Colorado has a rich history in ceramics going back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but it was in the period from the 1950s to the 1990s that the ceramics scene here really hit its stride, with masters of the medium Nan and Jim McKinnell, Betty Woodman and…
Joan Moment and Monroe Hodder. Though Joan Moment has spent the past four decades in California, she began her art career right here in Colorado in the late ’60s when she was a graduate student at the University of Colorado in Boulder. That makes it easy to associate her work…
Taking in Enemies of the People is a little like watching a Cambodian Shoah, if we had access to the director’s methods and motivations instead of just the astonishing results. Chronicling his ongoing project to track down and document those responsible for the Khmer Rouge’s late-’70s reign of terror, co-director…
Ivan Reitman, master of the high-concept, big-budget Hollywood comedy (Ghostbusters, Dave), would seem an unlikely candidate to direct No Strings Attached, an extremely low-concept, low-key romantic comedy of contemporary sexual mores centered on the dating foibles of attractive nerds. Fully devoid of the fantasy contrivance that often sets a Reitman…
Tracking the parallel trajectories of three employees laid off from cushy corporate jobs at the same Boston-based manufacturing conglomerate, The Company Men is transparent in its ambition to capture The Way We Live Now from a sensitive and equitable — rather than a withering and satiric — point of view…
I was surprised to discover that Jim Leonard’s The Diviners was written as recently as 1980. The play feels like a period piece, and not just because it’s set in the Depression. Buddy Layman, the central character, was brain-damaged by an almost-drowning at the age of four, during which his…
Bedroom Farce. Bedroom Farce is the story of four couples and three bedrooms. The oldest pair, Delia and Ernest, are looking forward to a pleasant dinner and a quiet night. But their plans are upended by Susannah, the intensely neurotic wife of their socially obtuse son, Trevor. The depredations of…
There are many things that make English television better than American television. Mostly, it is a lack of censorship; American TV loves violence but hates sex, drugs and profanity. English TV loves them all equally, and luckily for us, by the good graces of YouTube and Netflix, we can indulge…
My, how attitudes change — or, rather, how well MTV edits. Episode three opens with Sammi feeling remorseful after somehow, just now, realizing Ronnie is a liar. A big one. She’s ready to apologize to the girls, and Ronnie is ready for her to peace out of the relationship, since…
There is no movie theater in Denver like the Landmark in Greenwood Village. Popcorn and fountain drinks come free with your ticket, there’s a full bar and VIP seating, some of the highest-quality screens in town and much better movie offerings than their megaplex peers. The current selection is True…
Painter Jenny Morgan, a Salt Lake native with a Denver history, is now based in New York City, but her ties to the region, where she attended the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, are strong. Morgan came up through the gallery ranks here, from the co-ops to her…
America’s favorite action auteur-savant, Michael Bay, has spent years telling whoever will listen that his directional style is too hardcore for 3D, that adding depth would be too extreme and punishing on the average filmgoer. With last week’s official announcement that Transformers: Dark of the Moon (dude, it totally syncs…
Hal Gould started curating photo shows back in 1963 when he was the director of exhibitions for the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. Then, in 1979, he opened Camera Obscura Gallery near the corner of Bannock Street and 13th Avenue, which became the first and one of the only photo-specialists ever…
The National Western Stock show has been going on all month and on Saturday, photographer Aaron Thackeray went behind the scenes at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo, held at the Denver Coliseum, and brings back these photos: People of the Rodeo…
Wherever you go, chances are that not too far away from you is a hidden gem tucked away in some off-the-path corner of the landscape, a weird little spot that somehow got bounced off the flatbed of time and just kind of stayed there — to find it, you just…
For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty,” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. Those who…
We’re loving the SixEleven Sundays series from Denver-based snowboard film crew SixEleven Productions: Sign up for the email newsletter for video clips like this week’s installment, set in the A-51 Terrain Park at Keystone with local riders Nick Bilawky, Scott See, Steven Waters, Colin Defenbau, Colin Spencer and Erik VanAssche…
Martin Luther King was pretty cool and all, but let’s face it: All he ever did for you was make you wait one more day for that carton of Russian cigarettes you ordered like six weeks ago that still hasn’t come in the mail yet, and it sure as hell…
Critics are praising Ryan Gosling’s latest film, Blue Valentine, for bringing all the soul-crushing elements of a break-up onto the big screen. It’s a good movie, if not a feel-good movie. Gosling’s counterpart in the movie is Michelle Williams, the latest actress to star opposite the 30-year-old squinting star. Here…
Aziz Ansari brings his Dangerously Delicious tour to Denver tonight. The stand-up album he’s supporting, Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, was one of the funniest releases of 2010. He also plays Tom Haverford on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, which returns for season three next week. To prepare you for…
This week, Mile Highs and Lows reviewed a hand-blown glass pipe from Heady Glass in Englewood. Aside from puffing on the pipe, I also spent some time hanging out with resident glass artists Ben “Spice” Crowley as he put the finishing touches on a custom hash oil bubbler, talking about…
When I was about seventeen years old, a friend of my dad’s who was into New Agey kind of stuff took the liberty of compiling an astrological chart for me. It was several pages long and went into great detail about what the day, hour and month of my birth…
