Mike Birbiglia is one dour clown. As the biggest star to come out of This American Life since David Sedaris, Birbiglia understands how to take the bitter flavors of life and sweeten them with humor. “There’s no subject that’s too sad and I won’t try to make funny,” says the…
The nose knows. You walk into a room, and instantly a smell connects you to a memory. And when that smell is connected to food, it’s often a family memory. “Smell is such a powerful sense, and it lives in the base of your neck, where all your memories are…
Ordained Lutheran minister Nadia Bolz-Weber took a rare path when she created the House for All Sinners and Saints, an ELCA mission church that truly opens its door to anyone, regardless of gender, race, beliefs, philosophy or choices in body art. “I wanted to start a church that I would…
Farmers’ markets come in all sizes, shapes and vibes, but the atmosphere of the new Broadway Farmers’ Market is definitively urban, with a nice measure of hipster thrown in. Right off the bat, it turns the tables on the usual early-morning affairs we’re used to by hosting its vendors in…
The Weinstein Company’s 108-minute cut of The Grandmaster may not be the epic Wong Kar-Wai originally intended, but it’s fleet and silvery in its own right. In the late 1930s, an aging martial-arts master from Northern China, Gong Yutian (Wang Qingxiang), treks to the South to find its best fighter…
When you walk into Buntport Theater for Some Kind of Fun — the first show in the first season of Adam Stone’s Screw Tooth multimedia theater ensemble — you will see the bare warehouse as you’ve never seen it before, free of curtains and all pretense of being a normal…
Before Equinox Theatre Company could bring Evil Dead: The Musical to Denver, there were a few technical problems to be solved. “The technical challenge of the show was a little bit daunting,” explains director Deb Flomberg. “You need a singing giant moose head. You need trees that rape people. You…
Donald Fodness might be the last great original: His whole seemingly chaotic shtick as an artist is really quite ordered — in some secret schematic laid out in his own head — and every line of every drawing and each element of every sculpture or installation is part of the…
It’s been thirty years since a group of Denver artists desperate for affordable studio space found shelter in the vacant Sherman Elementary School and renamed it the Grant Street Art Center. In a move spearheaded by Pat Cronin, who was looking for a place to relocate her printmaking studio, they…
When Joey McIntyre joined New Kids on the Block on the cusp of turning thirteen, he used the music to get him through the difficult process of fitting in with the rest of the group — childhood friends who could probably finish each other’s sentences. He came back to the…
In a world where we are assailed with images and information on the Internet, collage is making a comeback. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art curator Petra Sertic noticed the trend and decided to address it, amassing eight modern collage artists from Colorado and beyond for BMoCA’s summer show, Cut and…
To understand what a Death Cafe is, you need to know what a Death Cafe isn’t. It’s not a grief-support group for those who have lost loved ones. It’s not a morbid event where people draped in black talk about the meaningless void that death symbolizes for some. And it’s…
The fall season is upon us, which means it’s almost the perfect climate for wearing boots. Some Coloradans aren’t wasting any time, jumping the gun early, and we’re not upset about it. One of these trendsetters is Angie Hoss, a UCCS student who we spotted along the 16th Street Mall…
September is the start of fall and the biggest season for fashion. Here is a guide to five fashion events in Denver to keep on your radar this month. From films to fashion shows to tributes, we’ve got you covered. See also: Menswear Mondays: DJ Roberto DeJesus on his eccentric…
Inviting the audience to work with musicians, dancers and performance artists in intimate, one-on-one shows, Tara Rynders, creator of You & Me, has seen great success across Colorado since she started her site-specific interactive perforcmances in 2011. The dancer has also taken her show on the road with events in…
Happily wedded Hollywood sweethearts Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman make beautiful music together — and comedy, too! And — lucky Denver! — Mullally will be singing her heart out with Stephanie Hunt as “Nancy and Beth,” while Offerman offers a sneak peek of his American Ham solo show when they…
Celebrating the often-overlooked segment of beautiful architecture in Wheat Ridge, this weekend’s Mid-Century and Modern Home Tour highlights some of the area’s best preserved and painstakingly remodeled homes. Organized by non-profit Wheat Ridge 2020, this one-day only tour runs Saturday, September 7 from 1 to 5 p.m., when doors of…
While Labor Day has come and gone, stylish menswear remains on the streets year round. This week we spotted local DJ and retail worker Roberto DeJesus, who has a different take on traditional fashion. Read here to learn where he shops at, what his style mantra is, and which style…
Go Green Warehouse works with two different missions in mind: to help the environment by providing upcycled and reusable building materials and appliances for home improvement projects, while raising funds to aid veterans in making a positive impact in their own communities. “To explain it quickly and easily to customers,…
A little bit of the South Pacific landed at the Millennium Harvest House in Boulder on Saturday, August 31st, in the form of the Voodoo Island 1950s Tiki Ball, which included a nine-piece Afro-Cuban orchestra, a Tahitian oasis of bamboo huts, palm trees, tiki carving, hula and fire dancers and…
While last week’s High Plains Comedy Festival was a tightly run ship that set sail to introduce the world to the Denver comedy scene, this weekend’s Too Much Funstival was a sloppy drunken kiss on the lips to this city’s funny fans, an incredibly loose bacchanal of free food, booze,…
Reading is about more than following a narrative or learning facts; it can also be a profound shared experience that culminates in a better understanding of ourselves and each other. In that spirit, welcome to the Westword Book Club, a weekly feature celebrating the books that inspire Denver artists.
