In a perfect world, every day would be a party — and not just some lame stand-around-and-sip-cocktails-politely kind of party; it would be an all-out awesome party with all the traditional trappings, which, as everyone knows, are balloons, cake and strippers. Sadly, some people hate fun. That’s why — if…
It was third Friday-time again last night, and at Vertigo Art Space, that means artist reception time. Though not as crazy as the first Friday gallery openings on Sante Fe, third Friday receptions often provide a more intimate and focused evening for art fans. Last night, Dorothy Tanner hosted her…
If you’re the praying-for-snow type, the Saint Francis Center Episcopal Diocese of Denver is ready to make you a believer on Saturday, presenting the Early Bird Rail Jam “first snow shred of the year” at the Believer’s Center of Denver (180 S. Garrison Street in Lakewood) on the campus of…
In was weird enough when a 40-foot statue of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god of death, moved into the Denver International Airport as a tie-in to the Denver Art Museum’s King Tut exhibit, provoking a renewed flurry of hand-wringing from people who believe DIA is secretly houses an alien…
Denver’s Indigenous Film & Arts Festival is unique to Colorado and aims to showcase films that focus on the stories and talents of native peoples. Now in its seventh year, the 2010 fest narrows that focus with an especially apt theme, Resilience…
Films in three dimensions have come a long way since the anaglyph red/blue paper glasses of the 1950s: Now we have polarization systems (“RealD”), eclipse methods and much more to provide the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimension screen. As we reported in an IMAX 3D Night&Day piece in…
At a certain point in any truly famous actor’s career, there comes a moment where that star’s persona becomes so familiar that it reaches an event-horizon of self-parody. Of that phenomenon, there’s probably no better example than John Malkovich, whose eccentric, volatile everyman was so distinctive that riffing on it…
TGR’s Light the Wick gets its local premiere tonight at the Boulder Theater (with a Denver encore tomorrow, 10/16, at Gothic Theatre). If, unlike us, you’re feeling overwhelmed by the onslaught of all these ski movie premieres, trust us on this one: Light the Wick is epic. The film was…
Tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the City Park bandstand, you’ll find a lot of flexible people hoping to beat out a yoga event that was recently held in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by lululemon athletic gear, Yoga in the City aims to top a recent lululemon event in D.C. that drew…
October sure is settling in quickly. Each night is getting colder and the days are getting shorter. But just because the weather is trying to force you into hibernation doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to do this weekend on the cheap. If you’re saving your money for the absurd Xcel…
He’s the Canuck king of duct tape, the far-north fixture of fix-it, and he may not be handsome, but he is handy. He’s Steve Smith, of course, otherwise known as Red Green, the suspender-wearing star of The Red Green Show, the maple leaf’s much funnier answer to Home Improvement. Tomorrow,…
Maybe it just means Finland is humorless, but it’s a pretty sad day for the world when a news anchor gets fired for making an on-air joke — and a pretty funny one, at that. Finnish English-language news anchor Kimmo Wilska was in the middle of a segment on bars…
Kim Kardashian sucks at bowling. That said, she looked really good while sucking at bowling when she hosted the opening of a new upscale casino in Connecticut a few days ago. That’s not the point though. The point is, I really don’t need to know this about Kim Kardashian. It’s…
Lynne Bruning is, hands down, one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. She’s one of those brainiacs who seem to be thinking so fast that the words can’t keep up. In truth, Lynne, a fashion designer who interweaves computer technology into “groovalicious” wearable artworks, camps out rather than…
When the brave gentlemen of Denver Men with Heart get up on the podium tonight to have their “services” auctioned off to the highest bidder for the benefit of the Denver Center for Crime Victims, they’ll already know what services they’re going to provide. These men are florists, computer repairmen,…
To most of us, Betty White has become a recurring annoyance on our favorite shows, and while we’ve been curious how or why she suddenly came back into fashion, we’ve never put much thought into it. We let her do her thing because after all, she’s old. However, according to…
Denver Arts week is just around the corner, with special events all over town for folks of all ages and cultural interests. It also heralds one of the biggest First Fridays of the year citywide on November 5, including in RiNo, where the galleries and artist studios will be pouring…
Lots of people think they can sing. As everyone knows, though, few of those people can actually sing — and honestly, you’re probably one of those people. Don’t believe it? Try making a recording of yourself and call us after your dreams are shattered. Luckily, singing is a skill just…
As everyone knows, Wednesday is the day that we bring you the best of our weird internetz world in the form of a compendium of whatever loosely related images we happen to come up with. “But wait,” you may say, “Wednesday was yesterday.” About that, my friend, you would be…
Just about every ski area in Colorado is getting natural snow this week and firing up the snowguns to help it along, and opening day at a couple of Colorado resorts could be any day now. To further stoke the fire, here’s another round of snowboard video premiers: Burton Snowboards…
One, two, three ROCK. Unless you had paper, this round belongs to me. At least, it would if we were facing off in tonight’s Bands for Lands RPS Tournament. At long last, the ancient sport of Rock Paper Scissors has its own full-fledged monthly tournament here in Denver, sanctioned by…
The spirit of Isabel Allende’s memorable Chilean family saga and historical novel The House of the Spirits is alive and well in the Denver Center Theatre Company’s new staging of Caridad Svich’s adaptation, with a few small changes. But, notes DCTC spokeswoman Genevieve Miller, those are taken care of through…
