#61: Megan Gafford Incoming RedLine resident Megan Gafford conducts experiments with artful outcomes, mining science for haunting imagery and space to closely consider things we fear or don’t understand. A recent MFA graduate at the University of Colorado Boulder, Gafford asks big questions and does the groundwork to find the…
It startled the shit out of me. During rush hour last week, when I saw a reasonable gap between moving cars, I came from Jewell Avenue, crossed southbound traffic and turned into the northbound lane of Logan Street. The gentleman in the Ford Explorer behind me decided that I wasn’t allowed to make…
What has the power to register voters (and possibly bring about world peace)? Tacos, of course. Playing off a Donald Trump surrogate’s famous “taco trucks on every corner” quote, in which the co-founder of Latinos for Trump suggested that leaving immigration unsolved would lead to – gasp! – a taco truck on…
For families and Halloween thrill-seekers alike, a hike through the Chatfield Corn Maze heralds the changing of the seasons and fall fun for everyone. By day, kids can partake in hay rides, candy apples and other signals that winter is coming (or pluck a pumpkin from the field during the…
#62: Stephanie Kantor Ceramics are the foundation of incoming RedLine resident artist Stephanie Kantor’s magical carpet ride through a history of the decorative arts, which she references in culture-crossing installations. A Pennsylvania native who landed at the University of Colorado Boulder as an MFA candidate, Kantor is a Black Cube…
Discount advance ticket packages are now on sale for the 39th Denver Film Festival, offering select blocks of tickets for the festival that will run from November 2 through November 13. And the Denver Film Society, which has produced the festival since its start forty years ago, has revamped its…
At the start of God of Carnage, four people are sitting in a beautifully appointed living room. The decor (courtesy of Jonathan Scott-McKean) has orange and turquoise notes but is never garish; there’s a vase of flame-colored tulips on the coffee table, which also holds a stack of expensive art…
You don’t have to wait for the next big library sale to stock your shelves. Tomorrow morning the Denver Public Library will open the Red Chair Bookshop on the west side of the Central Denver Library. The store will sell library souvenirs along with used books, CDs and DVDs — some…
Fairy tales and poetry transform the literary landscape in Denver this week. Here’s where to get a piece of the magic. Marisa Silver, Little Nothing Tattered Cover Aspen Grove 7 p.m. Thursday, September 22 Free If you favor twisted fairy tales and stories of magical transformation, some of them not…
Week four of the Ultimate Queen All-Stars competition at Tracks was a real zoo: The six queens remaining were tasked with bringing animals to life on stage, and that inspired some of the strongest makeup and performances so far. But then came a wild twist… On September 15 at Tracks,…
Let’s get out of the house, connect, learn a thing or two and enjoy. This week we’re talking with international artists in abandoned spaces, architects building new places, and podcasters when you can see their faces. Check out the Westword calendar to pepper the rest of your week with good times. …
Filming started this past Monday on Our Souls at Night, the fourth film in which Robert Redford and Jane Fonda co-star. The others are 1966’s The Chase, 1967’s Barefoot in the Park and 1979’s The Electric Horseman — but one reader thought there was one more. Says Maddy: You forgot…
Over the last 10 days, the Toronto International Film Festival has screened hundreds of movies from all across the world. LA Weekly’s April Wolfe and Michael Nordine trekked to Canada in search of the best of the fest, from the Cannes holdovers and awards hopefuls to the world premieres and…
It was a wild week in film releases. We reviewed John Krasinski’s Sundance favorite (which won’t break the dysfunctional family arc), found the final installment in the Bridget Jones saga, Bridget Jones’s Baby, to be a pleasant surprise, and an got spooked with an eerie Polish possession in Demon. Here are the eight best…
A few weeks ago the Museum of Contemporary Art had to close for a few days to mop up after a pipe break. Now it has to close for a few weeks to finish the repairs. And so MCA will be closed from now until Friday, October 7, when it will…
We’ve come a long way since American Psycho. And also not. When co-writer/director Mary Harron premiered her Bret Easton Ellis adaptation in 2000, the kneejerk assumption for audiences who’d only seen the trailer was that surely a man had made the ultra-bloody black comedy. The film was dismissed before it…
Looking back at this dismal summer of superhero adaptations, I am reminded of something Chris Rock said during the 77th Academy Awards: “There are only four real stars, and the rest are just popular people.” This was February 2005, mind you — a few months before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins…
At first glance, TV (The Book), which came out last week, may look like a survey of what two respected TV critics consider to be the greatest television shows of all time. But, really, it’s a book about friendship. The joint authors of this tome, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller…
Better Things’ creators seem to anticipate that you’ll judge Sam Fox’s parenting – and they make you pay for it. In the first scene, Sam (Pamela Adlon) scrolls through her phone on a mall bench while her youngest daughter, Duke (Olivia Edward), cries and pulls on her arm. It’s one…
To show all that he can do, to show something of what life’s actually like, Donald Glover first has to break your heart. Glover – the star, creator, and often writer of FX’s tense, downwardly mobile hangout comedy Atlanta – is best known, still, as a handsome clown on NBC’s Community, Dan…
It’s Friday, and that means the weekend awaits in all of its colorful glory. And events don’t get more colorful than Colorado Crush 2016. In case you missed our previous coverage, RiNo is hosting a huge street-art event over the next two days with 75 artists, 55 of which are…
This Third Friday brings new exhibits all over metro Denver, at co-ops and commercial galleries alike. Here are five of the most promising: No Go Home Gildar Gallery September 16 through October 15 Opening reception: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, September 16 Adam Gildar’s respected Broadway gallery returns from a…
