The Arvada Center is returning to “earth” this fall with a series of shows exploring how art — and especially ceramic art — evolves alongside culture by building upon and tweaking its traditional roots. In the main gallery, the center will present Earth Moves: Shifts in Ceramic ArT and Design,…
On Thursday, October 31, the Laughing Goat at 1709 Pearl Street in Boulder will be the host of a Halloween party to help Boulder flood victims — and also to introduce some of the 200 people getting tattooed in the Boulder Tattoo Project, which we profile in this week’s cover…
Halloween is upon us, and Denverites are pulling out all the stops with their costumes this year. One striking look we spotted on the streets was painter Pippa Klipstein’s unicorn get-up. Keep reading to learn who inspired Klipstein’s costume, who designed it, and her favorite accessory. See also: Womenswear Wednesdays:…
Dia de los Muertos is a cause for celebration, a reason to gather with friends and family to remember the souls who have passed on. Mandie Erickson will make November 1 a day to remember by curating her first art show, which will have a grand opening from 6 to…
On this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, our critics discuss the upcoming Dallas Buyers Club, the late Lou Reed, 1983’s Get Crazy, 1979’s The Visitor, and 2008’s In Bruges.Matthew McConaughey extends his streak of taking on challenging roles in Dallas Buyers Club (opening in Denver next week), playing AIDS victim,…
Think of Denver Arts Week as a celebration of all our city has to offer culturally, with the added incentive of sweet deals, from discounted memberships, restaurant meals and original artworks to a free Night at the Museums. But as a trip online to Denver Arts Week central reveals, there’s…
The entertainment industry, with its long-established allergy to new ideas, often mines the bestseller list for source material. Studios are more likely greenlight a scary story after it has been officially vetted by the reading public, and less likely to interfere with a proven earner. In horror cinema, however, the filmmaker’s vision of a story so often becomes definitive in the minds of viewers that it overshadows the books that inspired that vision in the first place. With that in mind, the Westword Book Club has compiled a list of 6 cult classic horror that were inspired by novels and short stories, deliberately avoiding canonical works like Dracula and Frankenstein as well as blockbusters like The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby in favor of slightly obscure titles that deserve more eyeballs. Then we Lars von Trier’ed ourselves into a corner by only selecting movies that are available to stream instantly, so you’ll have time to check these out before the Halloween spirit is buried beneath the snows of November. Enjoy your nightmares.
Where you find zombies, you will also find gore. Sure, there are zombie films that aren’t particularly bloody, but they are the exception, not the rule. This is, after all, a genre where disembowelments are standard operating procedure. To stand out in this viscera-clotted field, a movie’s got to be…
Calling all aspiring auteurs: Here’s your chance to get your six seconds of fame. We want you to submit your best arts-and-culture-related Vine videos by uploading them with the hashtag #DenWeb2013. We’ll pick our favorites to play at the annual Westword Web Awards party at Galvanize on December 5, where…
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.
With Halloween on the horizon, the time was right to touch base with Miguel De La Torre, author of The Quest for the Historical Satan, to find out just how scared we should be this season. De La Torre is an ordained Southern Baptist preacher as well as a social…
Saturday’s Denver Gorilla Run not only broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed in gorilla suits, but also featured an encyclopedic number of variations on the theme: There were pink gorillettes and samurai gorillas, Big Bang Theory nerdillas and some folks who plainly weren’t gorillas…
Art gets intimate tomorrow night at The Savoy with the inaugural edition of The Craft, a semi-monthly gathering of artists, live music and local fashion houses. MC, activist and spoken-word champion Bianca Mikahn will be at the center of the action, sitting down for a live interview that will be…
The Internet was made for judging. It sort of functions the same way that passing notes detailing a fellow eighth-grader’s period mishap used to, except the shit-talking is done on the world’s stage, and can be as vitriolic and hateful as the author chooses. (It can even be anonymous, in…
“The New York Times calls it ‘You had me at Wes Anderson,'” say the credits of Saturday Night Live’s recent Wes Anderson horror-film parody, The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders. By assembling the usual suspects of every Anderson film (pastel aesthetics, mod soundtrack, Owen Wilson) while mocking the public’s appetite…
#36: Samuel Schimek Artist, designer and entrepreneur Samuel Schimek bridges the gap between art and business in his Denver Pavilions shop, I Heart Denver, which serves as a working incubator and showcase for dozens of Colorado artists and independent companies. In the process, he’s perfected the art of local branding…
A cast of well-known characters came to life at the Theater Threads luncheon last week. Hosted by Channel 9’s Kirk Montgomery, the annual fundraiser for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts education program gave patrons an up-close and personal look at costumes from some of its Tony-winning performances, modeled…
Leather and denim are staples of autumn. This week we spotted that look being sported by student Anthony Price. Keep reading to learn where he shops, his style mantra and his favorite accessory. See also: Menswear Mondays: Dustin Wilson at Zombie Crawl…
Prud Style is named after the first tailor in Ghana, known only as “Prudence,” who was considered a leader of Africa’s hipster culture in the 1940s. Denver entrepreneur Dacia McPherson picked that name for a fashion company that she hopes will go global, she’s turned to KickStarter to bring Prud…
Locals have an autumnal cornucopia’s worth of entertainment choices on this year’s All Hallows’ Eve, and comedy fans are no exception. Boulder’s Dairy Center for the Arts has rapidly expanded its comedy programming calendar, making room for unique events such as the Halloween comedy showcase hosted by paranormal podcasters Werewolf Radar. The showcase will feature standup performances from event organizer James Gold, Ben Hutcherson, Aaron Urist, and Eric Henderson, with a headlining set from WWR’s own Jordan Doll. After the performances, the Werewolf Radar crew will attempt to contact the spirit of the season in a live podcast recording, which should hold equal interest for comedy nerds and ghost hunters alike. While Halloween is traditionally a busy night for paranormal investigators, the event begins at 8:00pm, well before prime ghost-hunting hours.
This past weekend was just a warm up for the real Halloween celebrations, and the Denver Film Society has a solid line-up of seasonal entertainment planned for the Sie FilmCenter. Don’t worry — none of these events will require you to be dressed as slutty Abraham Lincoln or to do…
Halloween events have been going strong since the beginning of October, but even on the eve of All Hallow’s Eve, there are plenty of non-spooky things to do and see. (Of course, we also have a round-up of the best adults-only Halloween parties, kid-friendly activities, corn mazes and zombie-affiliated things…
