The time is ripe for bizarre adaptations. The Book of Mormon is now a musical, music from The Legend of Zelda has been adapted for the symphony, and now the Damsels Dance Company is turning the reality television show you love to hate/watch into a dance performance. An American Love…
Whether you’re an indoor- or outdoor-lover, a literature-aficionado or a film geek, this weekend is packed with something for everyone — from a screening of His Royal Badness’s 1984 classic Purple Rain to free admission at National Parks. And everything in our roundup is under $10! For a full calendar…
The world needs more of what Amy Schumer has to offer: fresh, bold comedy that casually confronts sexuality and race in a way that makes you laugh now — and think about it later. Whether she’s discussing HPV, traveling to the Jewish homeland (Miami), or finally sleeping with her high…
In her comedy, Amy Schumer gets boldly, hilariously personal, whether she’s discussing HPV, divulging ridiculous sexual encounters or playing the ditzy blonde who just wants to catch a man (“I know this shirt’s a little weird — it kinda makes me look pregnant,” goes one of her jokes, “but, you…
It’s hard to ever really recover from losing a spelling bee: You remember the terror as you tentatively said another letter, that awful buzzer sound, the eternal shame that you misspelled the word “satellite.” But now the first annual Denver Bee this Saturday night is offering a way to put…
Bessie Coleman may not be a household name like Amelia Earhart — but she should be. As the first black woman to get her pilot’s license — in 1921, before Earhart was in the air — Coleman is the subject of the new zine series Mocha Chocolata Mamma, by Marya…
This weekend is all about the green. Whether you’re into partying with the sort-of legal kind at the countless 4/20 events on Friday or celebrating the less controversial plants at Earth Day parties on Sunday, we’ve got it all in one place for less than $10. And beyond the things…
The Boulder History Museum’s current exhibit, Hollywood, Colorado, takes a look at the history of moviemaking and movie-going in the Centennial State with a series of movie posters and artifacts from films with a Colorado connection. In conjunction with the exhibit (which runs through May 6), David Emrich, film buff,…
Self-publishing gives authors the means to tell stories that often get left out of the mainstream, corporately published narrative. Albuquerque performance artist Marya Errin Jones will add to that DIY archive with her newest zine series, Mocha Chocolata Mamma, which focuses on influential black women. “I was getting really sad…
What’s striking about Cheryl Strayed’s writing is its radical sincerity and vulnerability. She pens personal essays as responses in her advice column Dear Sugar (which was written anonymously until recently), dishing out loving, thoughtful advice to questioners she addresses as “honey bun” and “sweet pea.” Her new memoir, Wild: From…
This weekend rules. Just saying. There’s tons of stuff to do that won’t leave you eating cereal for dinner for a week, and whether you want to see a feminist spoken word night, go to a huge comedy show, or dance at an art opening, it’s all here — and…
Sister Spit is coming. The queer, feminist-minded, spoken-word tour will land at St. Cajetan Event Center on the Auraria campus Friday night, and at the helm of the event is founder, author and icon Michelle Tea. From her debut memoir The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in…
Open mikes in San Francisco circa 1994 tended to be ruled by male poets emulating Charles Bukowski and Henry Rollins, explains writer and Sister Spit co-founder Michelle Tea. “There was a lot of obnoxious drunk-dude energy at all of them,” she says, laughing. So Tea and writer Sini Anderson started…
Like a lot of art, Serena Chopra’s debut chapbook, Penumbra, was inspired in part by a tumultuous relationship. “There was a really bad fight in which I stole a saw, literally I stole a saw from this person’s house because I did not know what else to do,” laughs the…
Spending money is such a bummer. Luckily, you don’t have to drop that much cash to have fun this weekend. Whether you fancy a mystical art show, Hunger Games costume contest or a 3-D dance party, we’ve got them (and more!), all for under $10. Get out there and enjoy…
Just because you’re scrambling to get the rent together this weekend doesn’t mean you have to stay inside and mope. From a vegan prom to a Mexican wrestling-themed dance party, we’ve got everything to do this weekend all in one place, and for under $10. So go out and enjoy…
Spring is finally here, and that means that more people are touring this way, more patios are opening, and there are plenty more ways to get out and have fun. But just because you’ll be going out more doesn’t mean you have to part with your hard-earned cash. From ’80s-themed…
This isn’t your eight-year-old’s magic show: Kevin Spencer, one half of the husband-wife duo behind Spencers: Theatre of Illusion, says the act was designed to keep both kids and adults entertained and in awe. “As a magician, I can take my audience on an incredible journey right to the brink…
You’re sure to be seeing green this weekend for St. Patrick’s Day (Here’s a Denver guide for St. Patrick’s), but that doesn’t mean you have to spend all of yours. Everything on this list costs less than $10, whether you want to drink green beer, learn about experimental film, or…
The power of positive thinking can be found everywhere from Oprah Winfrey to evangelical churches to books like The Secret. But Seth Lepore is critical. “Do we need to be happy all the time?” he asks about the movement, which encourages people to be perennially cheery. “Those people scare me.”…
Garth Sundem says his new book was born of personal need. “There are a lot of things that I do poorly,” explains Sundem. “But for everything that I do poorly, someone has figured out how to actually do it right, and those people are scientists.” For Brain Trust: 93 Top…
Naropa grad Seth Lepore will bring his newest one-man show, SuperHappyMelancholyexpialidocious, to Boulder this weekend. The new show targets the happiness movement, humorously critiquing everything from Oprah Winfrey to those Texas megachurches that all insist we need to be constantly chipper. We recently spoke with Lepore about the happiness movement,…
