Making an effective horror film that is both original and scary is a difficult puzzle to assemble in Hollywood, so when a filmmaker gets it right, it’s fun to break it down and see how all of the pieces fit together. One filmmaker doing it right is Denver native Scott…
Do you make an annual resolution to forgo tacky New Year’s Eve parties — and then forget to keep it? You’re not alone, as proved by the crowds drunkenly tipping champagne glasses and kissing strangers under confetti each year. But there is hope. Howl New Year’s Eve, a soirée and…
Back in 1939, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Project Administration workers installed the first rope tow at Monarch Mountain, skiers were pulled up under the power of a Chevy engine. Once they got to the top, they came down much the same way skiers and snowboarders still do today:…
Opened in 1928, the Aztlan Theatre is the perfect location for a gangster-era murder mystery. Start off the new year with a bang — literally — and spend the night solving the double murder mystery of who killed Bob Webb and Theresa Cocas. Suspects include Al Capone, Timmy the Tooth…
Two of Denver’s top-notch dance nights, Lipgloss and Mile High Soul Club, have teamed up to ring in 2015 with Soul Gloss New Year’s Eve, a party for audiophiles and vinyl purists. The Meadowlark’s intimate main room will transform into a sweaty dance floor as Lipgloss DJs Michael Trundle, aka…
There’s a holiday for everyone, and in parts of the African-American community, today marks Umoja. It’s the first of seven days of Kwanzaa, which kicks off with a nod to unity and, in Denver’s Five Points community, with the lighting of the first candle on the Grand Kinara — a…
Most miniature golf courses go to sleep in the winter months, but what do they dream about? At the Hyland Hills-run Adventure Golf and Raceway in Westminster, those dreams are live and lit up in technicolor hues for Adventure Golf Lights, a new holiday lighting attraction with 35,000 strands of…
As a die-hard fan of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, Ignite Theatre director Keith Rabin had no problem picturing it on stage at Ignite’s home in the Aurora Fox Arts Center as the company’s 2014 season topper. Getting it just right was another story. “I was nervous about finding the right…
Since Christmas falls on a Thursday, many of us get a four-day weekend. To get through this long, intense weekend we’re going to laugh at people, explore magic and dance to some heavy psychedelics. Click your way over to the Westword calendar for even more bargain events and let us…
New Year’s Eve is the night for premium parties, costume balls and epic, end-of-the-year blowouts. On December 31, Denver will be filled with everything from sweaty dance floors packed with crowds getting down to the best DJs to dress-to-impress galas. We’ve rounded up ten of the best New Year’s Eve…
In just over a week, 2014 will come to a close. That means it’s time for that most joyous of traditions — the year-end list! Everywhere you turn, lists of the best, the worst, the most and the least are springing up, informing you about all the cool shit that…
Editor’s note: It’s time to put 2014 into the history books and look forward to 2015 — but not before one last bash to kick off the transition in style, something you can plan with our New Year’s Eve Guide listings. Do you have even bigger plans for the coming…
Miss Saigon Vintage Theatre 303-856-7830 Miss Saigonis one of those ponderous English musicals that lumbered onto West End and Broadway stages during the 1980s and early ’90s. Like Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, it’s reliant on a throbbing score, big displays of emotion and stunning special effects –…
If you’ve spent any time on Brighton Boulevard in the last few years, then you know there’s art happening there. A lot, actually. Since it opened almost a decade ago, Rhinoceropolis and its neighboring venue, Glob, have put hundreds of bands, performances, festivals and films before all-ages crowds in Denver…
All I want for Christmas is…what, exactly? The tiny house done, that’s the big thing. Which, given my need to earn a living and function in the world, is happening much more slowly — and expensively — than my initial unrealistic expectations had predicted. Isn’t that always the way? When…
As 2014 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what knocked our socks off this year in the Colorado arts world. Got some favorites of your own? Tell us about it in the comments below. See also: Fifteen arts flashbacks from 2013…
Editor’s note: It’s time to put 2014 into the history books and look forward to 2015 — but not before one last bash to kick off the transition in style, something you can plan with our New Year’s Eve Guide listings. Do you have even bigger plans for the coming…
In 2014 the women of Denver pulled out all the stops with their street style. We spotted these fashionistas on campus, at shows and events, on their way to work, even waiting for Lady Gaga. Feast your eyes on the ten best womenswear looks of the past twelve months. See…
It’s judgment day. Have you been naughty or have you been nice? It all comes down that. But while you won’t find out if you get the new iPad or a lump of coal for a few days, it won’t hurt to pay homage to the ultimate holiday hero. Bake…
Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson run down their ten favorite/best/top/whatever movies of 2014, along with Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl. Send barbs, jabs, claims or jokes to filmpod@villagevoice.com and follow us on the Twitter at @voicefilmclub. [Subscribe to the Voice Film Club…
Editor’s note: It’s time to put 2014 into the history books and look forward to 2015 — but not before one last bash to kick off the transition in style, something you can plan with our New Year’s Eve Guide listings. Do you have even bigger plans for the coming…
For some, it can be scary to finally decide to get a tattoo. Where do you even start? When it comes to researching a shop, its name is probably the first thing you’ll come by–whether you hear it from a friend or you find it on social media. So tattoo…
