Every Secret Thing. Judy GeBauer’s Every Secret Thing deals with the effect of McCarthyism on a group of high-school teachers, and it couldn’t have premiered at a more fitting time. The play is based on GeBauer’s memories of a civics teacher in her high school who was called before HUAC…
The new Frederic C. Hamilton Building may have created a lot of unanticipated problems for the Denver Art Museum, but its opening also kicked up much of the commercial art world a notch or two. I’ve said it several times before, but it’s still worth noting again: There’s never been…
For a while now, Bobbi Walker, owner of Walker Fine Art, has been pairing her main exhibits with selections by artists in her stable. With legendary Denver artist Roland Bernier being the featured attraction (see review), it was delightful to notice that Walker had also chosen to showcase another significant…
Altar Girls. Two very different exhibits roughly collide into one another in the middle of the Museo de las Américas. One part, put together by Museo curator Kristi Martens, is an extravaganza of santos made mostly in Colorado, Mexico and New Mexico, and primarily culled from a recent gift to…
There are few companies in the skateboard industry with as revered a team as Flip, whose current roster is thick with living legends and mind-blowing upstarts from all over the globe. Today’s Zumiez Couch Tour features England’s Geoff Rowley, Finland’s Arto Saari, Brazil’s Bob Burnquist (who recently rode his skateboard…
In June 1947, Don Aymami, a half-Basque, half-Irish Denver native, bought Flanagan’s Club, a joint at 723 East Sixth Avenue, and transformed it into Don’s Club Tavern. He ran the place for more than fifty years before he finally passed away and his family sold the bar two years ago…
I was always so pathetic at sports that going pro didn’t even register as a fantasy. But now, with the rise of pro video-gaming as a phenomenon, I’m thinking it’s time to start a rigorous diet and training regimen and take my shot at being a contender. I’m stocking up…
A pool party with cheap, good beer to benefit charity sounds like a recipe for success — assuming the weather holds out. And Starwood Hotels’ Susan Stiff has to believe it will, because the Buck a Beer Cool Pool Party at the Four Points by Sheraton Denver Southeast has come…
Tonight’s Gay on Santa Fay event, the official PrideFest kick-off party taking place from 5 to 9 p.m. on the 700 block of Santa Fe Drive, is simply part of a natural evolution. “Oh, man, this thing took on a life of its own,” says organizer Rodney Wallace. “The original…
Seventy-plus years since her death, Molly Brown remains one of Denver’s most famous citizens, and Molly Brown: Biography of a Changing Nation, a new documentary by filmmaker Jim Havey that bows today, helps explain why, by “putting her in the context of the time that she lived,” says Molly Brown…
Sure, triathlons are awesome exhibitions of human endurance and strength, but what if you don’t want to swim, then bike, then run, in that specific order? Maybe you’d rather save that cool dip in the water for last, or perhaps you simply hate running and want to leave that part…
I remember taking field trips to Sakura Square in elementary school. I always found it astonishing that a little segment of Japan flourished so beautifully in the center of Denver. The Far East culture there is so thick that it transports you across the globe effortlessly for as long as…
Mastery of a traditional instrument beyond all expectations isn’t a new concept; Béla Fleck’s been shredding up the banjo for years, and Chris Thile reaches for mandolin stratosphere every chance he gets. But the ukulele? Hawaiian whiz kid Jake Shimabukuro — who’s been called “the new Jimi Hendrix” — proves…
Russian investigator Arkady Renko has hunted for many mysterious figures since appearing in the 1982 novel Gorky Park, but none as elusive as the title character in his latest adventure, Stalin’s Ghost. In the beginning, author Martin Cruz Smith plays reports about subway riders spotting the long-dead dictator for black…
Upon completing a work of fiction, readers are typically rewarded with one of two feelings of accomplishment: The “I’m-so-much-more-educated-and-better-off-for-having-read-that-highly-literate-piece-of-prose” kind of accomplishment, or the “I-just-devoured-that-book-faster-than-a-stoner-could-eat-a-bag-of-Peanut Butter Chex Mix” kind. Both elicit a justifiable amount of pride within readers, because, let’s face it, reading books makes us feel good about ourselves…
Today kicks off the 27th annual Fat Tire Bike Week in Crested Butte. From now through June 30, this celebration of all things mountain bike will take over the town. Cycling enthusiasts of all experience levels will find something to love, from guided tours of the local trails to a…
Remember the days when your mom would come home from the store with a big pail of sidewalk chalk and you’d spend the afternoon on the driveway drawing pictures of circle-headed cats and playing hopscotch? Some people never really let go of that bucket of chalk. Find them in Larimer…
Over the course of his homebrewing career, a friend of mine has suffered setbacks such as having to dump eight batches in a row — beer he’d already bottled — because undesired yeast lurking somewhere in his copper cooling system left the suds tasting like Band-Aids. Undaunted, he’s forged ahead,…
In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins told the story of a high-paid consultant who strong-armed world leaders into creating policies favorable to the U.S. government and corporations — “the corporatocracy.” It was a true story, alarming in its sordid detail, and it was all…
Truth be told, San Francisco’s Summer of Love was a lot less about love and a lot more about community giving way to a fair amount of drug-driven chaos. But it also galvanized kids across the nation with its pure, daisy-in-your-rifle sort of magnetism, and a whole generation bloomed and…
At this weekend’s Dog Daze in Belmar, participants can test their skills on a wheelchair obstacle course — which should give them some small idea of what it’s like to lose the mobility we tend to take for granted. And that’s appropriate, since all proceeds from Dog Daze benefit Canine…
Denver’s PrideFest kicks off its weekend celebration of community, heritage and family today at Civic Center Park. Because our PrideFest is widely considered one of the country’s top ten Pride events (more than 210,000 people attended last year), you can expect teeming hordes of revelers. And the entertainment — including…
