Teaser for Jason Heller’s first novel, Taft 2012, revealed

In advance of the January 17 release of Jason Heller’s first novel, Taft 2012, Quirk Books has offered up a gorgeously constructed film teaser. A glimpse into the fictional candidacy of a long-dead William Howard Taft, resurrected and running in next year’s actual presidential election, the preview features looming shadows…

The 50 worst sports movies of all time

The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don’t like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to use their talent to blow…

Kafka on Ice redux: Tonight at Buntport Theater

Buntport Theater’s Kafka on Ice — created by the company in 2004 — combines events from the author’s life with incidents in his famous novella Metamorphosis (you know, the one that begins, “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, December 2-4, 2011

Yeah, Colorado weather is finally letting us know that winter is coming. But that doesn’t mean you can’t go out and have fun this weekend. We’ve rounded up dance parties, a creepy holiday movie, and even a Miami-themed Golden Girls shindig to get you through the chilly weekend. And all…

Five ways to observe World AIDS Day

Update: Make that four ways: We’ve just received this notice from Planned Parenthood’s Monica McCafferty. Due to unpredictable and incremental weather and road conditions, we are canceling this evening’s candlelight vigil at the Capitol in honor of World AIDS Day. We will reschedule the event for a time in 2012…

Reader: Feast your eyes on the food in Babette’s Feast

Just in time for the holidays, Jenny An served up the “Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies,” ranging from Eat Drink Man Woman to the Americanized version of that flick,Tortilla Soup, to The Nutty Professor and, of course, Big Night. Our plate looked pretty full, but then Anonymous responded with…

Reel-Life Romance

While collaborating on the 2007 film Once, musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova proved that life can imitate art, as their real-life love connection mirrored the on-screen romance. The Swell Season, which opens tonight at the Denver FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax Avenue, follows Hansard’s and Irglova’s love story from its…

Manly Gifts for Manly Men

Stuart Alden of Ink Lounge knows the craft-fair routine. With his wife, Nicky, he screenprints and sells unique calendars at various shows and markets, which, he admits, are mostly a woman’s world. “I’m usually one of a handful of guys in there,” he says. “And a lot of the time,…

Winter Wonderland

Technically, it’s not yet winter — December 22 is the first official day of the chilly season — but it’s not too soon to start chasing the cold-weather blues away at Winter Wow!, a day of dance, yoga and meditation workshops. The program kicks off with an Afro-fusion dance session,…