If you’ve wondered just why Hollywood now so aggressively courts Chinese viewers, look no further than The Mermaid. In just two weeks of release, Stephen Chow’s fantastical comedy has already brought in $430 million in its home country, making it China’s highest-grossing release ever. (It’s doing well here, too, having…
For its February edition, the Warm Cookies of the Revolution Stompin’ Ground Games neighborhood Olympics will tout Capitol Hill tonight. To prep you for the celebration, which focuses on comedy and the concept of “home,” we’ve put together a primer of ten places we love in the ‘hood — with…
Tonight Michael Sullivan will unveil Gaia, his new line for spring/summer 2016, at the Denver Art Society. The collection consists of 28 menswear and womenswear pieces created by designers Sullivan and Shatara Wright, both of The HAUS, the collective that Sullivan co-founded; the name stands for Honoring Art and Unifying Souls…
As holiday shows take the stage, a less cheery — but definitely worthy — production is closing. This weekend is your last chance to see Equus at the Avenue Theater; here’s our capsule review of that show, as well as the third installment of the Brothers Trilogy at Curious Theatre…
The 22nd annual Artopia celebrated Denver’s art scene last Saturday with an extravaganza at City Hall featuring music, art and fashion, including designs from D’Lola Couture, AnnaFesta, Gino Velardi, Denver Bespoke, Mona Lucero, Equillibrium, Elyse Rainbolt, YOCISCO and Leon Designs. But there were also some stunning outfits in the crowd,…
We’re in a special year where February gets stretched out one more day. Go hard this weekend and take Monday off as a bonus day. This weekend has so much comedy, film and variety you’re going to need a day to decompress. Check out the Westword calendar if you need…
The resurrected Rule Gallery in the Hinterland space in RiNo is presenting Red@Rule: Love and War, in which nearly all the pieces prominently feature the color red. In mounting a show based on red, the new Rule is taking a page from the old Rule’s exhibition playbook. Back in 1996,…
Ice try! Hockey legends face off Friday on an open-air ice rink in the center of Coors Field, followed by the regular season game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. And we’re giving away tickets to both events in the Coors Light Stadium Series. This particular…
I love to read. Love it. How much do I love reading? One year, when I was of college age but not in college and only intermittently employed, I read almost 400 books, averaging just a hair over one a day, all year. That’s a lot of love. Yet somehow, despite…
One of the sweetest homegrown creations to emerge in the Colorado film community in recent years is Davey B. Gravey’s Tiny Cinema: a mobile, four-seat screening room for short, silent Super 8mm films, complete with live musical accompaniment by charming huckster Gravey himself. David Weaver, aka Gravey, the big brain behind this…
#95: Kim Estes McCarty When Judy Anderson stepped down as director of PlattForum, the nonprofit arts-mentor program, her shoes could only be filled by a special individual with a knack for fundraising and arts marketing, as well as an artist’s eye. That person is Kim Estes McCarty, who comes to…
Sometimes $30 goes a long way. It can buy a full tank of gas and some snacks at 7-Eleven, a few days’ worth of groceries at King Soopers or a solid night out with friends. What $30 cannot do, however, is get you a good tattoo. Joseph Rivera, winner of…
Since 2015’s When Marnie Was There looks to be its final new film for the foreseeable future, it makes sense that Studio Ghibli would circle back around to its beginnings. Isao Takahata’s 1991 Only Yesterday was not Ghibli’s first feature, however; it was preceded by Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 Castle in…
Every year, RedLine gallery and studios establishes a theme that it carries out with its shows and through its educational and social-services components. This year’s theme is “R/Evolution” — a simultaneity of revolution and evolution — and the current show, located in the capacious exhibition rooms, is Monumental. Dedicated to…
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide, inserted in the February 18 edition of Westword, we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions…
The dedicated dress-up artists of Denver gathered over the weekend for Project Cosplay, a new cosplay-only fan con designed to provide a safer environment for people who throw everything into their character costumes. All photos by Danielle Lirette. Now see the full Project Cosplay slide show…
Modern artist Herbert Bayer, creator of “The Articulated Wall” that rises by I-25 at Broadway, has made quite an impression on Denver. Now more eyes are seeing his work here than ever, thanks to step-grandchild Koko Bayer. Two years ago, Koko started working on a documentary on Herbert Bayer; her mother…
Geeks just gotta be geeks, and the nerds were out in force last Saturday at Magness Arena for Geek Bowl X, the ultimate trivia showdown, where more than 200 pub-quiz teams competed for a $10,000 grand prize. Photographer Miles Chrisinger captured all the silliness and high suspense of the event,…
Boulder is blooming with art-house cinemas this spring. In addition to the offerings at CU-Boulder’s International Film Series and the revamped Dairy Center’s Boedecker Theatre, the Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library’s main branch will now host independent first-run cinema screenings three nights a week, beginning Thursday, February 25…
Bad cop movies — whether bad movies about cops or movies about bad cops — can be like those Arctic core samples from which scientists determine long-gone CO2 levels, though in this case they’re measuring American anxiety about police authority. Pop on John Hillcoat’s agonized pulp thriller Triple 9 in…
In the Winter Olympics, ski jumping is one of those sports — bobsledding and luging are others — where Joe and Jane Satellite Dish cannot tell the difference between a great performance and a terrible one unless the athlete is carried away on a stretcher. No doubt there are crucial…
There are only a few days left to catch Supraliminal, Michael Theodore’s impressive, site-specific installation at LoDo’s David B. Smith Gallery, and if you haven’t seen it yet, make time to do so —because it’s unforgettable. Theodore lives in Boulder, where he is on the faculty of the College of…
