Don’t expect a traditional poetry reading at Robert Rutherford’s release party for Dragging Out the Old Cheer, his first poetry collection. The former member of Rabbit is a Sphere and Everything Absent or Distorted is approaching his poetry much the same way he approached his music. “There’s going to be…
A generation of comedy nerds has grown up with Mystery Science Theater and DVD commentaries for their favorite films, so it makes sense that a live version of the same would become wildly popular decades later. And there’s probably no one better than Doug Benson — host of Doug Loves…
The story of how evangelical Americans sparked a venomous wave of fundamentalist religious thought and anti-gay sentiment and legislation in Uganda is one of this country’s sorrier chapters. And it was especially poignant for film director Roger Ross Williams, who is not only gay, but was raised in the black…
You stop at the bar for a drink and two people begin to dance around you, spinning stellar choreography with light feet and a beautiful twist, under the sky-high rafters of a re-purposed foundry that’s an urban experiment in itself. That’s what will happen tonight at Choreography and Cocktails, a…
It’s funny how we can pass a landmark day after day and never really know anything about it. That’s true of the stately Colorado Governor’s Residence, built in 1908 as the Boettcher Mansion and handed over to the state in 1959: Rush-hour traffic blows by the elegant hilltop home in…
When Charles Packard of the Aurora Fox Arts Center first arrived in Denver, he noticed that everyone was from somewhere else. That observation inspired his search for shows about rural towns that offer a glimpse of small-town American culture, shows that could potentially remind an audience of their roots. He…
With Screw Tooth, Adam Stone doesn’t do theater like anyone else. It’s almost as if he were a step ahead of your expectations, off and running to the next thing before anyone gets a chance to catch up. And even when he takes a baby step — as he will…
Denver’s modern public-art program has been growing since 1988, when it was established under Federico Peña’s watch; over the passing years, the swelling collection has come to include more than 350 works by artists of stature both local and national. And their evidence is everywhere, from civic installations in parks,…
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance’s multicultural, multigenerational Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum has been upending The Nutcracker and getting whole families in the audience to dance in their seats for more than twenty years now, and there’s a reason for that. “It’s different from a traditional holiday dance concert because…
“Being Santa in the year 2013 is probably not as much fun as it was way back when every child was happy with a train and a doll and a ball,” muses Winnie Wenglewick of Denver’s Dangerous Theatre. “Now kids need to have things like PlayStations and Nintendos and iPhones…
Although it began twenty years ago as just another NPR Christmas tale, David Sedaris’s The SantaLand Diaries has become a celebrated holiday institution. Chronicling the true story of Sedaris’s time working as an elf at Macy’s, the story carries a tone of extreme cynicism and hilarious tragedy. “I think what…
Womenswear is always on the go because modern women are constantly progressing with their busy lifestyles. One fashionable business lady we recently spotted is lobbyist Becky Brooks, who was prepping for an important meeting. Read here to learn about her style icon, where she shops, and what her style mantra…
The current 100 Colorado Creatives series launched a year ago in anticipation of this year’s Artopia and the announcement of Westword’s 2014 class of MasterMinds. As we move into the lower half of the 100, here’s a smidgen of our slide show celebrating the first fifty interviewees. See also: Meet…
Heather Dalton has been part of the Denver music scene for decades, as a musician and TV show host and producer. Her latest project, Sounds on 29th, is a live performance and comedy show gearing up for its third season on local TV stationCPT12 this spring. A collaboration with director…
Colorado mom and author Patti Wheeler began traveling with her sons before they could walk, and what unfolded is a family tradition — a legacy, really — with far-reaching implications on the environment, and possibly even humanity. See also: Denver author KG Karmichael celebrates uniqueness with her book on Breck,…
It’s getting down to the nitty-gritty, shopping-wise, if you’re still scrambling to find the right gift for every person in your life. But as the holiday draws near, you can still feel assured that you’ll find just that, and it’ll all be handmade and locally sourced, to boot: Read on…
There are still fourteen shopping days left until Christmas. Some of our favorite designers and stores have stepped up to make gift-buying easier, while others are opening their hearts and using fashion to raise funds for those in need. Take a look at what’s still on the fashion calendar: See…
Work parties, especially around the holidays, can be awesome, or they can be full of awkward, even horrible, interactions. I recently attended a Westword fiesta that had a little bit of both. Mostly, it was great: free food and booze and plenty of chances to rub elbows with some of…
The anonymously subsidized YES MA’AM PROJECT announced its first recipient today: Up-and-coming local multimedia installationist and visual documentarian Adam Milner, whose experiments in subjective experience and social media exemplify what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. See also: 100 Colorado Creatives: Adam Milner…
The Denver Art Museum learned an important lesson when it brought 2012’s Yves Saint Laurent blockbuster to town: The art of fashion is compelling, and not just to art aficionados, but to a wide cross-section of bling-lovers everywhere. Banking on a similar reaction, the DAM announced today that it will…
Few people can claim to know Lance Armstrong in the same way as Jonathan Vaughters, a cyclist and native Coloradan who became Armstrong’s friend, teammate — and eventually, his enemy. Now, the CEO of Slipstream Sports is featured in a documentary called The Armstrong Lie, which is scheduled to open…
#28: Derrick Velasquez Denver artist Derrick Velasquez seems to be everywhere in the arts world, and not just as an observer. Behind the scenes, he’s helping wheels turn — as a co-founder and manager of TANK Studios, as well as a booster of fellow artists who looks for ways to…
