The first ever Roller Derby World Cup, which concluded yesterday in Toronto, can be best summarized by the following chronological countdown of vicious verbs compiled from headlines at DerbyNewsNetwork.com:…
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 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…
While the rest of the metro area is now all aglow for the holidays, the situation is still lights out for a beloved institution: Earlier this year, the Museum of Outdoor Arts pulled the plug on Hudson Holidays, the display at Hudson Gardens that had been orchestrated by Lonnie Hanzon…
Lights might be the best part of the holiday season: neighborhoods and business districts all lit up, more lights twinkling on trees and candles aglow in menorahs, kinaras and luminarias. And the enjoyment of those magical lights is a piece of childhood that never leaves us; as they turn off…
When Women’s Bean Project was hiring in June, over 150 women showed up hoping to find work and career training. Only twenty of them were hired. Bean Project hopes to provide jobs for women who can’t find them. Many have to rely on welfare. Some have a hard time overcoming…
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…
Here’s the perfect way to end your First Friday festivities: Open Media Foundation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Denver Open Media at its annual fundraiser. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 700 Kalamath Street, and the event includes performances by Total Ghost (as seen at the Westword web…
The wind beneath your wings! The Birds of Prey World Cup — the only men’s FIS World Cup alpine skiing event in the U.S. this year — begins today at Beaver Creek, with the Men’s Downhill competition beginning at 11 a.m. and a U.S. Ski Team autograph session tonight at…
A Shirley Delta Blow show ain’t your momma’s drag tradition: though Saturday night’s performance at Hamburger Mary’s Club M is all queens, it’s not just glitter, choreography and lip-syncing. Blow and Co. bring a little comedy, some song and dance, and a whole lot of audience participation to the intimate…
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…
The last time we talked to Longmont artist Gamma Acosta, he quietly reminded us that there’s redemption in street art, and many of the kids who come out of the tagging culture, spray cans in hand, have talent that can raise them above the low-rent materials of the street. That…
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…
This year’s holiday play at Denver’s Dangerous Theatre has everything you could ever want to see: rednecks, guns, cussing, sex, violence, intrigue — and an angel in his underwear. Kentucky Claus & the Rebel Elves, which opens tonight, is an hour and 45 minutes of backwoods insanity, starting with six…
When people picture an artist’s life, they usually envision something romantic: Gene Kelly in An American in Paris, opening the window to his rooftop Parisian studio, letting in the morning light while singing “I Got Rhythm,” and dancing out the door to make a living selling art on the streets…
The first-ever Roller Derby World Cup gets underway today in Toronto at 5 p.m. EST (that’s 3 p.m. here in Denver), kicking off with a Canada vs. France bout. The entire tournament is being webcast live at www.DerbyNewsNetwork.com, and DNN is calling Team USA the “prohibitive favorite,” thanks in no…
If this weekend is just too long for your so-twee-it-hurts heart to wait for Fancy Tiger’s Holiday Handmade Craft Fair or the Holiday Mancraft event at Ink Lounge, West Elm in Cherry Creek is inviting five Etsy-approved crafters to sell their wares tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Unlike…
In his comedy act, Anthony Jeselnik plays the asshole, cracking dark, arrogant, and hilarious one-liners. The persona has gotten him far; Jeselnik is now a prominent figure on Comedy Central’s roasts, has a successful stand-up career, and is in development for a television show on the same network. Jeselnik will…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
