10 things to do for $10 this weekend, August 10-12, 2012

It’s easy to spend a summer wasting away inside, with the air-conditioning cranked high. But even though it’s easy, that doesn’t mean it’s right. Denver is full of great events this weekend that are cheap and cool — in spirit, if not in actual temperature. From films made in just…

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Jenny Lawson grew up in West Texas as the daughter of a taxidermist and a lunch lady -– a childhood that loaded her with bizarre experiences, from her father bringing home dangerous wild animals to using a dead squirrel as a hand puppet. And although she was often embarrassed as…

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, August 3-5, 2012

This weekend is sure to be out of this world. Whether you’re witnessing the newest mission to Mars, browsing ethereal art, or journeying to a Harry Potter world of magic, you won’t need more than a Hamilton to escape reality at these exciting events. Have a blast, get out there,…

Evan Nix’s top picks for the Laugh Track Comedy Festival

The Laugh Track Comedy Festival will descend on Denver tonight, bringing three days of comedy performers and films that are sure to make your sides split. To help you navigate the thirty short films and over forty comedians, festival co-director Evan Nix sent us his top ten picks of events…

Funny Things Happen

Though laugh tracks conjure up unfunny sitcoms and forced chuckles, the Laugh Track Comedy Festival offers real belly laughs that don’t need to be cued by a sound engineer. The organizers of the festival, now in its third year, have added another day and another venue to the fun, so…

Elliott Smith on Screen

While making his documentary Searching for Elliott Smith, director Gil Reyes discovered that the late musician’s story was a little different than he’d expected. “I approached the film thinking that he was a sensitive singer-songwriter who was all-around depressed most of the time,” says Reyes. “And he wasn’t.” By interviewing…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, July 20-22, 2012

Too broke to hand over big bucks for a pricey music festival wristband this weekend? Don’t worry. There are plenty of other things on the agenda that won’t cost you more than a Hamilton. And we’ve got them all in one place. From a Cinema Q dance party to a…

Fighting Back with Art

Sex trafficking and gender violence continue to be serious problems around the world, says RedLine director PJ D’Amico, which is why the art gallery and studio is showing Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art, a traveling exhibition that focuses on female empower-ment and awareness. Curated by Randy Rosenberg…

An Artist with Nine Lives

Throughout 92-year-old Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani’s long and tumultuous life — losing his citizenship during World War II, then regaining it after the end of the war; being homeless in New York after 9/11 — there has been one constant: art. The Japanese-American artist creates brightly colored drawings that tell his…

Way Off Broadway

The folks at Obscene/Courageous Theatre hope that after you see one of their productions, you’ll leave feeling entertained — and a little bit disturbed. The company’s modern staging of the macabre Jacobean drama The Revenger’s Tragedy — which tells the tale of a young man who plots his revenge after…

Take to the Skies

It’s rare to see the work of George Peters and Melanie Walker in an art gallery; it’s usually in the sky. The two are known for creating colorful kites, mobiles and installations that fly all over the world. “The thing that we really like about making kites is that it…

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, July 13-15, 2012

Since you’re probably spending every extra dollar on the air- conditioning bill this month, it’s hard to find money for fun stuff. Help is at hand, with this week’s list of ten events you can participate in for under $10: art shows, meeting a punk legend, eating a pancake breakfast…

Natasha Leggero on Playboy radio and horrifying pop culture

In her standup appearances, Natasha Leggero critiques terrible pop culture while wearing evening gloves and pearls — but her witty, spot-on commentary takes the gloves off, at least figuratively. The comedian, who’s appeared on Chelsea Lately, Burning Love and Free Agents, is bringing her Servantless Household Tour to the downtown…

Bare Bones Art

“No matter how much money you have, no matter how much power you have, everyone’s gonna die,” says Emmanuel Gallery director Shannon K. Corrigan. This is the concept that will be thoroughly explored through the skeletal images of Mexican illustrator and political cartoonist Jose Guadalupe Posada in the gallery’s two…

The Gloved One

Donning elbow-length gloves and an evening gown, Natasha Leggero delivers biting commentary on everything from reality television to women who think InTouch Weekly is a book. Her verdict on almost all pop culture? Terrible. Whether she’s delivering witty observations about what TLC should stand for (toddlers, lunatics and cake) or…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, July 6-8, 2012

First Friday means two things. One: you just paid rent and are probably broke. Two: lots and lots of art openings. Luckily, art openings are free and usually include free wine and snacks. In addition to art shows, there are dance parties, magazine launches and plenty of other things to…

Q&A: Buck Roetman on the aftermath of his plane crash

In over 35 years of flying, pilot Buck Roetman had never put so much as a scratch on a plane — until recently. While flying at an air-show preview in Idaho a few weeks ago, Roetman’s plane suffered a system failure and crashed, wrecking the aircraft but leaving the pilot…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, June 29-July 1, 2012

The great outdoors is hot, but so is the city, with an incredible array of things to do that won’t set you back more than $10. From comedy shows to vegan dance parties to cute dogs jumping through hoops, you’re sure to find something to do this weekend that won’t…