The fifth installment of our angry-neighborhoods-of-Denver series takes us to the Baker District. Nestled in the heart of the city and first laid out for residential and business use in the 1870s, Baker’s official boundaries are Sixth Avenue, Lincoln Street, Mississippi Avenue and the South Platte. These days, though, most…
This weekend you can catch the obscure, drug-scare horror film Blue Sunshine — with the director in-person, no less! — at the Alamo Drafthouse, a great theater that happens to be just one of Denver’s many options for repertory, arthouse and independent film. If you don’t want to leave the…
The large spaces at Michael Warren Contemporary are extremely flexible, with lots of moveable walls that allow director Michael McClung to present different exhibits simultaneously. Right now the gallery has two interesting solos, both featuring the work of Colorado artists, with one in the large set of front spaces, and…
Spring is almost here — but spring clothes have already made an appearance in stores across town. Put your best-dressed foot forward in March; here are a dozen events that are ideal spots to see and be seen, presented in chronological order and ending with a closing party for Whorl…
All eyes are on us, Denver. Much of my Facebook newsfeed last week was moan post after groan status about the fact that Denver was just ranked the “Best Place to Live in the U.S.” Plenty of “stop moving here!” sentiments were shared, if only half-jokingly. Many of us who live…
Denver has more than one winning team: The Denver Broncos may be the national champs, but this city’s artists and arts organizations keep scoring with audiences not just in Colorado, but around the world. And while the football season is over, the 2016 arts season is just beginning, so we’ve…
Some things to know before attending Buntport Theater Company’s 10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Products: This production doesn’t make sense — at least not linear sense. The piece is based on the novel Riding SideSaddle, by Miriam Suzanne, who’s also part of a band called Teacup Gorilla…
“Like an acrobat drifting through the topologies of codes, glyphs and signs that make up the fabric of my everyday life, I like to flip things around,” Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky) has written. That’s just the start of what’s he’s done with Rebirth of a Nation, his slash-and-burn remix…
A legitimate stunner in that word’s truest sense, Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s river-trip Embrace of the Serpent mesmerizes and jacks with you, leaving you not quite certain, at its end, how to go about the rest of your day. The film is beautiful and ferocious, calm and torrential, a plunge…
What if Terrence Malick directed an episode of Entourage? Well, we’re about to find out, sort of. In Knight of Cups, the director of Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life turns his roaming camera and ruminating voiceovers toward Los Angeles and the movie business,…
The standup comedy album may be overshadowed by the televised special, but there’s no better medium for preserving and celebrating the fine-tuned craft of telling jokes. Stripped of the visual pomp of a live performance, standup albums play out in the theater of listeners’ minds, putting the emphasis on the strength…
Aaron Loeb’s Ideation is a shot to the gut — not a primitive one, but a sophisticated, fine-tuned thrust, as if a Victorian gentleman had whipped the concealed blade out of his ivory-headed walking cane and pierced you through the middle. Except that this play isn’t elegant, exactly. It’s a…
There are days when you work all day at something and are no further by the end of the day than you were when you started. Sunday was one of those days. Victoria Salvador and I had both had late nights and were feeling a bit raggedy that morning, but…
It was no surprise when the inimitable Shaun White took top honors in the 2016 Burton U.S. Open Half-Pipe Finals over the weekend. Photographer Brandon Marshall caught all the action — and the celebration, after White and his high-flying cohorts looped-the-loop in Vail. Now see the full Burton U.S. Open Half-Pipe Finals…
#93: Mandy Vink Mandy Vink has an eye for public art. Fresh off her work as public art project manager at Denver International Airport and public art coordinator for Denver Arts & Venues, she’s now taken a similar post with the Boulder Office of Arts + Culture. In the private…
The GLBT Community Center of Colorado just announced the results of the online poll it conducted to determine the theme of this summer’s PrideFest event, set for Civic Center Park on June 18 and 19. And the winner is: “Building Community Through Pride,” which took 51 percent of the vote,…
Live music, cosplay and nostalgic pop-culture prom tunes all played a part this past weekend at Andy Rok Guerrero’s Nerd Prom at the Summit Music Hall, where photographer Danielle Lirette caught all the party-goers getting their geek on. Were you there? Find yourself in the full Nerd Prom slide show…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. Maria Barrera wrapped up her debut Colorado exhibition at La Cour Art…
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions about the state of the arts in Denver…
This week at bookstores along the Front Range, you can discover an epic fairytale for adults or a poetic tribute to Hollywood’s most tragic women stars; on other fronts, you can celebrate ladies who write at an International Women’s Day fundraiser or revisit an Academy Award-winning film as an introduction…
Even though we’re losing a Denver staple tonight, there’s plenty of free fun in town. So after you head to Mutiny Information Cafe to say goodbye to a variety show, you can say hello to more arts events. Let us know if we missed a bargain, and check out the…
The Denver Film Society has just announced the dates for the 39th annual Denver Film Festival and is now taking film submissions for consideration, so you can start planning your November — and dreaming about making your work part of the fest. The festival will run from Wednesday, November 2,…
