Reality TV is great because it’s obnoxious, because it’s trashy and because it’s unpredictable. The former characteristics are more or less unique to television (little else owes its appeal to the fact that it’s so terrible), but the latter element of relentless surprise is also definitive to Improv Star. This…
When you were young, they told you that you could be anything when you grew up — hell, if you worked hard and applied yourself, you could even be president. As time went on, though, you somehow never quite got the hang of working hard enough, at least not for…
Last night’s On Being a Woman, a conglomeration of dozens of artists and performers of both sexes celebrating the female identity, was by all means a success. Spread throughout the maze of hallways and studio space at Wazee Union, Designer Baily Rose and community organizer and 2011 MasterMind Award Winner…
The only albino alligator in Colorado — and it’s pretty weird that there is even one — celebrates his birthday tomorrow. Well, it’s not really his birthday, but it is the first anniversary of his arrival at the Colorado Gators Reptile Park, a truly strange attraction just north of Alamosa…
Local couture house Maison de Rose released Wreck Less Abandon today, a gorgeous sneak peak into an in-the-works full-length fashion movie featuring local artists as models. Maison de Rose’s Baily Rose says the short piece came to life after she and Luke Bender (of multimedia collective Brass Tree) went on…
This week’s print issue marked Westword’s seventh annual awards for local MasterMinds. There were five in this year’s MasterMind class, about which you can read via the links below, and as an added bonus, you can view their works, thanks to the technology of this modern age…
“I don’t think in terms of clean or dirty,” says comedian and promoter Onus Spears. ” I think in terms of funny or not funny.” Spears’ Huge Comedy Show, which goes down tonight, is definitely poised to be the former. Spears, who put this night together, got his start at…
Last night some of Denver’s creative-minded people attempted to tackle the future at the first Forcasters event, a monthly presentation series that will take place every third Thursday at Paris on the Platte. As it turns out, that’s not quite as easy as one would suppose, and while there were…
Money is stupid. It really just gets in the way of having a good time and causes more harm than good. Thankfully, provided you’re into dance parties, art shows, reading or writing, this weekend has plenty of opportunities to enjoy life on the cheap. That is, provided you’re willing to…
Ever since Eddie Murphy donned a fat suit in 1996 to play every member of the Klump family in The Nutty Professor, the success of that bit has given rise to a troubling phenomenon: the cross-dressing-black-man-in-a-fat-suit movie, a trick that effectively removes everything that was fun and charming about Murphy’s…
What is it about a full moon in February that brings out the freeze-your-ass-off fanatics? If you’re looking to wolf out, this is your weekend:…
Oh, MTV. You are so smart. What better a way to preempt the shit show that is Jersey Shore than with a video premiere from the queen of shit shows herself, Britney Spears. After witnessing the boring breathlessness that is Brit’s “Hold It Against Me,” we pick back up at…
Adam Carolla comes to Denver this weekend to perform some visual-aided stand-up. Carolla, who is most famous for his stints on Love Line and The Man Show, now runs a daily podcast and last year released a book, In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks. We talked to him before…
At some point in the career of many a celebrity (probably too many a celebrity) comes the dubious decision of writing a memoir, a book people will read presumably on the basis that it’s written by a famous person. Of course, for most of those famous people, it actually isn’t…
Last week someone forwarded me this video of a contestant on Family Feud correctly guessing “a joint” would be an answer to the question: “what is something people pass around?” Host Steve Harvey’s hysterically ignorant reaction to just how popular marijuana is makes the video. Below are four other classic…
Watching the Whirlwind Company deliver their energetic brand of live verse at the Mercury Café on Wednesday night felt a bit like being in the crowd for a Cream show. Indeed, taking in the combined forces of Mindy Nettifee, Brian Ellis, Jon Sands and Mike McGee — along with a…
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Dan Brown, it’s that, when the Illuminati get a vast conspiracy reaching to the very highest levels of the world’s centers of power going on, they like to drop little hints about it. For example, they said Anubis, the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god…
Genghis Con XXXII kicks off today, and to celebrate the weekend-long board-gaming fest, we’ve decided to create a handy guide for people looking to attend. Since it runs over the course of four days and is filled with hundreds of events, you’re going to need our help — and a…
Tune in to the Discovery Channel tonight, when Ryan Van Duzer (Boulder’s “Out There Guy” endurance athlete and adventure journalist) gets dropped off at Angel Falls with a bunch of annoying people and has to help them find their way out in Out of the Wild: Venezuela. Better yet, head…
As a cultural construct, video games are better known for blowing shit up and somehow causing rape than as a scholarly pursuit. Still, like any other form of entertainment, video games engage us, capture our attention and, perhaps, alter the way we see the world — and examining how they…
When Telluride skiing legend Johnnie Stevens offers a Ski Into History tour, he’s not the only one working: Every person on the tour has to ski along with him. “Johnnie Stevens is an uncommon asset in this ski resort,” says Beth Roberts, assistant director of the Telluride Historical Museum, which…
Mare Trevathan of Curious Theatre loves Circle Mirror Transformation, the comedy by Annie Baker that opens today at Curious; it’s her favorite production of the season.“It’s a play that’s told through the filter of an acting class, with theater themes,” explains Trevathan, an actor, director and theater-immersed person in her…
