3 things to do for free in Denver this week, March 10-13

Rather than seethe with jealousy at Facebook friends who are paying big money to head to Austin for South By Southwest, you can stay in Denver and enjoy movies and panel discussions this week — for free! From a screening of the 1968 Romeo and Juliet to Uranium Drive-In to…

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, March 3-6

March in Denver is starting off with a lion’s share of free events. From a Stephen King horror anthology to a comedy show centered on secret talents to a night of local music, this week is full of fun that won’t break the bank. For a full listing of activities…

Anatomy Lessons

Jessica McWhirt first encountered Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues not in a theater production or on HBO, but in a mainstream bookstore. “I first saw the book on a shelf in Barnes & Noble when I was in high school, and at the time, I couldn’t even say the word…

Mind Games

Throughout his extensive career, theoretical physicist and New York Times best-selling author Michio Kaku has brought physics into the mainstream. From his TV specials to his bestsellers — Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the Future — Kaku explains string field theory (which he helped develop) and other advances…

Her Story

“In a time when women are breaking the glass ceiling, we need to really ascend to true equality,” says Nancy Hart, explaining the impetus for the founding of the Venus Goes Down collective. Recently, the group was looking for a way to embrace the integration of the masculine and the…

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, February 24-27

Whether you want to stare at Joan Crawford’s eyebrows or watch women in gorilla masks talk about feminism, there are plenty of entertainment options in Denver this week. Read on for our picks of three very different things to do in Denver that share one thing in common: They’re all…

More Than a Medium

In the 1970s, second-wave feminists began fighting for gender equality all over the country, including Colorado. As part of that current of change, Front Range Women in the Visual Arts, a grassroots collective, was founded in 1974 to study and promote the visibility of female artists through innovative exhibits, exchange…

Highbrow Art

Sixty years after her death, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo continues to capture the attention of modern audiences; she’s commemorated in everything from yearly tributes to her iconic unibrow to films including the 2002 biopic starring Salma Hayek. But years before that movie told Kahlo’s colorful story, Denver playwright Melissa Lucero…

Trying and True

Since it premiered seventy years ago, Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie has been performed in countless incarnations and studied in high-school classes all over the country. But Phamaly Theatre Company’s version of the classic offers something none of the others do, says director Bryce Alexander. “Our Glass Menagerie is different…

Petal Power

Once, when artist Kristen Hatgi Sink was photographing a friend, she was struck by the idea of putting flowers on her model’s face. But she needed a way to do it. The answer? False-eyelash glue. “Gluing flowers to people’s faces was actually pretty hard for me to do,” says Hatgi…

The Next Act

When it began in 2005, the Boulder International Film Festival attracted 5,000 film lovers. Nearly a decade later, the four-day fest has more than quadrupled in size, celebrating the cinema with 22,000 audience members. “One way that we’ve grown since that very first year is that people are really beginning…

Let’s Talk About Sex

Dirty mouths are encouraged tonight at Mile High Erotic Spoken Word 2: Vday Edition, the latest part of a series that welcomes people of any sexual proclivity to gather for some sexy stories and performances. Created by Rachel Carlisle, the open-mic night seeks to offer a safe space in which…