TV continued to unmoor from its origins and transform into something else this year. No longer tethered to a specific appliance, a particular kind of storytelling, or even commercial concerns, “television” now feels like an increasingly obsolete word. But that’s a discussion for another time, for we’ve come to celebrate…
This being Colorado and all, there’s no telling what the weather might be like on the day of the 32nd annual Boulder Polar Plunge, when tradition calls for jumping into the Boulder Reservoir for a brisk bath to celebrate the New Year while helping others. “Our volunteers don’t mind when…
In the weeks since Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Interstellar came out, geeks have been debating the need for scientific accuracy in sci-fi movies. In Disney’s 1979 clunker The Black Hole — which might be better titled The Sinkhole —scientific plausibility is galactically unimportant. “It’s bad. It’s ridiculously bad,” says Ernie Quiroz,…
Strange but true: Somehow, in our little town, there were two separate collectives — Misassembly and Laser Party — making film-poster art in Denver. “We are essentially two factions of artists and friends who didn’t know we were all doing the same thing,” explains Misassembly’s Daniel Crosier. But now that…
Deep down inside, we all know that Downton Abbey — the addictive British saga set at the fictional Crawley estate in Yorkshire — is just a highbrow soap opera. But that doesn’t mean we should love it any less. In fact, we can — and should — celebrate its romantic…
Chances are that when you think of Los Angeles, your mind pulls out a clip from a random movie you’ve seen over the years, depicting the city as a hot, dirty, sprawling mess of packed highways, teeming with crime and shifty characters. CalArts professor, filmmaker and L.A. resident Thom Anderson…
A bride’s big day can be overwhelming, but today’s Colorado Bridal Show aims to alleviate some of that stress by offering the best of the best in wedding vendors all in one room. Discover unique ceremony locations, sample cakes and even sit down at potential reception tables at this curated…
By day, the Ice Bar at Uley’s Cabin at Crested Butte is best known as a high-end, on-mountain, reservations-recommended dining experience for the pampered powder chaser. But Wednesday through Saturday nights, it hosts five-course gourmet meals for diners who travel by sleigh for the experience. Tonight’s Full Moon Party, however,…
The first thing audiences are likely to notice about on-the-rise standup comic Carly Aquilino is her bright-red hair, which is dyed a shade that does not exist in the natural world. Fortunately, Aquilino transcends her stage hair with witty and relatable material that delves into the muck of personal relationships…
For many years, several of Denver’s best-known co-op galleries have kicked off the new year with big member shows — diverse samplers of the kinds of work that gallery-goers will see at smaller one- or two-person shows scheduled throughout the year. But at Core New Art Space, the January teaser…
“The big trend to me is the pull-away from romantic art to what’s really happening in Western art,” explains Rose Fredrick, who’s curated the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale for nineteen years. “I think a lot of artists in this region want to speak about land usage, the things…
The kids have been on school break, and if you’ve got cabin fever after being cooped up with them, a trip to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science might just be the cure. Ticket prices can add up when you’re taking the whole family, which is why the SCFD…
After this weekend, we’ll finally be out of holiday season, gang. It has been a wild time, and even with the temps dropping, we’re still out there enjoying all the wonderful events this city has to offer. Before you head back to your normal life on Monday, listen and dance…
This week’s cover story details the fantastic rise of Craftsy, Denver’s hottest (and most unexpected) start-up, which is making millions delivering online quilting and knitting courses to hobbyists all over the planet. Craftsy is also digitizing the burgeoning maker movement — turning quilting teachers into online celebrities, cake-decorating aficionados into…
Get ready, 2015, here we come: Start your new year of First Fridays with a look back at the career of a local cultural hero, a look forward at work by student artists, and an artistic view of the human brain. And more! See also: Gallery Sketches: Four Shows to…
Forbidden Broadway Garner Galleria Theatre The Broadway musical is a big, bloated, conventional, endlessly copycatting phenomenon that cries out to be skewered, and Forbidden Broadway has been skewering it for more than three decades, ever since underemployed actor Gerard Alessandrini turned his hand to writing satire and staged the first…
Last week, I devoted my column to looking back at the excellent year of geek fun we’ve just finished. So this week, it’s time to look ahead (that’s just science, after all). Last year, I made a bunch of geek resolutions, but it would be silly to do that again…
The hard work of fifteen students at University of Colorado Denver is paying off: Their animated film, I Need my Monster, has been voted into the championship round in the Student Filmmakers Award Audience Choice competition. The students have spent the last eighteen months at the school’s Digital Animation Center…
When I first revealed my plan to build a tiny house and take off across the country, at an artist’s talk at Mai Wyn Fine Art for my show Nest/Shedin March, I was terrified. I hadn’t planned to talk about the project in public, but it was a spontaneous response…
Earlier this year, I penned a love letter to Denver, the city I used to know. It wasn’t meant to be more than a lamenting for a physical place that no longer exists — a remembrance of the city that I have been watching change since 1980. Denver, like many…
As they bring in the new year, Denver theaters will spend much of January highlighting masterpieces and cult classics alike. Some of these films critique the movie industry while others are only worth watching because of how delightfully terrible they are. Several documentaries will ignite discussions about the function of…
The new year is upon us, and it’s time to start making — and breaking — resolutions. If you’ve resolved to get out and do more fun geeky activities in 2015, then you’re in luck — January will help you start the year off right. From gaming tournaments to classic…
