July is known for balmy days when the sun lingers in the sky like a drunken barbecue guest. Luckily, comedy fans can retreat to air-conditioned comfort in our city’s fine clubs, bars and theaters while merrily chortling at the rogue’s gallery of stand-ups visiting Denver. The whole month is packed…
Author, attorney, former U.S. senator and two-time presidential candidate Gary Hart will be at the Tattered Cover on July 6 to discuss his latest book, The Republic of Conscience. Hart, who represented Colorado in the Senate from 1975 to 1987 and ran for President in 1984 and 1988, is the…
Perhaps a side effect of Denver’s recent development boom and expansion is that this city may have just become an easy mark for reality television — at least judging from the sudden rash of audition opportunities headed our way. Big Brother, The Bachelor, Jeopardy and Wheel Of Fortune all came…
This is the second time in two years I’ve watched actor Geoffrey Kent walk away with a production in which he’s not actually the lead. Last year his Hotspur stole every scene of Henry IV, Part One that he entered. Now Kent is playing Iago in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s…
Forever young, reliving childhood memories, acting like a big child— all becoming a lucrative industry. Who doesn’t feel the desire from time to time to regress, to be flying down that slip n’ slide that you rode back in the day? A couple thousand Denverites made their nostalgic dreams a…
This past weekend, my sister was visiting from Seattle. With a new boyfriend in tow, she wanted to show him all of the must-see Colorado sites possible during the quick, three-day trip they had planned. Of course, this miniature See Denver! excursion included visits to Lakeside and Casa Bonita. When…
Though the action had to move over to Cherry Creek due to unsafe conditions on the nearby Platte, the South Platte RiverFest went down without a hitch as summer-ready revelers tried paddle-boarding and other outdoorsy activities under cloudless skies. Here’s how RiverFest looked to photographer Miles Chrisinger. Now see the…
It’s hard to sustain passion over a long-term project. Setbacks – like the broken windows – feel monumental. Timelines and schedules are thrown out those broken windows as lack of experience and weather affect intentions and plans. Even the commitment of writing this blog each week gets tangled in my…
July is here, a time for blowing things up in celebration of America’s birthday! Woo, freedom! We can also celebrate our freedom to watch horror movies, play games and generally be total geeks — and the coming month offers plenty of opportunity to do all of that, too. Here are…
Jean-Marie Zeitouni does not stand on ceremony. He is not fond of being addressed as “maestro”; you may call him JMZ if you like. He’s not stuck up. He digs Spiderman. Only nine months after his selection as the new music director of the Colorado Music Festival, foodie Zeitouni already…
A combination of multicultural performances, live street art, music and recycled goods helped demonstrate the unique urban flavor of downtown Aurora over the weekend at the Re-UP! Aurora Arts Festival. Photos by Scott Lentz. Now see the full Aurora Arts Festival slide show…
Five films into the franchise, Terminator: Genisys feels like a VHS cassette that’s been rewound and recorded over for 21 years. Director Alan Taylor (of the unmemorable Thor: The Dark World) gives us images — a thumbs-up, an abandoned factory, a liquid-metal cop smashing through the windshield of a car…
Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 Magic Mike was a tease. The ads tempted audiences with sweaty chests and thrusting crotches, but after Soderbergh lured us into his all-male strip club, he turned on the lights to show us the squalor. His hunks were drugged and morally decayed. The women — the sober…
The usual Saturday mall-crawlers got a taste of something different on Saturday when vendor booths lined the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver to sell artisan wares and ethnic handcrafts at the 16th Street Fair. Photographer Christopher Morgan brought back these images from the urban market. Now see the full…
This week a multi-talented author and artist relives American history first-hand in her memoir of life as a girl in a Japanese-American internment camp, while another goes Little House on the Prairie in a modern urban setting during a year of processing her own foods the old-fashioned way. And still…
Are you proud to be an American? Then grab your sunscreen, explosives, beer, bible, red meat and red, white, and blue bikini and meet us at any of these awesome places to celebrate this weekend. With everything from mountain festivals to urban parades to the biggest firework shows in Colorado, you’re guaranteed…
“Love is my religion,” says Sri Prem Baba. For decades Boulder has been a mecca for enlightened activities and spiritual awakenings, so it’s no wonder that the renowned Brazilian spiritual master will be back in Boulder for Yes to Love, a donation-based, weeklong festival hosted by nonprofit Path of the Heart. Prem…
Where’s the best place to go in Colorado in the summer? That depends on what you’re looking for. Fifty years ago, when the winter recreation industry was in its infancy, this state’s mountain towns were a scruffy assemblage of cranks and A-frame cabins. Now ski havens such as Telluride, Aspen and…
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. Painter Mike Rogers has his talented hands in several things, and one…
Say so long to June at a free event that will send you into July with plenty of positive vibes — or just go for some easy laughs. Either way, you’ve got options this week, and you’ll find even more on the online Westword calendar. And if we missed any bargains,…
Hal Gould, who was a force of nature when it came to photography, died June 25 at the age of 95. A photographer and photo dealer, Gould was also an advocate for photography’s place in the fine arts — a campaign he led long before the idea became fashionable or…
Podcasts are in tune with the democratized spirit of Internet media; anyone with a microphone and a computer can offer their listeners unlimited hours of recordings, usually for free. Limited only by their imaginations, podcasters have a freedom of expression unrestricted by commerce, censorship or geography. Several great podcasts have…
