There are few things in life better than watching giant robotic mechs battle it out to determine the fate of civilization, but taking control of one of those mechs yourself is definitely one of them. Unfortunately, that kind of technology is still a few years off — come on, DARPA,…
Everyone was a pinball wizard at the 2016 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown, which featured industry celebrities and every game, old and new, that could possibly be crammed into the Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows. Photographer Aaron Thackeray captured these images beautiful machines and flipper-wielders at play. Now see the…
Man-crafted goods, from beard oil to hot sauce, were on display June 11 at Ink Lounge’s Mancraftival craft fair, where the beer flowed and folks played carnival games and enjoyed other chromosome-friendly pastimes. All photos by Aaron Thackeray. Now see the full Mancraftival slide show…
When author (and former Westword associate editor) Amy Haimerl and her husband decided not to return to Brooklyn after a stint in Michigan and to take root in Detroit instead, they purchased a historic 1914 home for $35,000. Then the couple went to work on renovations – and found that…
Egeon of Syracuse turns up in Ephesus searching for his lost son, Antipholus, and his son’s servant, Dromio — or, in this production of The Comedy of Errors, directed by Geoffrey Kent for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, his daughter, Antiphola, and her servant, Dromia. Setting foot in Ephesus is death…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery outposts around town. Rosane Volchan O’Conor grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and studied music…
Plain and simple: Dad’s the best. When your “too-good-to-be-true” Denver apartment reaches 98 degrees before June 1 because it lacks central AC and a ceiling fan, your old man is ready with a YouTube video showing you how to make a DIY air conditioner out of a foam cooler for…
We have a lot to learn this week, while we’re having fun without spending dough. Get educated about racial justice, fine art and theater all for free. Check out the Westword calendar for even more bargain events to fill your week. Arc of Justice Film Screening RedLine 6 p.m. Monday,…
In his continuing tour of Denver neighborhoods — and what irritates residents of those areas — Teague Bohlen recently visited Cherry Creek, and reported on what makes people who live there very, very mad. Adds Adam: Cherry Creek Mall is bottom of the barrel. It smells of mildew. I never thought…
The annual Lit Fest is under way at Lighthouse Writers Workshop, founded almost twenty years ago by Andrew Dupree and Michael Henry, the subject of a recent 100 Colorado Creatives. The Lit Fest events will continue daily through June 17, with readings, movie screenings and salons. But Lighthouse is a beacon for the literary…
Dylan Reeve and David Farrier’s Tickled might be the oddest documentary you’ll see this year. It starts off with Farrier, a New Zealand TV reporter specializing in human-interest fare, discovering the world of Competitive Endurance Tickling — in which teams of strapping young men tickle each other for extended periods…
Teenage bodies are bared but fresh insight concealed in writer/director Eva Husson’s first feature, a dopey examination of Instagram-abetted adolescent abandon. Inspired by a news item that Husson came across in 1999 about a group of orgy-loving high schoolers in the U.S., Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story), despite the…
Front Range galleries turn it inside out this week with an outdoor market, a road trip-worthy slate of exhibits and an indoor street-art extravaganza. Here’s where to have fun in the sun and be cool at the school, with a big helping of art on a paper plate. Summer Art…
Let’s get out there and rock and roll this weekend! We’ve rounded up ten of our favorite events, none of which cost more than $10 and all of which promise a hell of a good time.Check out the Westword calendar for even more fun. ROLL | Heroes and Villains:…
At the edge of downtown at 921 21st Street, where the city gets grittier and there’s always parking, you’ll find a unique new boutique: Whiskey/Grade. This shop opened up in late March with a goal of tying alternative Denver subcultures together through fashion. Those subcultures include the front-of-the-house The Shop Barber…
He floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. He was so mean he made medicine sick. He’s the only person to ever beat Superman. The death June 3 of boxer Muhammad Ali from Parkinson’s-related complications left another hole in this death-speckled year. To pay tribute to the man,…
#78: Thomas Evans Thomas Evans, better known as Detour, paints his culture on large canvases, capturing portraits of modern pop stars in swirls of pure color, some of them interactive works that viewers can touch to release sounds. As an entrepreneur marketing his own work, Detour has generally bypassed galleries…
In this delightful late-stage capitalist utopia in which we live, the entertainment industry never fails to squeeze every last possible dime out of any creative endeavor. You can take this as a disheartening prioritization of commerce over art — it is, to be fair — or you can look at…
Black Cube’s artist fellows have pushed the boundaries of the typical pop-up show in the past year by creating giant inflatables, using sites that included both Red Rocks and an entire house, and even questioning Denver’s housing displacement. Now artist fellow Jon P. Geiger has created “ROAM,” a 26-foot-high neon sculpture…
If mid-century pulp and noir gave us the cynical, quippy hardboiled detective, then Peak TV has given birth to its successor: the charbroiled cop, a bitter, corrupt, philandering, violent, addicted, nihilistic or just psychotic contemporary crime fighter. The supposed irony of this figure is that he (almost always a he)…
There’s something satisfying about hearing Tyler Perry, as mad scientist Baxter Stockman, say the words “Eliminate those turtles,” but it’s not quite novel enough to bring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows up to street level and out of the sewers. Early on, giant squid-like brain Krang (Brad…
Back in 2013, James Wan’s The Conjuring represented the high point of a wave of mainstream horror that showed there was still value in old-school scares — that there was life beyond torture porn and slick slasher reboots. It was a ghost story-turned-possession thriller that mined terror out of the…
