14 Soon You’ll hear a tune That’s gonna lift you out of your seat It could be sweeter But then the meter Was written especially for your feet — Irving Berlin, “Everybody Step” If the term “tea dance” evokes visions of grannies a-go-go shuffling their walkers to elevator music,…

Karen Finley is in the middle of what she describes as a “star-studded week.” No longer fighting Jesse Helms and the National Endowment for the Arts “decency clause” in front of the Supreme Court, Finley’s overbooked calendar calls for performances with Lou Reed, a video shoot with Sonic Youth’s Kim…

FRI, 8/29 “The main code of the tango is that you dance as you are feeling today,” says Nina Pesochinsky, artistic director/instructor/performer of the Denver-based Tango Mujer Dance Company. “The same two people can dance the same song a thousand times, and they will have a thousand different dances. It’s…

SAT, 8/30 The Council Tree, once a gathering place for people of the Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes, has been replaced by a stretch of I-25. But people of all backgrounds are reclaiming northern Colorado as a place to exchange cultures and ideas. “Over 21 different tribes considered northern Colorado their…

THURS, 8/21 Just outside Santiago, in the lush jungles of Guatemala, rests Lago Atitlán, a lake of crystalline waters and ancient mythical lore. The Maya believe this sacred site is the literal belly button of life and the very center of all creation. Indeed, it was the perfect inspiration for…

FRI, 8/22 A mighty wind will be blowing in Denver this weekend at the annual summer strumming extravaganza known as the Swallow Hill Folk Festival. Music will be played continuously on two stages from 5:30 to 9 p.m. tonight and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at…

THURS, 8/14 Laugh like a hyena this evening as the Third Annual Comedy Night cracks up the Denver Zoo. Hosted by Colorado comedian Kevin Fitzgerald, Animal Planet’s infamous Emergency Vet, the chucklefest promises to be more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Fitzgerald, a hunky featured favorite at the Comedy…

FRI, 8/8 Are they dancers? Are they circus performers? Are they bonkers? Nancy Smith, organizer of Boulder’s Aerial Dance Festival, says all of the above assertions are true of her artists. And the unique festival, which opens tonight, has gathered eight soaring groups from across the country and abroad for…

FRI, 8/8 Loveland: the vortex of internationally acclaimed sculpture. Who knew that the unassuming town happens to be a hotbed of artistic expression? Lots of folks. And art aficionados will have a unique chance to get up close and personal with all manner of three-dimensional works at not one but…

SAT, 8/2 Slap on your saddle shoes, pile on the pomade, and head directly to LoDo where the sparks are flying at today’s Built for Speed: The Art of Kustom Kulture. The hep cats on 15th and Wazee streets are hooding the meters today and jamming the block with hot…

SAT, 7/26 After years of tolerating male-dominated music charts and watching mass-marketed boy bands hog the stage, female performers are giving the finger to the audition couch and bustin’ out on their own. National tours such as Lilith Fair and Ladyfest have set the precedent that chicks can riff, and…

SUN, 7/27 Although it’s a bit of a sideshow to the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver’s diverse Colorado Biennial showcase, the Colorado Film Biennial: 10 by 10 has also turned out to be its own three-ring circus. The ten finalists, chosen from nearly fifty entries in three categories, including narrative, avant-garde…

FRI, 7/25 Downtown Denver will be buzzing today as the streets are infiltrated by a swarm of scooter enthusiasts participating in this year’s Shopping Ride, a highlighted adjunct event in the sixth annual Mile High Mayhem scooter rally. “Still pushing junk” is the theme as the two-strokers take the road…

MON, 7/21 Hold on to your helmets, because tonight Mr. Pacman, those intergalactic video-game playboys and local Atari rockers, unleash the PacFashion show on Panopticon, 60 South Broadway. Like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome meets Tron, PacFashion is a full-contact show of primitive punk-entangled astrowear, with the models engaging the Mr…

FRI, 7/4 Tai Beldock of Denver’s Erico Motorsports wants the U.S. to give equal time to European motorcycles. The Cherry Creek Arts Festival, she says, eschews the Harley’s stylish overseas cousins with its all-Harley “Art on Two Wheels” display. So her faction decided to put on its own show, Moto…

“I am a woman, and I am beautiful, and I am black,” says Panther, a spoken-word artist. “We are all sisters, and we are all beautiful, and everyone else needs to know that now.” Panther joins forces with poets Bianca Mikahn and Lady Speech in Black Woman Love, a hip-hop…

SAT, 6/28 Can’t afford a European adventure this summer? Here’s how to enjoy a Roman holiday without ever leaving the comfort of your own scrappy little American city: Be transported by Sargent and Italy, a traveling exhibit from the Los Angeles County Museum and Italy’s Ferrara Arte Museum that opens…

SAT, 6/28 Pink and white cherry blossoms no longer line the banks of Cherry Creek, but that doesn’t stop Denver’s Japanese-American community from celebrating its culture each June at the annual Sakura Matsuri, otherwise known as the Cherry Blossom Festival. Now in its 31st year, Denver’s Cherry Blossom Festival takes…

If it’s early on Sunday morning and you see bright-pink woolly gorillas whipping up raspberry fuzzy navels in blenders along Colfax Avenue, then either you have just surfaced from a three-day bender or you’re witnessing the countdown to the June 22 PrideFest 2003 parade. Perhaps it’s both. PrideFest, organized by…

SAT, 6/14 Ever wished you could have been one of Mr. Roarke’s guests on Fantasy Island? Well, now’s your chance — sort of. The Church nightclub, at 1160 Lincoln Street, dishes up Carnival at 9 p.m. tonight, serving up a hearty helping of 1970s- seasoned cheese that includes gyrating go-go…

Dorothy and Toto wistfully daydreamed about going over the rainbow, but The Other Side Arts gallery and Denver boutique Macho Sissy are focused on a much more purposeful destination as they present Beyond the Rainbow: A Multimedia, Multicultural, Multisexual Art Show, opening Friday, June 13. The event is part of…