Meredith Willson wrote Here’s Love, since renamed Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical, in 1963, following the huge success of his shows The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown. It’s based on the 1947 movie that made a star of little Natalie Wood and is as endlessly rewatchable (though…
Part of the renascent body-count action industry, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’s mere existence might shock many Americans. “There are four Universal Soldier movies?” those shocked Americans would say. They might also be taken aback by the bracing violence that marks the film from stem to stern: the gangland-style execution…
“I can’t think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it,” Irrfan Khan says. “And I pray to God that I never face that situation.” Khan might not be one of the most prominent stars in Bollywood, especially not when…
When Elitch Gardens packed up and left Denver’s north side in favor of the Central Platte Valley in 1994, not every structure within the world-famous gates could make the move. Tonight, the Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre Holiday Benefit looks to celebrate and bring new life to one of these abandoned…
The holiday season will get a lot darker tonight when proto-slasher Black Christmas hits town as part of the A.V. Club’s New Cult Canon tour. The influential horror classic will be introduced by A.V. Club contributor and local author Jason Heller, a longtime fan of the film. “Like a lot…
Khyentse James is a woman on a mission — a mission to eliminate nostalgia for the past by bringing it into the present. Earlier this year, she organized the inaugural Tiki Ball and brought back her successful 1940s Ball, and tonight she’ll host her third annual 1940s White Christmas Ball,…
At tonight’s Top Latke Cook-off and Hanukkah Party, the simple but symbolic potato pancake will be dressed up by a dozen expert and amateur chefs, all competing to present the best version at this annual celebration. Tasters can enjoy samples of the traditional Hanukkah dish prepared in a variety of…
The original concept for Holiday ManCraft, as Stu Alden remembers it, was fairly simple: “There was one craft fair that my wife, Nicky, and I were hoping to get into, and we didn’t get into it, and I thought, we should just do our own.” So they started listing people…
Hinterland sometimes throws intriguing shows that pair the works of two artists; for the latest, the gallery’s Sabin Aell juxtaposes large-scale, slow-exposure camera obscura cityscapes by Bailey Russel with detailed ink works on paper by his friend Mark Ritchie, who’s influenced by more delicate Islamic and Byzantine vistas. At first…
It used to be that most people would hide their garish holiday sweaters, but nowadays they embrace the eye-searing excesses of Christmas cardigans as both iconic and ironic — and wear them proudly wherever they can. One of those places is at the Ugly Sweater Run, which, in addition to…
Tonight’s Drag Machine is a show of most excellent proportions: Passengers will “board” a time machine — the transformed Jones Theatre — and follow Shirley Delta Blow through drag’s history and the larger GLBTQ civil-rights movement. Blow (aka actor and show developer Stuart Sanks) and company run the audience-interactive event…
Other than Christmas carols, there is probably no other collection of music that inspires an infectious sing-along more quickly than the Beatles catalogue. Hence the fourteen-year success of the John Lennon/Beatles Memorial Sing-along Celebration, an anniversary remembrance of the death of John Lennon and a tribute to the twentieth century’s…
Film Festival Flix, a ten-city monthly indie-film tour that added Denver to its route last September, has been slowly growing an audience, says spokeswoman Nancy Oberman, whose son Benjamin came up with the concept: a film series for folks who are flustered by the sheer weight of the typical film-festival…
For tonight’s opening of An Office Christmas Party With LadyFace, the sketch-comedy troupe — known for bringing a diverse series of comical skits about life and love to the stage — gets deep into the holiday-tale canon. “We tried to put in all of the Christmas things that we could…
Vail’s week-long Snow Daze celebration kicks off today with an after-dark party in the town’s Ford Park. Things will really heat up later in the week as the ski resort counts down to its fiftieth birthday, which will be celebrated on Saturday with a giant bash and fireworks display in…
Best to check your religious beliefs (or lack thereof) before going to see BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular, which once again will offer wacky, non-denominational cheer to holiday crowds. From a comedy unicycle act to audience-wide sock-puppet sing-alongs, the variety show is a silly way to get into the holiday spirit…
’Tis the season for department-store Santa Clauses – particularly the most infamous Father Christmas who ever worked at a Macy’s. And just in time for the holidays, the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities is staging Miracle on 34th Street, the Musical, based on the 1947 film and earlier…
The holiday season is officially here when The Nutcracker hits the stage; seeing this classic ballet with a Christmas theme has become a tradition for many families. “Everybody loves the story of Clara and the Nutcracker coming to life and going to the land of the sweets and meeting the…
While the weather continues to shift from sunny to gloomy during these late-fall nights, street fashion has seen some extreme highs and lows as well. Last week, for example, we spotted many people wearing their pajamas out and about. But this week, our street-style prayers were answered when we spotted…
On Friday, December 7, theOpen Media Foundation will celebrate six years of independent voices on Denver Open Media with a party from 7:30 to 10 p.m. – with music by Achille Lauro, pioneers in Denver’s independent music scene; a silent auction to support independent businesses and OMF; and food and…
Like her sketch-comedy counterparts in Denver troupe LadyFace, Timmi Lasley is a versatile performer. The sketch comedian has been doing stand-up for the last three years, after paying her dues as a stage actor and getting a degree in theater. The acting expertise came in especially handy this year, when…
The names you’ll recognize — the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones — and the titles of Boedecker Theater’s upcoming film series will be a treat for classic-rock fans who have already devoured big-budget docs like When You’re Strange or last month’s Crossfire Hurricane. “Both the Doors and…
