It’s magic! This week, you can experience magical entertainments without having to open your wallet. The free fun includes everything from a screening of Christopher Nolan’s magician movie The Prestige to getting a peek inside the Governor’s Residence to a free outdoor concert. Share other free events in our comments…
Summertime, and the living is easy: sit under the stars and watch Steven Spielberg’s E.T., attend a few art shows, catch a production of Hairspray. There’s lots to do in Denver this fun-packed weekend — and many of the best possibiities are free. For more entertainment opportunities, visit the Westword…
In each piece of theater she creates, Betsy Tobin tries to find an unusual way to present her work. For her newest show, METAPHOR, she delves into the complicated realm of relationships using circus arts, puppetry, video projects and more to portray the tangled webs woven by human interaction. In…
The complexities of human relationships weave a tangled web. Director Betsy Tobin has always been fascinated by interpersonal inter-action, and her newest performance, METAPHOR, uses strong visual metaphors to delve into the patterns that occur between people in love. “I’ve always been kind of fascinated by just how intricate human…
Summertime, and the living is easy — and easy on your wallet. Whether you want to see a campy horror flick about supernatural sorority sisters, watch Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy or attend a vintage fashion trunk show, you can do it all for free this week. Share more bargain free…
Though they seem polar opposites, vegans and hunters have more in common than you might think, according to Tovar Cerulli. He would know; he’s been both. In his new book, The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance, Cerulli traces his relationship with mindful eating through years of being vegan…
Noah Eli Gordon’s newest book is hard to pin down. And why would you want to? The Year of the Rooster, out now on Ahsahta Press, is best understood through experience rather than painstaking analysis. It’s wild and flowing, playing with gender pronouns, musical imagery, and poetic forms to create…
The time for ice cream and outdoor fun is finally here, and there’s plenty to do in Denver this weekend that will get you outside without going outside of your budget. You can celebrate National Trails Day with a spectacular hike, mark time at the annual Chalk Art Festival or…
When Pesha Rudnick’s Casey Middle School class learned that CBS had named Boulder the happiest city in America, the students were very surprised. So with the guidance of playwright-in-residence Rudnick and language arts teacher Val Wheeler, the eighth-graders used Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, as well as the CBS statistic,…
Fans of cheeky British comedy don’t have to cross the pond to get a dose of Anglophile humor: The Equinox Theatre Company is importing it to the Denver stage with A Night at Fawlty Towers, which opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Bug Theatre. For this production, Equinox has…
“Half a decade into being a vegan, I couldn’t have fathomed eating flesh again,” writes Tovar Cerulli in his memoir, The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance. “And I certainly couldn’t have pictured myself eight years later plunking my first freshly eviscerated mammal down onto the kitchen counter.” His…
If you want to go out without going broke, you’re in the right place. In Denver this week, you can see art and spoken-word performances, learn about local meats, and even win some money at trivia night. Share more bargains in the comments section below; and for more events, check…
A three-day weekend means an extra day of sleeping in, an extra day of fun — but also a lot of opportunities to spend too much money. Still, this holiday weekend is also filled with lots of bargain events and entertainments, everything from outdoor festivals to an Arrested Development brunch…
When Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times was completed in 1936, silent film was already on its way out. But while the rest of the film industry had moved on to talkies, Chaplin’s last silent film commented on industrialization through his signature physical comedy as the Little Tramp, a factory worker comically…
Free fun isn’t hard to find in Denver this week: You can learn about Jewish culture at the Mizel Museum, catch a zany improv show, or serenade a bar crowd at karaoke. Share more free events in our comments section below, and check out the Westword calendar for a full…
You won’t need to crack open that piggy bank to go out this weekend, because every event on our 10 for $10 list is absolutely free. Whether you choose to peruse mandala drawings at an art show, gaze at vintage Volkswagons at a car fest, or take in Denver’s jazz…
“The Cold War is very often believed to be kind of a good war because it was never fought,” explains Rocky Flats Cold War Museum executive director Conny Bogaard. “But the price that we paid for that time of building nuclear weapons on a mass scale is all the anxieties…
Denver’s made the national news a lot over the past year, whether for last summer’s wildfires, the Aurora theater shootings or the legalization of marijuana. Inspired by these events and looking for a way to process them through art, the Damsels Dance Company created Denver on Fire: A Social Commentary…
The lazy days of summer are almost here, and to usher in the season, Larimer Square boutiques are joining forces to show hot looks to update your wardrobe. Young professionals from groups like the Central City Opera, the Denver Center Theatre Marquee Club and the Reel Social Club will model…
After his house was foreclosed on, Baltimore burlesque performer Paco Fish decided to seize the circumstance and pursue his dreams. So the performer took the plunge and moved into his van, then embarked on a 52-week Burlesque Vanguard Tour across the country, taking along a variety of characters and theatrical…
With May finally delivering the flowers that the old adage promises, you won’t want to stay inside this week. Good news: When you’re out and about enjoying the greening landscape, you won’t need to drop a lot of green. From a booksigning with the former drummer for The Doors to…
So you spent all your money buying your mom a nice present for Mother’s Day. Aww, how sweet! And your generosity will be rewarded with lots of opportunities to have fun in Denver this weekend that don’t require you to dig too deep in your wallet — everything from a…
