“This class is about breaking rules,” says Ahmad Sawalmeh, the fresh-from-teacher-training yogi who’s leading tonight’s vinyasa flow class. “If you feel like doing a headstand while the rest of us are in down dog, go for it.” The class’s theme is fitting, because Tonia Crosby has been breaking all the…
No matter how many dreary events it’s played at, “Jerusalem” — a hymn with lyrics from a poem by William Blake set to music by Sir Hubert Parry — never loses the power to move and astonish, unlike so many jingoistic anthemic songs. “Jerusalem” speaks of a mythic time when…
Tomorrow, May 6, would have been film auteur Orson Welles’s one hundredth birthday, and we can only imagine that the notoriously egotistical, but nonetheless genius, filmmaker probably wouldn’t have had many good things to say about the last thirty years of cinema that have rolled on without him. In honor…
Diane Keaton thinks her new film is delightfully ironic. Richard Loncraine’s 5 Flights Up is the latest in that burgeoning genre, Retiree Real Estate Romantic Comedy, where cool, gray-haired New Yorkers realize they can barely afford to live in the city where they fell in love. Keaton plays a teacher…
Avengers: Age of Ultron director and screenwriter Joss Whedon wants to give us everything in his movie, and that he fits it all in is its own kind of feat, writes LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson in her review of the film, which opens May 1. Joining her on…
When I walked into the Wagon Wheel Skate Center in Brighton last weekend for a music-video shoot, I expected to be hit with an intense wave of nostalgia. Growing up half-time in Brighton, I spent many a Friday night at the skating rink, eating microwaved pretzels and wishing I wasn’t…
Though the actual commemoration falls on today’s date, Denverites of all ages and cultures came together at Civic Center Park over the weekend to celebrate the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín at NEWSED’s 28th annual Cinco de…
I have to confess: I’ve not yet been on the roof of my own tiny house. It feels like a travesty. An even bigger confession: I’m a little terrified of heights. I’ve gotten over this fear to some degree over the years – anyone who hangs work in a gallery will…
#26: Bobby LeFebre In Denver, our poets are activists, bound to speaking truths, uplifting communities and, along the way, putting this town on the cultural map. Bobby LeFebre — a well-decorated performance poet with SlamNuba, actor, TEDx speaker, social worker and founder of Denver’s Latino spoken-word organization Cafe Cultura —…
Two powerhouses of modern comedy — one intentional, one less so — come together for one glorious night tomorrow at RiffTrax Live: The Room. The original RiffTrax for the film is one of the crew’s most popular ever, but for this live event they’ve gone back to the well for…
Though it’s hard to believe in 2015, there was a time when fictional heroines didn’t have to be role models, when a character’s backbone could be more than just a row of vertebrae lined up into teachable moments. It’s wonderful that modern readers love Jane Austen — we still warm…
Between promising upstarts from the local scene and internationally famous headliners dropping in at our clubs and theaters, Denver’s comedy scene will blossom in May — before closing out the month with a new comedy festival. More so than in other months, the list was difficult to narrow down to…
Spring is officially here: Elitch Gardens opened its gates to the public for the 2015 season on Saturday, and impatient thrill-seekers thronged into the park ready to win prozes, fly through the air and ride upside-down on the most modern rides in town. Here’s a taste of the excitement from…
When poet Jake Adam York died suddenly of a stroke in December 2012 at the age of forty, he left behind an unpublished book of poetry, Abide, and a literary journal, Copper Nickel, which he’d founded a decade earlier at the University of Colorado Denver. This year Abide was nominated for…
Spring is finally here for good — which means it’s time to update your wardrobe. If you don’t have much cash, head for Cherry Creek North — yes, chic Cherry Creek North — where four consignment shops are located within a few blocks of each other. As a result, this…
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. Aside from an art class at Front Range Community College in 1998,…
May is turning out to be a month of opportunity. This week you can meet an accomplished poet, celebrate a store’s birthday and catch some sophisticated jazz — all for free. For more events, check out the Westword calendar — and if we missed a bargain, let us know in the…
Colorado owes a large part of it’s heritage in the arts, culture, and landscape of our city to Hispanic tradition. Influenced in what we eat, drink, and the paintings and artistic endeavors we celebrate, Cinco de Mayo is the epitome of all that we hold dear. Here are the 5…
Spring weather and fresh ideas mark First Friday explorations on May 1, with art opportunities both rare and thought-provoking. Here are a few lucky trails to follow as you meander through Denver’s art districts tonight. Bill Stockman: Someone Called Me By My Name Gildar Gallery, 82 South Broadway May 1…
May is here, and that means Star Wars (as in “may the fourth be with you,” because nerds love puns). Don’t worry if George Lucas’s vision left you cold, though — there are plenty of great geek events happening this month that have nothing to do with that particular galaxy…
Chris Callaway was an obsessive lover of music at a young age. While still in high school and through college, he wrote for Christian heavy- metal magazines before graduating to highe- profile publications like Boulder Weekly and Westword. His first book, Reel to Real by Reel, is a selection of…
There’s no better way to start a new month than with a weekend, and this weekend is chock full of partying, so wear some comfortable shoes and a big hat. We’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo, dancing away pounds and checking out a battalion of food trucks. Find more to do…
