The R.O.U.S. (Rodents of Unusual Size) in The Princess Bride are little people in ridiculous rubber costumes. Andre the Giant really could drink a small pond’s worth of alcohol without falling down or even stumbling. And author William Goldman, who wrote the book on which the movie is based, nearly…
Madelife’s annual holiday party is strictly BYOS: Bring your own sock. Tonight, the Boulder DIY venue is hosting its third Festivus Puppet Party, where guests can partake in puppet performances and dance-offs — after creating their own Festivus puppets, of course. If you provide the sock, madelife will take care…
East High students made news as the first of several Denver high-school groups to walk out in protest of police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri. Their actions not only stirred up discussion around town, but inspired a conversation at East, where students Mary Dowling and her friend, Ashia Ajani, began to…
For this year’s Night Fair Before Christmas, fun expert Kalina Ross decided she would go so big that she would need two parties: a shindig for the little ones and another celebration for the grownups. During the day, this part market, part party will be a wonderland for kids, with…
Many cultures that originated in the Northern Hemisphere have solstice celebrations to mark the changing of the seasons. While winter is beginning in earnest, the days will only get longer for the next six months. There are many ways to celebrate the solstice, but only the souls at the Mercury…
In a perfect world, everyone would have both the time and the ability to create thoughtful, handmade gifts for family and friends. Of course, ours is a far from perfect world — which is where Share Denver’s Fairfax Holiday Market comes in. The second annual holiday market will feature the…
“We are excited to bring a second weekend of free live music to our guests this year and cap off the Vail Snow Daze event with performances from 10,000 Maniacs and Rusted Root,” says Vail spokeswoman Sara Lococco. “So if you missed out on the first weekend, there is still…
Vail’s Paper Lantern Project debuted last winter thanks to the town’s Art in Public Places program. The concept brought local elementary-school children and their families together with an artist to create beautiful paper lanterns with reed frameworks, which the kids then carried aloft, lit by LED lights, at Vail’s annual…
Josh Blue has an uncanny ability to be instantly likable from the moment he grabs the mike, and to remain likable for the duration of his set, even though he doesn’t shy away from challenging subjects as he tosses off hilarious riffs. A pillar of the Denver comedy scene for…
Poet and artist Ed Ward came to Denver nearly forty years ago, with designs of living a Beat life inspired by the earlier escapades of Kerouac and friends. Actually, it was his girlfriend’s wish to pull up eastern roots in order to start a new life in the West —…
Christmas Eve comes but once a year, and so does Heebonism, simultaneously — because why would any self-respecting young Jewish person want to sit at home watching midnight Mass on television when he or she could be out having fun? This annual night on the town for Jewish professionals, now…
“This is the 36th year of our holiday torchlight parade tradition, and I think, obviously, that the longevity is a tribute to the fact that it really is pretty spectacular,” boasts Winter Park spokesman Steve Hurlbert. “You’re sitting by a bonfire at the base singing Christmas carols, when all of…
“To have seen a specter isn’t everything, and there are deathmasks piled, one atop the other, clear to heaven. Commoner still are the wan visages of those returning from the shadow of the valley. This means little to those who have not lifted the veil.” So begins the “Joan Anderson…
Even if you were just at the Denver Botanic Gardens to catch the final days of the Chihuly exhibit, there’s no reason to skip your trip to the Blossoms of Light display, because it really does get better each year as the DBG adds more and more lights and features…
“Aspen is a wonderful, crazy circus at the holidays,” says Laura Thielen, co-director of Aspen Film, which will kick off its 23rd annual Academy Screenings Festival today at the Wheeler Opera House, 320 East Hyman Street. “It’s a great time to come up and see the heart and soul of…
Mountain people love their pups, and the denizens of Breckenridge are no exception. For that reason, the town’s Breckenridge Backstage Theatre is celebrating the holiday season with the regional premiere of Dog Park: The Musical, a family-friendly walk in the park that has nothing to do with Christmas and everything…
Brilliant Denver Art Museum 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway The Denver Art Museum has come up with the perfect winter show: Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century, which is crammed to the rafters with “ice” in the form of more diamonds than I could possibly count. Up front, I’m going…
“People sometimes write books and don’t know what to do with them,” says Arturo Garcia, editor at Ícaro Editores, a small press. “It’s a dream to see their work published. A lot of folks who get published, they want to fly with it. I tell them, be careful. Wings may…
Christmas can be a tough holiday for hipsters to navigate. There’s all that festive frivolity — and crass commercialism! Still, it’s possible to celebrate seasonal traditions at the same time you recognize all the ironies. Here are nine ways to have a happy hipster Christmas… See also: Hipster Bash at…
The Familiars Edge Theatre Company Serious about working with local playwrights, the Edge Theatre Company commissioned a holiday show from Ellen K. Graham, whose enigmatic, razor-sharp How We May Know Him won a Best of Denver award some years back, and who has since earned national recognition. The result is…
The world of film has its auteurs and icons, and loyal viewers will line up to see a movie based on a director’s name alone. But the name of Mike Nichols guaranteed a film experience above almost all others, with a script that was top-notch and impeccable acting. Nichols had…
Songs for a New World Miners Alley Playhouse Musical theater takes many forms, and a small, heartfelt evening can be every bit as satisfying as a glittery Broadway effusion. Composer Jason Robert Brown’s intriguing The Last Five Years, produced in Denver in 2005 by Modern Muse and at the Garner…
