Thirty years ago, filmmaker John Hughes got the attention of a generation when he introduced us to the detention crew at Shermer High School, who start out socially separated strangers and end up thick as thieves as they work through their problems, differences and similarities during one extended day. Making…
If you’ve never been to the Colorado State Fair, it’s time. And if you go every year, it’s time to start planning the annual trek to Pueblo, which still hosts the Fair despite occasional attempts to move it. (Extra points if you pronounce the city’s nam properly: Pee-EBB-low!) Why? First…
#14: Jason Coates Jason Coates carries a camera wherever he goes — but he also wears his heart on his sleeve. The Denver entrepreneur, videographer/photographer and world traveler not only runs his own production company, Collective-Culture, but also documents and shares the underbelly of global cultures through his social networking…
As an artist, when you go into the studio and begin something, you always know there is the possibility of change. You respond to the materials, the light, the whims and discords, and eventually something emerges. You may enter with a “plan,” but intuition and the muse will have their…
In the last half-decade, Denver has lost quite a few places where our counterculture once thrived. Paris on the Platte, Gabor’s, Cafe Netherworld, Unit B, Old Curtis Street, even Smiley’s Laundromat and so many more places I could name (and I list quite a few in a love letter to…
The writing’s on the wall in two shows currently on display at Point Gallery, featuring artists Jennifer Davey and Deirdre Adams. Both are set to close at the end of this week. The main attraction in the front spaces is Bound, a solo featuring recent paintings by Jennifer Davey. The…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. TJ Raygun started out as a business major at Metropolitan State University…
This is a week for beginnings and endings: The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers will host a panel on how to write and publish a book, while BMoCA’s Biennial-affiliated Line Break poetry series will say so long after seven poetic weeks. And in between, author Paul Levitt will talk about his…
“We are so thrilled to be letting people in and experience the magic of this 135-year-old building,” says David Nehls, vice-president of the Historic Elitch Theatre Foundation and chairman of the new Classic Indoor Film Series, which opens Friday, August 28, with a screening of Spaceballs, Mel Brooks’s parody of Star…
It’s not too late to have some summer fun — and free summer fun, at that. This week, you can check out unique markets, buzz about bees and have an old-school laugh. For more events, see the online Westword calendar — and if we missed a bargain, spill the details in the…
Denver has art niches galore, from co-operatives to temporary galleries and art studios in gardens and parks. Here’s where to enjoy art — and art-making — during summer’s last hurrah. Michael Brohman: Tipping Point Pirate Contemporary Art August 21 through September 6 Opening reception: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, August…
What happens when the pioneers of a movement get left out of history? The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead, screening August 24 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, explores that very question. The documentary takes an in-depth look at The Damned, one of the punk era’s most influential yet…
If you haven’t seen <em>Pinter Early & Late</em>, this is your last chance to catch the challenging, enlightening and, yes, entertaining production at Germinal Stage. But there are other worthy shows around town; here are our capsule reviews of a half-dozen current productions that we’ve recently reviewed. The Foreigner: You…
This summer continues to sizzle with style. We spotted Maia Parish, certified sommelier and owner of The Wine Suite, a wine event and education company, in Cherry Creek North this month. Parish promotes a complete wine lifestyle, including tastings, classes, educational support, product reviews and wine-related events. “I do trade…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast: We love Guy Ritchie’s stylish, charming The Man From U.N.C.L.E., while LA Weekly film critic Amy states her case for American Ultra. We move onto Lily Tomlin’s memorable performance in Grandma. Later, Village Voice film editor Alan recommends Evil Knievel doc Being Evel, cutting indie…
That little drop in temperature earlier this week was a scary reminder that summer will be over sooner than later, so get out there while you still can to enjoy every last drop. This weekend, you can eat almost every kind of food in the world, roll on bikes, or…
Ed Nichols is announcing this afternoon that he is stepping down as CEO of History Colorado after eight years at the helm, during which time he oversaw the construction of the History Colorado Center at 1200 Broadway, in a state-of-the-art facility designed by David Tryba. Also leaving is Kathryn Hill,…
The third High Plains Comedy Festival starts tonight in the Baker neighborhood. Festival founders Andy Juett and Adam Cayton-Holland have created the largest comedy festival in town, with talent ranging wildly from national to local heroes, and activities from standup brunch to highly inappropriate card games. “A lot of different looks, that’s…
“You could make five different N.W.A movies. We made the one we wanted to make.” That’s director F. Gary Gray during an audience Q&A after a recent screening of Straight Outta Compton, the long-awaited N.W.A movie. In our review, Amy Nicholson writes that there’s much more to the group’s story:…
Summer might still be going strong, but there are signs that fall is right around the corner: The mornings are cooler, the kids are going back to school and theater companies are beginning to announce their 2015-2016 seasons and opening up ticket sales. Keep an eye on Westword’s theater listings…
Kids today have it too damn easy. I’m not talking about the prevalence of iPads and Xboxes, or the fact it takes fewer than ten seconds to look up any fact known to humanity. I’m talking about the fact that kids today aren’t traumatized by pop culture. Consider The Dark Crystal:…
In an ever-evolving art scene, a new space will challenge Denver’s perception of the typical museum. Black Cube, a large container and “nomadic contemporary art museum” set to launch at the end of September, will function as a pop-up exhibition space, a gallery and a museum shop that will travel…
