Colorado turns 140 on August 1, and it’s a birthday worth celebrating — which you can do at any one of the nine History Colorado locations, as well as the State Capitol. And there’s even more free fun around town this week; keep reading for a couple of options and…
As Denver streets get more packed — and more dangerous — we’ve taken to task bicyclists who break the rules, drivers who break the rules and, most recently, pedestrians who break the rules. But one reader wonders if walkers in this town even understand the rules. Says Chris: Not a…
Love will be in the air, along with the loins of several able-bodied improvisors, when the Air Sex Championships gyrate onto the Oriental Theater stage on Tuesday, August 2. Air Sex is conceptually similar to air guitar — if the axe were replaced with the body of an imaginary lover…
It’s been a hot summer — both in air temperature and aesthetics. Street artists continue to blow away all expectations as they enliven the Denver art scene, and these ten new murals prove it. As more mainstream organizations such as the Urban Arts Fund and the Downtown Denver Partnership pay…
The heat is no excuse for not looking hot. Amayas Gonzalez, an art student who lives in Denver, isn’t afraid to rock fur in the summer and turn up the heat. Gonzalez comes from a creative family; their mother has a punk-rock clothing line for kids and his older sister…
August is here, marking the start of the long stretch between the summer and holiday movie seasons. To fill the gaps, local film programmers are getting in gear to roll out special acquisitions, programs and guest stars that will keep the movie-watching machine well-oiled and running smoothly. Here, in chronological…
The Sie FilmCenter gets it. “We understand, it can be a gamble to walk into your local independent theater and buy a ticket for film you don’t know anything about,” says JoAnna Cintron, the Denver Film Society’s spokeswoman. “It can be scary. There might be subtitles (shudder)… or possibly an actor you haven’t…
This is one of the busiest weekends of the year, with festivals all over town and in the foothills celebrating different cultures, activities and obsession. Here are ten favorites that won’t set you back more than ten bucks each (and seven are absolutely free!); check the Westword calendar for even…
We’ve recently covered the rules for being a better biker and not driving like a douchebag. But what about pedestrians? After all, wacky walkers can be traffic hazards, too, committing violations — of either legal regulations, common sense, or both — every day. So here are our eight rules of…
Everyone loves a good sale, and shopping opportunities are looking particularly good in Denver this weekend. A trio of fashionable events include deals at Goldyn, a Dress for Success pop-up shop, and a Goorin Bros. sample sale to top off the bargains. Dress for Success Pop-Up Shop 5 to 9…
While there are no rules to being a geek, there are definitely some guidelines. I’m not interested in telling you what sort of geeky activities aren’t actually all that geeky, or in calling out anyone for being a “fake” geek for any reason, but I do think there are certain…
Director Rachel Talalay will descend upon the Alamo Drafthouse Friday to share and discuss her 1995 cult gem Tank Girl with an audience that will fill up on her memories and a special three-course dinner from Alamo executive chef Seth Rexroad. Talalay, a mainstay in John Waters’s ’80s staples and the Nightmare…
Steve Allen didn’t know what to make of Frank Zappa. The clean-cut young musician was promising to “play the bicycle” on the set of The Steve Allen Show in 1963, spinning the wheels and tapping on the spokes. The result, with the help of a tuneless orchestra behind him and…
In Patricia Rozema’s quiet, sci-fi-lite thriller Into the Forest, the power goes out pretty quickly, but the film itself is electric. Nell (Ellen Page) studies for the SAT and chats with her boyfriend on a futuristic floating computer screen, while her sister Eva (Evan Rachel Wood) twists her body into…
Patricia Rozema is what you might call a “working director.” Her first credit was Second Assistant Director on three episodes of the acclaimed children’s series, Sharon, Lois & Bram’s Elephant Show in 1984, and since then she’s written, directed and produced art-house shorts, film-industry docs, a music-and-dance film (Yo-Yo Ma…
The ludicrous but amusing teen social-media thriller Nerve is committed to pinning its characters into a world we understand as ours. It opens with Skype, Spotify, Gmail and Chrome, all on the MacBook screen of a mousily beautiful teen, Vee (Emma Roberts), who you just know is one horrific adventure…
A more appropriate title for Jason Bourne might be Walking: The Motion Picture. This fifth entry in the franchise loosely (very loosely) based on Robert Ludlum’s best-selling novels brings back director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon to continue the tale of the good soldier-turned-amnesiac-assassin-turned-rogue agent doing battle against his…
Café Society is surprisingly ambitious by the standards of late-period Woody Allen — a veritable epic taking in a broad swath of a young man’s life and charting his progress from wide-eyed innocent to cold, confident operator. But that’s also why the film, in some senses, could only have been…
FutureFest, a new kind of mini-con and tech fair with a Burning Man vibe, brought drones, ‘bots, steampunk fashion and virtual reality to City Hall on July 23. Photographer Ken Hamblin brought back a taste of all the fun and games. Now see the full FutureFest slide show…
For years, Quincy Jones was known in the independent comedy scene in Los Angeles for his welcome presence and laidback observational humor. Like most fledgling comics, he hustled hard at local shows and open mics, longing for the opportunity to get a crack at the infinitely larger audience that a…
The sixth annual Denver County Fair unpacks this Friday, July 29, at the National Western Complex, where it runs through Sunday, July 31. In a summer full of festivals, shows and events, this extravaganza has built its own strong following by celebrating all that is weird and wonderful about Denver. The Kitten Pavilion will…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. “Photography is just a hobby, really,” says Colorado native Andrew Koch, who turned…
