Rancho Mirage. The dialogue in Rancho Mirageis swift and clever and the characters are vivid, if not particularly deep or likable. But while the trials and tribulations of the three couples involved are standard-issue — infidelity, money problems — they’re presented in ways that are completely, off-the-map absurd. We start…
For all its nasty twists, the biggest shock in Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy (opening November 27) hits in the movie’s first minutes — during the credits. “A Spike Lee Film,” a title card reads, a first for any of Lee’s features. Jungle Fever, He Got Game, Inside…
It’s been eight long years since the Xbox 360 launched, but the next generation of gaming has finally arrived. The PlayStation 4 debuted last week, and tonight, Microsoft lets loose its volley in the console wars at the Xbox One Midnight Release Party. Hundreds of gaming fanatics will gather to…
A Denver theater production that emulates a national TV talk show and is hosted by a Scottish comedian? We’re in. Winnie Wenglewick, the longtime writer, producer and director at Denver’s Dangerous Theatre, is launching the talk show I Want to Be Craig Ferguson, deriving the format and title from the…
The irrepressible Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett), a grand dame of Denver’s burlesque scene, is revving up with a new show that conflates vintage and modern in a fun, fabulous way. “I was trying to stay within the classic framework of everything I’ve built and created in the burlesque…
’Tis the season for holiday shopping, and fans of local art will be thrilled to hear that Marie E.v.B. Gibbons is hosting a Mad Hatter Tea Party Trunk Show, featuring selections of her own work and that of her daughter, Haley Mariah Gibbons, at her studio. “It’s basically a little…
While an architect’s work is always on display in the buildings that he or she designs, it’s more rare to find it in a gallery. The American Institute of Architects Colorado College of Fellows is changing that, bringing together paintings, drawings and sculptures from more than twenty AIA Colorado architects…
There’s an explanation for the growing number of dudes sprouting scruffy ’staches this month: Movember. The national charity raises money and awareness about men’s health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health through the faces of people across the country. Today’s Mustache Dache offers a place for…
The spuds will be sizzling when Temple Micah hosts its sixth annual Top Latke Taste-Off today, with aspiring chefs of all ages competing for such titles as Best in Show, Most Innovative and Best Traditional. “This is really an eclectic event,” says organizer Elaine Lee. “Six years ago, the event…
In 2010, Adam Lerner risked his career and his credibility to show a collection of 181 unverified, unauthenticated Russian avant-garde works at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, where he had just become curator. Tonight, Lerner and the institution celebrate the release of From Russia With Doubt, a book detailing…
Though Peter Samelson studied physics at Stanford University, he quickly realized that his real passion lay in theater and magic. Since then, he has traveled the world and worked on movies and television creating illusions and putting on magic shows. “The thing that sets me apart from other magicians is…
The answer to Paul McCartney’s famous question — “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” — should be resoundingly obvious as the crowd inside the Paramount Theatre erupts during the opening credits of Ticket to Ride. The latest installment from the Warren Miller Entertainment…
When Fancy Tiger announced earlier this year that it wouldn’t be hosting its annual holiday craft market, which had grown exponentially — almost unmanageably — during its five fabulous years, it left a lot of handmade-gift fans foundering, in search of somewhere else to shop. Happily, many other established markets…
The first thing you notice about Broken Shovels Farm is its human touch: The tiny Adams County goat farm is family-run, and the goats and chickens and dogs wandering through its pens are clearly more than livestock — they’re part of the family, too. A champion of everything natural, hands-on…
Time and space will converge today as theaters across the country celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. The BBC series has been a household name in the U.K. since it premiered in 1963 and the U.S., after it began airing here in the ’70s. When it was relaunched in…
Delicious soup. Denver landmarks. Dancing girls. That might seem like a strange, even random, collection of things, but local burlesque performer Frenchie Renard plans to bring them all together in a one-of-a-kind cookbook — if she can raise the money to get it published. “I consider myself a professional home…
Artist and local arts champion Tracy Weil loves Halloween and painting and the circle of life, and in his new show, Los Esqueletos (The Skeletons), he ties all three together with a theme that straddles the spooky season with a nod to the Day of the Dead. Initially inspired by…
College students often experiment with fashion because they are constantly being exposed to new ideas. This immersion translates to their physical appearance, as they transform their look to stay current with trends. This week we spotted Metropolitan State University of Denver student Brittany Gonzalez channeling 1990s style with punk and…
Construction has been ongoing for the past couple of weeks, but today was the official groundbreaking for a hip new hotel on Broadway, between 12th and 13th avenues, that is being designed to fit in with the city’s museum and cultural district in the Golden Triangle.the Art, a hotel, which…
The third annual Denver Comic Con and Literacy Conference is still months away, but it’s not too early to start planning. Tickets for the event go on sale on December 2 — Cyber Monday, of course — and the DCC has already announced its first guests, including celebrities from such…
Images courtesy Lionsgate.Ritchman and Schlund in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, opening this Friday, Alan Ritchson and Stephanie Leigh Schlund play two of the story’s fiercest bad guys. But tucked away in a hotel room on the 17th floor of the Mandarin Oriental in Miami’s…
The Xbox One hits stores this week: Playstation fans got their new hardware last week; you can go to the Xbox One launch party Thursday night at the Park Meadows Microsoft store. And that means the trusty Xbox 360 is in its twilight — although it ain’t over quite yet…
