I’ve never played Draw Something for the same reason I’ve never tried cocaine: I know that if I did, I would become immediately addicted, drop out of society and ruin what’s left of my life. If you’re not familiar with Draw Something, it’s an app that, according to the App…
Because this planet’s the only one we’ve got for the time being, you can never really celebrate Earth Day enough. But there’s no rule that says you have to be all self-righteous and earnest or even new-agey about paying homage to Gaia. It’s okay to have fun, too, and that’s…
The lineups are now complete for Denver’s big slam poetry teams: Mercury Cafe, Slam Nuba and Minor Disturbance. These contemporary poets are very at home on the range — and a real asset to Denver…
Denver-based filmmakers Robin Bond and David Wruck premiered their roller derby documentary Derby Baby on March 31 at the Atlanta Film Festival and screened it earlier this month at the Sonoma International Film Festival, but before they can bring it to a wider audience they need to sort out a…
Bringing to light the journeys of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals within faith traditions, The Shower of Stoles exhibition opening today at Iliff School of Theology lets sacred pieces illuminate the story. “Some of the stoles tell a story of pain — they may have been donated by…
Outside of maybe The Sound of Music, it would be hard to imagine a musical as far across the genre spectrum from the Rocky Horror Picture Show as Wicked. So when musical director Julian Yarcho decided to merge the two in tonight’s charity fundraiser, when the company of Wicked will…
Denverites really have no problem with getting up early on a weekend, donning a ridiculous costume and drinking — all for a good cause (remember Cupid’s Undie Run?) It happened again over the weekend. Photos below…
So it goes like this: Agoraphobic Jeannie can’t bear to leave her trailer in the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park Community since her son was kidnapped and her perm went sour. And on the eve of their twentieth anniversary, her husband and childhood sweetheart Norbert is suddenly head-over-heels for the stripper…
Feminism & Co. sells out at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; the biggest swingers’ outfit in the country, Scarlet Ranch, now occupies the former Northwoods Inn. Alt-sex marks the spot in this city — which, by dint of altitude alone, also happens to be the easiest urban spot in…
Nick Apollo Forte, who’ll perform in Denver for the first time in two decades on Sunday, April 22, at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, is best known for playing the lounge singer Lou Canova in Woody Allen’s Broadway Danny Rose. But Forte is much more than a singer: He started off as…
It seems to some of us Gen Xers that celebrating Earth Day — and any other holiday — just ain’t the same as it used to be back in our decade of Smashing Pumpkins, store-bought tie-dye sundresses and lesbian chic. But if we learned anything from surviving the ’90s, it’s…
Last night’s Titanic-themed Frock Out fashion fete at the Denver Central Library was a subdued affair, especially when compared to the last one two years ago, which was both a fashion show and a good-humored freak show, and maybe a little too messy for some people’s taste. But the styles…
On Saturday Snowboard Colorado and Loveland Ski Area will co-host a demo-day event featuring next season’s gear from at least sixteen different brands, including boards from Colorado companies Never Summer, Unity Snowboards and Oz, as well as boards from YES, Capita, Technine, Salomon, Niche, Echelon, Mervin Manufacturing, Signal, Arbor and…
Tonight and tomorrow at the Mercury Cafe, V-Day Denver will stage readings from A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer, an anthology about violence against women co-edited by Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues. This is only one of the events organized by V-Day Denver, this city’s…
For some, it was a depressing example of how debased humanitarian causes had become in the age of social media; for others, it was a sincere call to arms against a foreign tyrant. Either way, the Kony 2012 movement will be remembered as the most successful online campaign in the…
Bessie Coleman may not be a household name like Amelia Earhart — but she should be. As the first black woman to get her pilot’s license — in 1921, before Earhart was in the air — Coleman is the subject of the new zine series Mocha Chocolata Mamma, by Marya…
This weekend is all about the green. Whether you’re into partying with the sort-of legal kind at the countless 4/20 events on Friday or celebrating the less controversial plants at Earth Day parties on Sunday, we’ve got it all in one place for less than $10. And beyond the things…
The 35th annual StarFest is coming to Denver this morning, taking over three hotels in the Denver Tech Center. The three-day convention covers everything under the sci-fi umbrella: robots, comics, video games, and even sci-fi in the digital world. Each sub category has its own mini convention during StarFest, as…
Amateur Night at the Big Heart, a comedy/drama by Denver playwright and director Terry Dodd, first saw the light of day as a staged reading at the Denver Center Theatre Company 25 years ago.The following year, the play received its world premiere at the Arvada Center, directed by David Ogden…
Britt Chester thought he’d take Denver for a ride with his first bicycle quiz, but dozens of people came up with answers to “guess where I’m biking near this pond.” Some were wrong, some were right, but none were as complete as this:…
Saturday night at the Mercury Cafe, second- and third-graders from SOAR Charter School in Green Valley Ranch will bring their drumming skills to the big stage for the first time. Performing under the moniker Night Oblivion, the elementary-school band of percussionists will be part of a fundraiser to send the…
Did you miss Chess at the Arvada Center? Now you have a second chance to see the production, which has moved to the Lone Tree Arts Center’s Main Stage Theater, where it opens tonight. In the meantime, here’s a reprise of Juliet Wittman’s review: The semi-operatic Chess doesn’t have a…
