In actual life, bureaucratic systems are the only workable state-citizen interface we’ve developed that can handle the sheer bulk of smelly, cranky humanity. In comedies, filmmakers often render the infinite and otherworldly in the mundane, human terms of bureaucracy, with all the waiting rooms, Muzak, and impossible regulatory complexities that…
Teenagers aren’t usually asked for their opinions, but the Giving Voice program runs on the idea that teens have a lot of important thoughts to share. This summer, the program paired disabled teens with local graphic designers to create a series of posters for social change that will be on…
When Adam Lerner, MCA Denver’s director and Chief Animator in the Department of Fabrications, took on the task of curating Denver Night, the culminating blowout party for the Biennial of the Americas in Civic Center Park, he hoped to sculpt an event that both met the challenge of an international…
The normally placid waters of Longmont’s Union Reservoir will be churned up today by all manner of oddities. You might see sharks or even a UFO skimming across the surface. Don’t worry, though: It’s not some kind of sci-fi movie come to life, just the 34th annual Kinetic Sculpture Race…
With the biggest lineup in its five-year history, the Cinema Q Film Festival, which opens tonight at the Sie FilmCenter, brings the stories of icons and everyday luminaries of the GLBTQ community to the forefront. Twenty documentary and narrative-film screenings will also connect directors, actors and film subjects with the…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Orthodox Food Festival & Old Globeville Days gathering, but the Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral has been celebrating its diverse congregation for more than a century. The food festival, originally an annual picnic for parishioners only, was opened to the public a decade…
A 5K race is challenging enough, but for those who want to push their limits, today’s first-ever Double Road Race Denver will test endurance with a 10K that will be followed immediately by a 5K. “The Double Road Race is the only running event with a halftime,” says run creator…
Named for theater impresario Henry Lowenstein, the Henry Awards honor the best work of the year: They are Denver’s version of the Tonys. The Colorado Theatre Guild organizes the voting process, while actors Jim Hunt and Josh Hartwell put the evening together, including the musical interludes — this year will…
The Vail International Dance festival starts next Sunday, with its highbrow brand of dance programming of ballet, ballroom and modern styles and ensembles. But today’s grittier 8150 Urban Dance Challenge serves as its unofficial kickoff. With a title that nods to Vail’s mountain altitude, the dance-off features some of the…
Giving recently restored silent films a live soundtrack — along with a new life on the big screen and fresh audience appreciation for pre-talkie history –- has been the Chautauqua Auditorium’s business for close to thirty years. Tonight, the 2013 Silent Film Series continues with Faust, a 1926 German-made film…
Fans of Thaddeus Phillips — who brings his extraordinary Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental theater pieces to Denver far too rarely — will remember that travel is a predominant theme for him. In Lost Soles, he played a tap dancer who took refuge in Cuba after a disastrous performance and got trapped…
How a young painter from mainland China became a local treasure is a story unto itself, but Xi Zhang seems to have settled in Denver, along with a stunning portfolio of mature, explosive work that he’s created here. Some of that work has been seen over the last few years…
Not everyone knows that just thirty miles up the road from Denver, in Keenesburg, sits the 720-acre Wild Animal Sanctuary, a refuge serving more than 300 rescued lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other large carnivores. But the tourist-friendly sanctuary – which has a raised walkway system for safe viewing, as…
Sometimes people dress based on trends, and sometimes people come up with their own impressive styles independent of what’s in vogue. We recently spotted engraver Kim Knowles, a true taste-maker. Keep reading to learn her style mantra, her fashion icons and some of her fashion philosophy. See also: – Jasmine…
In his latest film, Before You Know It, director PJ Raval shares the stories of three older gay men as they navigate the world. A raw and beautiful look into the personal lives of different individuals from across the United States, the documentary explores the senior side of the LGBTQ…
July is our most patriotic month. To honor that spirit, we recently took a ride on a Boeing B-17 — nicknamed the Aluminum Overcast — which visited the Centennial Airport in Englewood as one of its stops on the flying tour it is taking across the nation. Made in 1945,…
Over the past five years, the Cinema Q Film Festival has grown from a handful of queer-centric films to a full-on weekend showcase of up-and-coming GLBTQ cinema. Keith Garcia, program director for the Sie FilmCenter, which will host the festival this weekend, says the 2013 season has a more diverse…
Back before the organized bike paths, the boom of posh lofts and even the construction of Elitch’s, downtown Denver painted a very different scene — a scene of abandoned buildings, empty factories and graffiti. Lots and lots of graffiti. “Denver has always had a big scene for (graffiti),” says Jolt,…
Zombies have built their cultural cachet on the inherent dread of moldering, hungry death that stands up and comes after you. Still, the grisly cannibal corpses have always had a lighter side as well, and some of the very best zombie films, from Return of the Living Dead to Shaun…
Alongside tonight’s flurry of Biennial-sponsored events — a 5:30 p.m. symposium led by Arianna Huffington at the Buell Theatre and a Canada Night shindig at Sustainability Park from 7 to 11 p.m. — MCA Denver will jump into the middle of the action at 5 p.m. with a celebration of…
Though its name would suggest otherwise, the Biennial of the Americas is back in Denver three years after its inaugural edition in 2010. Although the lineup of that event was impressive, it barely made a blip on the local radar. But this time around, Denver’s mayor, Colorado’s governor and the…
When the opportunity to volunteer for Girls Rock Denver’s 2013 camp came around, I was hesitant. My adult mind began running through all of the reasons I couldn’t possibly be involved again this year. What if I couldn’t contribute the seventy hours of volunteer time necessary? What if I encountered…
