The election is a time for taking sides — on issues, on candidates, on which of the watching parties has the best drink specials. But this year’s election joined a few sides along the way. (This is where you can go ahead and imagine is winking at you.) Continue reading…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Here, he shares his pick for Wednesday, The Revisionaries…
Young Americans have lots of experience with war, right? I mean, we’ve lived (very remotely) through wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and we’ve got hard-hitting blockbusters like Battleship and Red Tails to learn from. We can even step into a soldier’s shoes with video games like Call of Duty,…
The Tupperware will be real, all real, when the participatory tour-de-force Dixie’s Tupperware Party returns to the Garner Galleria Theatre tonight for another hi-larious repeat run, just in time for the holidays. And like the contents kept in Tupperware, Dixie Longate, the larger-than-life, big-haired, trailer-trash star who struts out on…
The very public paint job on the outside of the new Pasquini’s Pizzeria at 777 East 17th Avenue has prompted more discussion of art than anchovies. Cap_Hill_Cowboy calls it “a blight upon the city,” and adds “I’ve stopped taking Clarkson to 18th just to avoid the eyesore.” But this critic…
Want to watch the 2012 election results as they come in but don’t want to sit at home alone, screaming at the television? Or maybe you just want to celebrate an end to political campaign ads (until next election). Whatever your reason or affiliation, there’s an election-watching event for you…
Ever wonder why zombies are so popular? Or why you have to destroy their brains to kill them? Or even what modifications your trusty Subaru might require in order to become an effective zombie apocalypse escape vehicle? All these questions and more will be addressed tomorrow, November 7, at the…
The heart of the noir genre is the hardboiled detective, but your typical noir doesn’t pit him against furries and Lucha Libre wrestlers. For that, you need a farce noir, and that’s exactly what you get with The Honey Cooler, debuting tomorrow, November 7, at the Hi-Dive. Farce and noir…
Who would have thought that our humble state of Colorado could have hosted so many video games? While for many developers Colorado seems to be synonymous with little more than “snow,” these games will take you everywhere from explosive recreations of ’90s blockbusters to wholesome educational programs. Although few of…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Here, he shares his Tuesday pick, Teddy Bear. See also: – Photos:…
I cycled through a handful of emotions as I watched Katt Williams completely lose his shit in front of an audience last Thursday night. Like many at the Wells Fargo Theatre that evening, I first experienced confusion: There was seemingly no professional plan whatsoever for a show that some people…
In the midst of a modern DIY craft revolution, more people are resolving to make their holiday gifts, rather than dropping big bucks on impersonal gifts from the mall. And besides, it’s fun to really get your hands into the holidays — and even more fun to do it in…
Does Colorado have an official car? If so, it’s definitely the Suburu. Bree Davies owns one, a 1996 model that she named Wooderson after the character she most resembles in Dazed and Confused, and which she honored with an ode last spring. But now, with bad weather hitting the mountains,…
Colorado-based filmmakers won four of the top prizes at the 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival in Banff, Canada on Sunday, including three awards to the Boulder-based Sender Films crew – all for films featured in the Reel Rock 7 video compilation and film tour – and one to Carbondale-based director…
When Samuel Schimek of the all-local I Heart Denver store in the Denver Pavilions sets out to do something, it more often than not seems to have a built-in public-service component. That’s definitely true of his first I Heart Denver webisode, which he personally wrote, directed and funded, with help…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Here, he shares his takes on Monday’s Somebody Up There Likes Me…
The 35th annual Starz Denver Film Festival rolled into its first weekend with a head of steam — and a pile of cash, thanks to a $2.5 million gift from philanthropists John and Anna Sie that’s allowing the Denver Film Society to own its home. Everything hasn’t run smoothly over…
Sometimes the best things in life really are free. This week, for example, you can experience slam poetry, catch a film screening, or learn about a magical realist legend — and you won’t be charged a thing. Keep reading for three free things to do this week; for a full…
Denver’s Dangerous Theatre lives up to its name, staging edgy and sometimes kinky theater of the sort we don’t often see in this town. And the current show, Jonathan Vick’s murky psychodrama Comfort in the Arms of the Damned, offers proof of that. But DDT’s guiding force, Winnie Wenglewick, wants…
Bree Davies had been excited to see Katt Williams, a comedian who’s taught her much about life. But on November 1, during a Denver show that was a three-hour reign of error, she got a very unexpected lesson as the audience first endured a half dozen unorganized, lackluster comic performances…
UPDATE 11/4/2012: The Denver Roller Dolls’ Mile High Club finished third overall at the 2012 “Grits and Glory” Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association Championships in Atlanta after beating the Texas Rollergirls’ Texecutioners 210-199 in Sunday’s consolation round, thanks to a 44-point surge in the final minutes of competition from…
Rockmount Ranch Wear has a lengthy history of celebrity drop-ins. Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is just the latest in a long list of stylish stars to stop by the store. Knopfler played at the 1STBANK Center on October 29 and 30, along with rock legend and former Rockmount visitor…
