#5: Dede LaRue Sometime in the ‘80s, spray-painted pink flamingos began appearing on the sides of dumpsters and rollaways around Denver, long before the city even imagined it had a graffiti problem. They were left there by Dede LaRue, an artist/troublemaker with a delightful sense of humor. She’s best-known now…
This week you can shake the hand of a Clinton, sharpen you own writing chops with colleagues at the library, or bring your pooch to the Tattered Cover for a dog-friendly, outdoor book signing. There’s something here for everyone — read all about it. Chelsea Clinton, It’s Your World: Get…
Say goodbye to October at galleries around town with shows that celebrate film, double as benefits, dress up for Halloween or prep viewers for a blockbuster coming to the Denver art Museum in November. Where will you end up? Black Light Art Show Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1 6…
Scary stories about madness, S&M and the ghosty tales of our youth are popping up on stages all around town. ’Tis the season for indoor entertainment with maybe a touch of the spooky. Trick or treat: Here are three new shows this weekend: Equus Avenue Theater October 29, through November…
#6: Michelle Ellsworth Michelle Ellsworth ushers performance beyond the 21st century with a multimedia flourish that’s distinctly her own. Movement, installation, video, text and web design are among the tools she wields in producing fascinating, funny, sharp-witted works that dissect modern problems. A professor in dance and interdisciplinary arts at…
Die-hard Rocky Horror fans got the full treatment when Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient stage re-enactors did the Time Warp again at Saturday night’s screening of the campy cult classic. Photographer Brandon Marshall caught these pics of all the fun. ]Now see the full Rocky Horror Picture Show slide show. …
Heroes both local and international, operating in a variety of arenas, are in the spotlight at book events in the Denver area this week, from Naropa stalwart Barbara Dilley and superstar Michael Jackson to a Canadian environmental crusader who took on Encana by suing over the contamination of her well…
Change is in the air at Ironton Gallery this weekend, while nearby at Rule, Jacob Feige plays perceptual tricks. And at Belmar in Lakewood, Valkarie Gallery brings whimsy into the mix, just in time for Halloween. Here are the details. Andy Sweet: Essence Ironton Studios and Gallery October 23 through…
#7: Bree Davies Give longtime Westword contributor Bree Davies a soapbox to stand on, and she’ll have something to say. We love her here because she is fearless about speaking up for Denver DIYers, neighborhoods enbattled by unwelcome change, modern feminist values, bad human behavior and other hot-button issues, no matter what…
New productions this week include hard drama with the Boulder Ensemble Theater Company, a paranormal trip back in time with the Theater Company of Lafayette, and a cabaret-style musical at the Garner Galleria. Here’s where to grab tickets and go for a theatrical ride. BETC, The Few Dairy Center for…
Where will you be at 4:29 p.m. on October 21, 2015? To legions of Back to the Future fans all over globe, that’s the exact time and date when Doc Brown and Marty McFly zoom into the future in Back to the Future II, the first sequel in the cult-favorite…
The Denver Botanic Gardens is always cooking up new ways to bring folks inside its gates, and Glow at the Gardens might be one of the best: For three Wednesdays in October the temple to growing things is hosting the family-friendly after-dark event, which features activities for all ages, artistic…
This weekend in Denver, find art derived from life experiences at Hinterland and a body of work from an unexpected source at David B. Smith Gallery. And then there’s this: Sally Centigrade will offer shelter — and limited-edition prints — to wandering mall zombies hitting downtown Denver for the Zombie…
If you keep up at all with Denver street art, you’re familiar with Gamma Acosta, who paints walls here, across the nation and even abroad. He can often be seen painting and repainting murals on the wall at Bella Vista Mexican Restaurant on the edge of downtown Denver (his latest…
Stories about family life, the Internet and sex all take the stage this weekend in local productions, from Edge Theater’s Alan Ayckbourn comedy Woman in Mind, to a titillating installment from Denver’s dramatic reading staple, Stories on Stage. Here’s how to get all hot and bothered — or enjoy a fresh new…
#8: Laura Phelps Rogers Laura Phelps Rogers tells her stories in complex sculptural installations combining cast metals with found objects, mixed media, photography and performance. A member of the Pirate and Ice Cube co-ops, Rogers has also placed public artworks, such as her 2013 Nipple Quilt installation, in spots as…
If books inspire us to flex our intellectual muscles, looking back on who we are and how we got that way, this is the week to dive into self-exploration. The calendar includes appearances by authors of every stripe, from cartoonists and poets to contemporary novelists. Here are just three of…
From a magnificent solo by Joel Swanson at the Museum of Outdoor Arts to a deadly beautiful tribute to plants that go bump in the night in Aurora to a celebration in a rare survivor of that dying breed, the RiNo art-studio warehouse, this weekend is shaping up as a…
An art exhibit about love doesn’t always have to be heart-shaped Valentine’s Day fodder — though hearts might still be part of the equation. Tasked with developing a group show that celebrates the entire spectrum of love, Emmanuel Gallery curator Jacquelyn Connolly crafted Love is Love, working with an eye-opening,…
We’ve come to trust the Denver Center’s Off-Center@The Jones when it comes to offbeat theatrical entertainment. Any show put on by Off-Cente – whether it’s improv or performance art – pretty much promises to make folks in the audience laugh and/or cry, sometimes at the same time, all while getting…
Yesterday morning, Tran Wills of Svper Ordinary in the Source put out a plaintive plea on Facebook after the gallery and boutique co-owned by Wills, her husband Josh Wills, Pedro Barrios and Bryan Cavanaugh, was burglarized over the weekend — along with, Wills believes, other businesses in the Source: “Today…
#9: Karl Christian Krumpholz Cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz has a keen eye for the historical underbelly of Denver bar culture, as evidenced by his new weekly comic “The Denver Bootleg” in Westword, as well as his ongoing webcomic 30 Miles of Crazy!, a paean to the nightlife, people and places…
