When poet Jake Adam York died suddenly of a stroke in December 2012 at the age of forty, he left behind an unpublished book of poetry, Abide, and a literary journal, Copper Nickel, which he’d founded a decade earlier at the University of Colorado Denver. This year Abide was nominated for…
Spring is finally here for good — which means it’s time to update your wardrobe. If you don’t have much cash, head for Cherry Creek North — yes, chic Cherry Creek North — where four consignment shops are located within a few blocks of each other. As a result, this…
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. Aside from an art class at Front Range Community College in 1998,…
May is turning out to be a month of opportunity. This week you can meet an accomplished poet, celebrate a store’s birthday and catch some sophisticated jazz — all for free. For more events, check out the Westword calendar — and if we missed a bargain, let us know in the…
Colorado owes a large part of it’s heritage in the arts, culture, and landscape of our city to Hispanic tradition. Influenced in what we eat, drink, and the paintings and artistic endeavors we celebrate, Cinco de Mayo is the epitome of all that we hold dear. Here are the 5…
Spring weather and fresh ideas mark First Friday explorations on May 1, with art opportunities both rare and thought-provoking. Here are a few lucky trails to follow as you meander through Denver’s art districts tonight. Bill Stockman: Someone Called Me By My Name Gildar Gallery, 82 South Broadway May 1…
May is here, and that means Star Wars (as in “may the fourth be with you,” because nerds love puns). Don’t worry if George Lucas’s vision left you cold, though — there are plenty of great geek events happening this month that have nothing to do with that particular galaxy…
Chris Callaway was an obsessive lover of music at a young age. While still in high school and through college, he wrote for Christian heavy- metal magazines before graduating to highe- profile publications like Boulder Weekly and Westword. His first book, Reel to Real by Reel, is a selection of…
There’s no better way to start a new month than with a weekend, and this weekend is chock full of partying, so wear some comfortable shoes and a big hat. We’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo, dancing away pounds and checking out a battalion of food trucks. Find more to do…
May is almost here, bringing with it many reasons to dress up: On Saturday, you can don your Kentucky Derby hat; on Tuesday, your Cinco de Mayo skirt; and you’ll definitely want to look your best on Mother’s Day. But style isn’t limited to holidays; from fashion flicks to fashion shows,…
Comic books are no longer guilty pleasures: This Saturday, May 2, marks the thirteenth annual Free Comic Book Day, an event now celebrated worldwide. The unofficial holiday is a great time to get acquainted with the region’s finest comic-book shops — and to pick up free reading material. Fifty-one different titles,…
With springtime comes the blooming of flowers and usually the blossoming of allergies. So what better way to stay out of nature’s way than by planning some indoor activities, relaxing in front of a big movie screen that’s showing the latest cinema curios and classic hits or, if your allergies…
A post-Wikipedia biographical documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck finds Brett Morgen constructing a feature-length collage of notebook entries, demo tapes, rehearsal footage, home movies, archival photos, and drawings and artwork by the late Nirvana frontman. It’s an impressive, comprehensive assemblage, designed to impart not a point-by-point historical account but,…
May 4 is just around the corner, and for many that means it’s time to celebrate the wonders of Star Wars. In case you aren’t familiar with this particular piece of nerd esoterica, allow me to elucidate. Geeks love Star Wars — you knew this, right? — and geeks also love…
The Clyfford Still Museum and Denver Art Museum just announced their collaborative effort to bring River of Fundament, a six-hour, rarely screened, star-studded spectacle by artist/filmmaker Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler to Denver this summer for the opening week of the 2015 Biennial of Americas. “We’re delighted to collaborate with…
When the curtain rises on Opera Colorado’s new production of Wolfgang Mozart’s The Magic Flute on May 2, General Director Greg Carpenter might be in the wings. Or out front. Or backstage. Or sitting rapt with the rest of the crowd, albeit a tad more nervous than those around him. Since 2007,…
As a wrestler and the owner of Primos Hardcore & Wrestling, “Joey Terrofyn” McDougal knows what it takes to get into the ring. Through his training facility, The Butcher Shop, McDougal has created a place for local wrestling superstars like Lonnie Valdez, Chris Wrath and Trajan Ender to practice their sport…
After consulting for History Colorado on the “Movimiento Chicano” section of its 1968 exhibit, Museo de las Americas director Maruca Salazar started thinking about presenting her own show on the subject of Chicanos. Salazar, who is from Mexico, explains that Chicanos are not Mexican-Americans; rather, they are the descendants of…
Colorado’s summer tourism season is already gearing up. And no part of the state is more eager to welcome visitors than the remote mountain regions that are finally thawing out after a long, isolated winter. Places like Silverton, for example, where residents will be out in force on Saturday, May…
The 141st annual Kentucky Derby is on Saturday, May 2 — and there’s still time to shop for an appropriate outfit to be wearing when those twenty horses line up at the starting gate. Want to look like a winner? Here are four places to shop for your Kentucky Derby…
You’re familiar with the term tragi-comedy? Terry Johnson’s Hysteria could be considered a tragi-farce. It’s full of farcical elements: multiple doors, unexpected exits and entrances, mistaken identities, misunderstandings, a naked woman in a closet, silly accents, women’s panties, a man without his trousers who — at least in this Boulder…
The streets of Cherry Creek North may be clogged by ongoing construction and the seemingly endless development in this city — but that’s not necessarily a bad thing for the Wizard’s Chest. “No, we don’t enjoy the construction, but we see where it’s going — it’s going towards more residential,…
