Denver’s geeky convention scene is busy, averaging a little more than one con a month. As full as the con calendar is, there’s always room for one more, especially when it sports the pedigree of DINK, or the Denver Independent Comic and Art Expo. Helmed by the same duo that…
A new variety of animal will officially pop up at the Denver Zoo when Nature Connects, a collection of creatures constructed from LEGO blocks opens to the public on Friday, August 7, for a wild run through November 1. Here’s a sneak peek from photographer Brandon Marshall — can you tell the real animals…
Colorado’s history with the urban railway goes all the way back to the turn of the last century, when trolley cars connected passengers across a growing metro area. This Saturday, August 8, the Lakewood Heritage Center invites visitors to learn more about the state’s transit history and take a ride…
During this week’s meeting of the Voice Film Club, Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, along with Amy Nicholson of the LA Weekly, discuss the Marlon Brando documentary Listen to Me Marlon. Our trio of film critics then move to The End of the Tour, the film…
Though there are many artist couples, it’s unusual for both halves to wind up becoming internationally renowned. But that’s the case with contemporary artists Deborah Butterfield and John Buck. The two have individual studios in both Montana and Hawaii, and have each built impressive reputations based on their highly distinctive…
Jason Segel didn’t tell his book club he’d been cast as novelist David Foster Wallace in James Ponsoldt’s biopic The End of the Tour. “I didn’t want to sound like Fancy Pants McGee,” admits Segel over lunch in Los Angeles. (Especially since the 6-foot-4-inch comedy actor is famous for dropping…
For the last five years Diva Dozen member Ginger Douglas (aka Briceson Buck-Ducharme) has produced the party to end all parties: The Apocalyptic Ball, an annual fundraiser that raises much-needed money for the AIDS Walk Colorado. This Saturday, the sixth and final go-round, The Apocalyptic Ball: The Regression, will fill…
Skin Holistic Dermagraphic Clinic is trying to bring tattoo art back to one of its ancient uses: wellness and health. While today a tattoo is generally considered an artistic expression, clinic co-founders Gwynn “Wolf” Wolfstar and Tara Gray-Wolfstar believe it goes beyond the surface and can help heal external and…
The image I had in my mind of Las Vegas before I visited the city last week was a very different one from the city I actually saw. The strip isn’t really a glamorous walkway of lights and people like it’s presented in movies and popular culture; it’s more like…
Hoards lined up to meet meme kitty Lil BUB and marvel at freak-show feats at the 2015 Denver County Fair, where beautiful pies were awarded blue ribbons – and decimated in pie-eating contests – while folks enjoyed carnival rides, live music, a drag-queen contest, the Robot Opera and dozens of…
I decided to take a break from dealing with the tiny house last week and focus on more important issues…like PIE. I take cooking pretty seriously. And I don’t consider “making a sandwich” cooking – even though a sandwich is the most popular meal in America, as Michael Pollan pointed out…
#16: Toluwanimi Obiwole In Denver, we raise poets. Toluwanimi Obiwole is one of them: As a member of Minor Disturbance youth slam poetry team, she took the Denver city slam and became a Brave New Voices international slam champion; now a student in architectural engineering at the University of Colorado,…
Well before the end of the seemingly endless three hours of vicious invective that is Edge Theater Company’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, I’d have been happy to see George strangle Martha or Martha kill George. And given how stellar the acting is in this production, the scene would have…
The heat of August is upon us, but the fashion world is looking toward fall. If you are searching for a fresh new look or simply getting ready to head back to school, events this month should have you looking good. From fashion shows and sales to charity events and…
Jonathan Demme’s rock-and-roll dramedy Ricki and the Flash exists in a wormhole where the last five decades of pop culture are a blur. There’s 66-year-old Meryl Streep, playing a broke singer who ditched her family to dominate the stage with the whiskey growl of Janis Joplin, the jangly jewelry and…
Sometime in the 1980s, Marlon Brando had his face digitized, presumably as a way of leaving just a bit more of himself after his departure from this planet. As we see it in Stevan Riley’s documentary Listen to Me Marlon, that speaking, moving hologram looks like a cross between George…
HTML On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast: The Vacation reboot disappoints, as does Adam Sandler’s Pixels (but it can’t be near as bad as critics are describing, says the Village Voice’s Alan Scherstuhl). Meanwhile, the ’40s noir melodrama Phoenix might be one of the year’s best, says Voice film critic…
Derek Reinhardt, a prominent member of the Denver arts community, passed away early on the morning of July 25. He had created his own photography business, For Love of Still, and co-founded Welcome to the D.O.P.E. Game; he also did humanitarian work with Clean Water Around. He was creative, talented…
Indie design blogger Jeanne Connolly loves to see how creative people put their houses together. In this series, she shares some of her favorite homes, taking us inside the unique private spaces of metro Denver and beyond. Denver artist Meagen Svendsen and her husband, architect Robert Treta, have combined their…
Someone said poetry is the art of juxtaposition, and this work week’s book-ended (get it?) readings offer a convenient study: A nineteenth-century lawman sets out to take back his tarnished reputation from the bandit who framed him and ends up falling in love; meanwhile, in postmodern Brooklyn, a young drone…
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. Noelle Nelson, a self-taught painter who was born and raised in Denver, graduated…
Since you just paid your rent, your pockets are empty: Fortunately, the week is full of free fun. Catch a movie or two, party with canines who need our help as much as we need theirs. Check out the Westword calendar for more events, and if you know of other…
