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Theresa Rebeck’s black comedy Our House is smart and timely, and makes a serious point in a highly comic way. But much of the dialogue in the first half — little jabs about Prada, wine-tasting (“pear, some floral, maybe some crushed stone”) and the general idiocy of television news (“apple…
9 Parts of Desire. Heather Raffo is the daughter of an American woman and an Iraqi father, so she’s uniquely qualified to bring the two cultures face to face in this one-woman play about the lives of Iraqi women. She herself is represented by one character, an American who feels…
Before I recommend that you take the time and trouble to check out the impressive if misleadingly titled Impressionist and Modern Masters From the New Orleans Museum of Art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, I want to say a word or two about Blake Milteer, a newish curator…
More than any other artist cooperative around town, Spark Gallery (900 Santa Fe Drive, 720-889-2200, www.sparkgallery.com) has a membership mostly comprising artists with long and established careers. And that’s how I’d describe both Judith Cohn and Sue Simon, who are starring in side-by-side solo shows there. Dust to Dust is…
Clyfford Still Unveiled. A master and pioneer of mid-twentieth-century abstract expressionism, painter Clyfford Still was something of an eccentric in the artist-as-egomaniac stripe. His antisocial behavior led to a situation where 94 percent of his artworks remained together after he died — a staggeringly complete chronicle of his oeuvre that…
Persepolis is a small landmark in feature animation. Not because of technical innovation—though it has a handcrafted charm forgotten in the era of CGI-‘toon juggernauts—but because it translates an introspective, true-to-life, “adult” comic story into moving pictures. With the aide of French comic-book artist Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi has turned…
The second edition of the Theater Masters’ National MFA Playwright’s Festival, which begins tonight in Aspen, builds on the success of its predecessor. “Last year was the pilot program, and it worked really well,” says Pesha Rudnick, the fest’s lead director. “We pulled off some really provocative theater — and…
One of my favorite music-geek thought experiments has always been building fantasy supergroups. What would a David Bowie-fronted version of New Order sound like? How cool would it be if Neil Young joined Sonic Youth for a set or two? Tonight, fans of Denver’s killer music scene are going to…
Representatives of the 2008 Democratic National Convention are looking for a great piece of ass: a donkey that will serve as the August event’s symbol. So they turned to the folks at the National Western Stock Show, where the DNC Official Donkey Mascot Contest happens tonight. According to horse-show manager…
Jake Adam York is a poet and a lover of poetry. But he’s wise enough to realize that most people just aren’t comfortable with verse, perhaps because they don’t know how to make sense of it. “The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry,”…
“I’ll be seventy years old on May 24,” says Tommy Chong. “I can still get it up. That’s all I want you to know.” Thanks for sharing, Tommy. The soon-to-be septuagenarian — best known for his work with Cheech Marin in such comedy classics as Cheech & Chong and Up…
Few recreational activities are as polarizing as hunting: Either you’re the type of person who enjoys tracking and killing animals for sport, or you’re not. If you are the outdoors type, the 2008 Denver International Sportmen’s Exposition — concluding its weekend run today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at…
It’s rare to see a film that so eloquently captures the worst and best of humanity, but War/Dance does it beautifully. Set in war-torn northern Uganda, the documentary follows the Patongo school, in the middle of a massive refugee camp, as its children prepare for a national music competition. We…
If you absolutely cannot stand burlesque beauties of both genders teasing and tantalizing you while you sip on a delicious, unique cocktail made with the freshest ingredients available, then here’s a piece of advice: Stay far, far away from the Pink Elephant Room at 1515 Madison Street. And absolutely do…
Two new shows opening today at CORE New Art Space couldn’t be more different: One artist’s works are small and full of all the space and mystery of Giorgio de Chirico’s metaphysical worlds; the other’s are large, funny and bluntly colorful mixtures of popular and found imagery. But they’re similar,…
With unhinged twanginess, unabashed spaciness and unapologetic snottiness, deadbubbles plays raunchy, raucous rock and roll that exists out of time. The Broomfield-based outfit’s psychedelic rhythm-and-blues-a-billy seethes, surges and snarls as it spans the rock decades, comprising the rhythmic romp of the Crickets, the sassy swagger of the Yardbirds and the…
Little known fact: The winter terrain around Leadville is a sled-head’s paradise, crisscrossed with snowmobile trails — both marked and unmarked — featuring picture-perfect scenery, plenty of pristine powder and a ton of family-friendly activities on and off the snow. Intrigued? Load up the kids and the Ski-Doo and get…
If you’re looking to shake up your workout routine, then Fountain of Health Yoga Studio, 653 South Union Avenue in Pueblo, has a real treat for you: Yoga master Desirée Rumbaugh is returning for another weekend chock-full of workshops — and the chance to stretch your abilities with this wonderful…
Jen Lewin wants you to touch the art. Without your input, after all, her work would fail. A nationally known artist with her hands in a plethora of cutting-edge disciplines, she’s created all manner of computer-driven gizmos and things of beauty, from laser harps (created for Burning Man throngs to…
Colorado ACORN has a new weapon in its fight to end the foreclosure crisis. It’s still lobbying for tighter regulation of sub-prime lending and using direct action to get big lenders to change their practices. But today, the community organization is also bringing struggling borrowers face-to-face with the banks they…
There might be less painful ways to spend your fiftieth birthday, but Walter Isenberg, president and CEO of Sage Hospitality Resources, is willing to buck up — and get bucked off — for a good cause: tonight’s Country Showcase, which benefits Concerts for Kids, the charity he started with his…
