When you think of local celebrities, you may picture Demaryius Thomas of the Broncos, actress Amy Adams, or rock band the Fray. But one celebrity eclipses them all by a landslide in terms of fanatical popularity. With slightly over one million followers, Loki the Wolf Dog has become an Instagram…
Heidi Jung stands at the front window of her modest, blond-brick home situated in Denver’s Northside. She points at a tiny house across the street, where a giant rolloff dumpster takes up the entire driveway. “That was my Aunt Stella’s house,” the painter says. “They’re just gutting it, not tearing…
Two years ago today I bought a trailer, on which I would build a tiny house. I had no idea that two years later, I would still be working on it. But then, the raft of tiny-house movies and TV shows hadn’t come along yet to warn me — and…
The physical world is all around us — and so are solo shows by artists who create pieces that reflect their views on that world. Robischon Gallery is featuring five individual and divergent, if related, solos. In the large front space, Ian Fisher: In Advance of Light gets the group…
Writer Keith Gessen once said that Philip Roth wasn’t a misogynist and didn’t hate women because he spent all his time “thinking about fucking them.” But he did concede that Roth probably thought “women were a foreign country.” In James Schamus’ debut feature Indignation, an adaptation of a late Roth…
Pete’s Dragon is as cuddly as the mountains of plush toys Disney hopes to sell from it. A disarmingly homespun blockbuster, this loose remake of the studio’s 1977 live-action/animation hybrid is perhaps best defined by all the things it’s not: It’s not a soaring action flick, nor an indulgence in…
Hell or High Water sees a Scottish director making a down-home, West Texas–set movie about cars, guns, brothers, banks and twist-off beers. But this outsider’s perspective is nothing new for David Mackenzie, who has worked with Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche on a Los Angeles romance about a gigolo (2009’s…
Do we call Anthropoid a thriller? Sean Ellis’ earnest, day-ruining WWII bullet-a-thon is rooted in fact but comes on like pulp fiction in its first reels, hitting secret-mission story beats old enough to have served in the big war. As freedom fighters Josef (Jamie Dornan) and Jan (Cillian Murphy) skulk…
Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins is a likable study of delusions of grandeur. Working from real-life material, Frears creates an alternately funny and mysterious portrait of someone whom most viewers either don’t know at all or regard as an odd footnote in musical history. We first see Florence (Meryl Streep)…
“The Bug Theatre is truly the most unique performance venue in Denver,” says Deb Flomberg, who’s used the Bug for some very unique performances. But on Friday, August 5, Under the Big Top was all about the Bug itself — the second annual family-friendly event designed to raise funds for…
“The first time I wrote a play, I was teaching high-school theater, 25 years ago,” says John Moore, the award-winning former Denver Post theater critic and current senior arts journalist at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. After that came a long hiatus until Brian Freeland, then artistic director…
Summer is a great time to read — and to celebrate reading at book-related events around town, from signings to cons to literary bashes. Book them all, and find more literary activities in our online calendar. She Writes Press Book Tour Tattered Cover Aspen Grove 7 p.m. Tuesday, free She…
Transplants landing in the Mile High City: Is there any topic that inspires more discussion from Denver residents, new and old? In this commentary, local Natalie Tuffeld urges us all to get along: Last week, stuck in horrendous traffic on I-25, I silently cursed each and every one of the…
The first Denver Yoga Festival stretched through LoDo this past weekend, starting with sunrise yoga in the Oxford Hotel on Thursday, August 4; hundreds of yoga enthusiasts joined in what promises to become an annual event. Photographer Ken Hamblin was there to catch the early action. See the full Denver…
The Centennial State is known for more than a few things: great skiing, the beauty of the Rockies (the mountains, certainly not the ball team), the current Super Bowl-champ Denver Broncos and, yes, legalized pot, to name only a few. What Colorado isn’t widely known for is a relevance to…
August is officially Admit You’re Happy Month, and that’s not going to be hard when there are so many terrific free events this week, including a morning concert with Wheelchair Sports Camp, walking tours of public art in Five Points and a sexy cosplay lesson. Check out the Westword calendar for…
“It’s bigger than the World Series, it’s bigger than the Super Bowl, it’s bigger than Wrestle Mania, it’s bigger than whatever the golf one is!” It was the Denver Air Sex Championships, which founder Chris Trew introduced with that description at the Oriental Theater on August 2. After assorted gyrations…
In 2014, Missouri passed a law that requires women to wait at least 72 hours between an initial doctor’s appointment and having an abortion. Today, Missouri is one of the hardest states in the country in which to obtain [changed “get” to “obtain”] the procedure. That’s great news for anti-choicers…
“It’s bigger than the World Series, it’s bigger than the Super Bowl, it’s bigger than Wrestle Mania, it’s bigger than whatever the golf one is!” So began host Chris Trew’s introduction to the 2016 Denver Air Sex Championships, held at the Oriental Theater on Tuesday, August 2. Trew, founder of…
Even as the summer nights cool down, the Denver fashion scene keeps heating up. August is filled with fashion shows, flea markets and launch parties; here are the ten best fashion events this month, in chronological order. 10. Superposition Fashion Show 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, August 5 RedLine Gallery 2350…
This summer has been too damn hot to do much of anything outside. That makes it the perfect time to stay inside, pour yourself a lemonade (maybe with some coconut rum), curl up by the air-conditioner (if you have one) and read a book. To make your session seem more…
It’s summer! Go outdoors! Have your art and your sport and entertainment, too, at some unorthodox arts experiences this weekend. And sandwiched in between, help Rule Gallery move on from its current space at one last show. Summer Games 2016 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art 5 tp 8 p.m. Friday,…
