Wednesday March 30 Three for the stage: You can always count on the US West TheatreFest for an interesting time–the annual series that puts new works by unknown playwrights on stage at the Denver Center for Performing Arts is dedicated to variety and innovation in the theater arts. This year’s…
Wednesday March 23 Stepping lightly: It’s a fine night for dance connoisseurs–with performances in the inner city by the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and across town at the Arvada Center by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Robinson presents her annual spring concert at 119 Park Ave. W., beginning tonight at…
Wednesday March 16 A great Dane: He’s not only funny and a fine pianist–entertainer Victor Borge is also a tireless humanitarian. This sly gentleman of the arts, who defines the oboe as “a cockney tramp” and bagatelle as “the lady speaks” and then breaks out into a virtuoso keyboard display…
Wednesday March 9 Instrumental to the case: A glance at the career of English guitarist Andy Summers will always include a big checkmark by the Police–the pop trio in which he made his name. But the talented Summers has long abandoned the simple formulas that worked so well for that…
Wednesday March 2 This one’s for the Gypsies: Pure, unadulterated spectacle is the name of the game tonight at the Auditorium Theatre, 13th and Curtis, where the seventy-member Hungarian State Folk Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. The troupe of dancers, singers and musicians–direct from Budapest–combine whirling skirts, gypsy fiddles…
Wednesday February 23 Picture this: The Colorado History Museum has just the thing for all you Colorado history buffs: an ongoing Western Authors Lecture Series focusing on books detailing life as it progressed in our little corner of the world. Tonight’s 7 p.m. lecture puts William and Elizabeth Jones on…
Wednesday February 16 Good as Goulet: Got those post-Valentine blues? Cheer yourself up with a little chivalry and romance–go see Robert Goulet reprise his made-to-order role as King Arthur in Camelot, on stage this week at the Buell Theatre, 13th and Curtis St. Evening performances are at 8 p.m. tonight…
Wednesday February 9 That ode black magic: Even bohemians need love–and this Valentine week, the beatest hipsters around can celebrate romance in their own style, thanks to the Daily Perc Coffeehouse, an Aurora java joint at 9875 E. Colfax. The Perc, which normally hosts an open poetry reading every Wednesday…
Wednesday February 2 Mambazo kings: The name is the first mystery, but it’s really very simple. Ladysmith refers to a South African township, black symbolizes the black ox, thought to be the strongest kind, and mambazo is an ax. Put that all together and you’ve got Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a…
Wednesday January 26 Childish pursuits: Author Jonathan Kellerman can say without reservation that it pays to write what you know. He used to be a practicing child psychologist, but now writes full time about the mystery adventures of fictional child psychologist Alex Delaware. Kellerman will be on hand for a…
Wednesday January 19 Artists about town: As if Joshua Hassel hasn’t already done his share for the fine arts in Denver–running top-notch shows at his Arte Vitale Gallery and all–now he’s taking it to the TV screen with Object of My Desire, a half-hour magazine-format program about local art and…
