Denver may never host a Super Bowl, but we’ve got the next best thing: the Donkey Kong world championships! Fully sanctioned by Twin Galaxies, video gaming’s high-score keeper of record, the Kong Off 3 will host 22 of the world’s best Donkey Kongers, including The King of Kong’s Billy Mitchell…
Theatre Esprit Asia, a local company bringing together pan-Asian casts with culture-centric works, has already proven in its first season that the concept is no flash in the pan. Not only is T.E.A., the theatrical brainchild of actors Maria Cheng and Tria Xiong, strong on talent, but the fine acting…
Looking to support the local shred economy by sending your ski and snowboard dollars to Colorado companies? Copper Mountain likes the way you think, and will present its third annual Colorado Days event this weekend in Burning Stones Plaza, at the base of the American Eagle lift. “It’s really pretty…
A San Antonio-based comic actor by way of Chicago, homegirl Ruby Nelda Perez is an old friend of Denver’s Su Teatro ensemble and artistic director Tony Garcia. And when she brings her touring one-woman show Doña Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen to Su Teatro beginning tonight for a weekend run, it won’t…
Most films are meant to be shown from beginning to end, delivering a set narrative that is the same every time. But when the audience sits down at First Person Cinema: Nicolas Rey for his film anders, Molussien, they’ll see just one of the 362,880 possible versions of the film…
As hard as it is to properly describe the late keyboardist and jazz experimentalist Sun Ra, it’s easy to turn his story into a comic book. But this much is true: Born Herman Blount in Birmingham, Alabama, he was drawn to music as a child and graduated to playing in…
Although it might sound at first like child’s play, The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide is a production packed with heavy themes. “I have a personal love for new works,” says director Dr. J. Nick Dickert, “especially new plays that are problematic. Bullying is a pertinent subject right now,…
The team players at Buntport Theater make it their business to upend every cornerstone of drama, and that’s how they’ll start their new season — with Electra Onion Eater, a tragedy-turned-comedy that peels Sophocles’s Electra down to its soap-opera core, with a pared-down, floating chorus that speaks from the strangest…
It’s hard to believe, after last year’s hoopla over The Book of Mormon’s premiere at the Ellie, that its return engagement will be just another show. A very good show, as Westword’s Juliet Wittman pointed out in August: “The show is smart, cheeky, raunchy, irreverent and also surprisingly and exuberantly…
The autumn weather has been surprisingly warm, making this the perfect time for fashionistas to rock their finest fall duds. We spotted Metro State University of Denver journalism student Teresa Scaggiari rocking some great street style. Continue reading to learn about her style icons, where she shops, and her style…
The Funtastic Fun location on South Broadway has been closed since mid-2011. For years, people have driven by that white chunk of concrete and wondered what would become of it. Maybe they even spotted the glass jutting out of the top and puzzled over what the hell it once housed…
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest — including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies. Today, Withey touts Generation War…
What’s the must-have accessory this season? Tickets to the second annual Westword Whiteout Fashion Show, set for Thursday, January 30 at the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park. And this is your chance to snag those must-have tickets before they go on sale to the public. See also: 2013 Whiteout…
Now through December 1, giving also means getting at Fallen Owl Tattoo, 8789 West Colfax in Lakewood, where anybody who brings in a few unopened toys during the third annual Toys for Tattoos Toy Drive receives a gift certificate good toward a tattoo. See also: The Boulder Tattoo Project puts…
Rhonda Brown got the kind of reviews actors dream about for her work in last year’s one-woman play Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, and the production won a Best of Denver 2013 award for Best Political Theater. Produced and directed by Brian Freeland, it sold out…
In her one-woman show Doña Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen, Ruby Nelda Perez rules her realm of pots and pans with an iron will and a big bowl of laughs, all while musing over whether or not to sell out, leave her business behind and let greedy developers change the face of…
George Hickenlooper, seen here with a certain President of the United States, died during the 2010 Starz Denver Film Festival — and now, the George Hickenlooper Honorary Award is one of the most prestigious prizes at the event. This year’s winner, cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau, will be feted at tonight’s 7…
Reading is about more than following a narrative or learning facts; it can also be a profound shared experience that culminates in a better understanding of ourselves and each other. In that spirit, welcome to the Westword Book Club, a weekly feature celebrating the books that inspire Denver artists.
Sometimes the stylish people we spot on the streets are Denverites, and sometimes they’re visitors passing through the Mile High City. This week fashion fashion-conscious consultant Yuya Xiong caught our eye while he was here on a business trip. Read on to learn where he shops, and also what city…
Local wrestler Rob Ryzin faced off against his idol, WWE legend Matt Hardy, in a ladder match at Twist of Hate on November 10. “I’ve been a lifelong fan of wrestling for as long as I can remember — I even remember being in a crib for some reason and…
Last night a Daily Show report by comedian Jason Jones reported on high levels of apathy among Colorado voters. Looking at statistics as well as conducting interviews on Denver’s 16th Street Mall, Jones found that an overwhelming majority of people (80 percent) did not vote in last September’s recall election,…
When Matthew Boger and Tim Zaal met at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, it felt as if they had met before. They had: 25 years earlier on the streets of Hollywood, when Boger — who had been thrown out of his home for being gay — was nearly…
