In Karen Zacarías’s Mariela in the Desert, this year’s nod to the Latino community by the Denver Center Theatre Company, a young woman artist returns to her desert home in Mexico to visit her father, also an artist, under the assumption that he’s dying. It’s a story of how they…
Since it reopened in 2003, Boulder’s West End Tavern has embraced bourbon as the truest of American spirits. Today the restaurant and bar offers the largest bourbon list in all of Colorado, with nearly 75 varieties of the whiskey God gave the United States. And as far as general manager,…
Seven of Denver’s most celebrated chefs — Sheila Lucero (Jax Fish House), Goose Sorensen (Solera), Matt Selby (Vesta Dipping Grill & Steuben’s), Troy Guard (TAG), Brian Laird (Barolo Grill), Tyler Wiard (Elway’s Cherry Creek) and Sean Yontz (Sketch & Tambien) — will congregate in the kitchen of Lola tonight, home…
It should be clear from the get-go that Spike and Sarah’s new sketch-comedy show, Oysters, Poles, and Beavers, doesn’t exactly contain your average family-friendly fare. Performers Spencer Reedy, Mike Malyar and Sarah Kirwin, who make up Spike and Sarah, thought the time was ripe for something a little more grown-up…
When the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope was serviced by spacewalking NASA astronauts in May of 2009, the Space Shuttle had a stowaway: a camera. The repair mission was being filmed for a new IMAX feature titled Hubble, a stunning documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio that peeks into the inner workings…
Considering how medical marijuana has exploded on the Colorado scene over the past eighteen months, it was inevitable that somebody — in this case, www.dailybuds.com and Kush magazine — would eventually put together a Colorado Cannabis Convention. And it should also come as no surprise that the first-ever convention has…
Alicia Bailey’s Abecedarian Gallery is already unique in the region in that its primary focus is on artists’ books, but Bailey has to admit that its two gallery spaces have never been given up entirely to the book arts at one time. That all changes today, when the juried show,…
Chicago. Sort of Brechtian, sort of Cabaretish, Chicago tells a story of injustice and corruption, and tells it in the most seductive way, with witty, memorable songs, elegantly glistening dance sequences and a smart, cynical and grown-up script. Roxie Hart is an evil, self-serving little hoofer. Having murdered a man…
A contemporary crime drama edged with Greek tragedy, Ajami is an untidy, despairing, oddly exhilarating joint venture by writer-directors Scandar Copti, an Israeli Arab, and Yaron Shani, an Israeli Jew. Set on the tinderbox margins of a rundown quarter of the Tel Aviv-adjacent city of Jaffa, the movie’s multiple plots…
Hal Gould just turned ninety, and not only is he by far the oldest gallery director around, but his photo gallery, Camera Obscura (1309 Bannock Street, 303-623-4059, www.cameraobscuragallery.com), which he runs with Loretta Young-Gautier, is one of the oldest in the country. That said, there’s nothing old-fashioned about the place,…
Aspen snow princess Gretchen Bleiler (don’t miss her CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational this weekend in the Superpipe at Snowmass) and pro surfer Anastasia Ashley are putting “interns” to the test in a new social media marketing campaign from Old Spice. The athletes will be mentoring two winners of the Old…
Think you’re in pretty good shape for skiing after a winter on the slopes? Want to really prove what you’ve got? Try shredding the expert runs off the Pali chair at Arapahoe Basin on April 14, competing in the 21st annual Enduro Race. In the Enduro, teams of two compete…
A story in the Steamboat Pilot last Wednesday titled “Health policy raises red flags at Steamboat Ski Area” discusses the $2,000 fines insurance that will be levied against businesses who don’t provide health insurance to employees. Seasonal employees, who do much of the hard work for Colorado’s ski industry, are…
The ski and snowboard season is winding down, but it’s not over yet – especially at Arapahoe Basin, where they’re hoping to keep the party going until June 6: Pick up A-Basin’s Spring 3 Pass for $130 this week through April 4 to get three days for the price of…
What do two Olympic medals and a third consecutive World Cup crown garner you? In the case of Vail resident Lindsey Vonn, quite the homecoming shindig, and the opportunity for people who come out to the festivities to win an Epic 7-Pack pass for 2010-2011. Anyone who rides on the…
Snowboarder and Aspenite Gretchen Bleiler will be hosting the 3rd Annual CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational this weekend, April 2-4 in the Snowmass Superpipe. The main event is on Saturday April 3, with a jam format contest bringing some of the top female riders from around the world and special awards…
The second part of a three-part series in the Colorado Independent by David O. Williams about the prospects of Denver landing the 2022 Winter Games ran over the weekend, focusing on how such a move would brighten the prospects of high-speed rail along I-70.As Vancouver shut down the highway to…
It seems like the ski season started just yesterday, but already, some resorts will be having their last days of the season on Sunday, April 4, so get out while you still can. Some of this weekend’s closures include big resorts. Events will be in full swing Easter weekend at…
It’s not quite the Al Johnson Uphill/Downhill Race in terms of color, but it is a fun day with a great chance to see how ski fashions have changed. Go digging in your closet, find those old neon one-piece suits and skinny skis and go up to Eldora this Saturday,…
Given that Subaru is the unofficial car of Colorado (shouldn’t we make official now), it only makes sense that the vehicle so many people use to get to the slopes would partner with a ski area to promote safe skiing. This year, that lucky area is Loveland, which will host…
Aspen wraps up its 10th Annual Spring Jam this weekend with Schneetag on Saturday at Snowmass and the Helly Hansen Battle in the Bowls at Aspen Highlands on Sunday.Schneetag will feature four-person teams performing skits in silly costumes then propelling designated pilots down Spider Sabich in sliding/skimming machines for a…
If you’ve ever dreamed of wearing your drinking water? How about drinking from your clothes? Now you can do both with CamelBak’s wearable ShredBak, the first wearable hydration system.Released late last year, the ShredBak holds 72 ounces of water in a compressed state that keeps it from slogging and churning…
