Denver once billed itself as “Paris on the Platte,” so the Paris Holiday Market is the perfect place to do some holiday shopping for the Denverites on your list. Although this is the market’s third year, it’s the first to be held in conjunction with the Denver Public Library’s Fresh…
The real point of Denver Arts Week isn’t to invent ten days of cultural events out of thin air. Rather, it’s to shine a spotlight on what happens here all year long — if you know where to find it. Think of it as a definitive map of the local…
A local legend-in-the-making will meet his hero in the ring tonight when Primos Hardcore and Wrestling presents Twist of Hate, a match between WWE superstar Matt Hardy and up-and-comer Rob Ryzin. In one of the biggest events to date for Primos, the two will face off in a contest that…
What started more than a half-decade ago as a collaboration between 303 magazine publisher AB Aharonian and local stylist Charlie Price has grown into a two-day, must-see scene: Denver Fashion Weekend Fall 2013, which features close to two dozen hair salons, boutiques and designers, including names like Mona Lucero, Garbarini…
The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art wants to stimulate you all weekend long with MediaLive 2013, an interactive audiovisual experience featuring ten artists with live-music accompaniment. “This four-day festival presents a variety of approaches, discusses the technology and underlying theoretical, formal and conceptual considerations, and offers opportunities to explore live…
Tonight’s Interactive Tour of the Universe — part of the new space series at Chautauqua — is bound to be an absolutely stellar evening of intergalactic education. “This is a presentation that Dr. Ka Chun Yu, the curator of space science at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, has…
In 1991, director Richard Linklater burst onto the scene with Slacker, a unique and vibrant film that announced him as a major talent. Now, more than twenty years after its debut, the film — set in Austin, Texas, over a 24-hour period — still stands as one of Linklater’s greatest,…
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination,” began each episode of the iconic Twilight Zone series, with a suit-and-cigarette Rod Serling delivering his social commentary wrapped in a sci-fi fable. The pioneering TV show continues to delight audiences a half-century later, most recently thanks to the Theater Company…
Arts funding and how it is meted out is a hot-button issue these days — especially if you’re a starving artist seeking a grant. In her comedy The Most Deserving, which opens today in the Denver Center Theatre Company’s Ricketson Theatre, playwright Catherine Trieschmann puts those big questions into a…
It’s not often that people can mix patterns and do it right — which is why we were so happy to spot Los Angeles-based actress Jessica Reid. And as it turns out, she likes to make people happy with her look. Read on to learn where she shops and what…
It was a sad day when television switched from analog to digital. People had to go out and buy antennas and converter boxes just to watch basic television that had been free forever. Those antennas were never quite reliable, though, and while cable was more consistent, it was also more…
Photo by Jay Maidment – © 2012 MVLFFLLC. TM &2012 Marvel. All Rights Reserved.Thor: The Dark World just doesn’t compare to the 2011 original, in spite of its few redeeming qualities. That’s the consensus among this paper’s film critics on this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, available now. Listen to…
You may never create a masterpiece worthy of hanging, but the Denver Art Museum is giving you the chance to help create something that could be displayed in the facility next year. On Friday, November 8, DAM will host “Meet Here: An Evening of Untitled Idea Brewing and Creative Criss-Cross,”…
It’s that time again — the Starz Denver Film Fest is here, bringing joy for the cinephile girls and boys. With almost 200 films in every genre, from all over the world, there’s a lot to take in. To help navigate the schedule, we asked festival programmer Matt Campbell to…
#34: Janet Feder Denver musician Janet Feder started out a classical guitarist, but couldn’t be held back by classical constraints. Experimentation with prepared guitar became her invention and her ouevre, and over the years, she’s quietly become an integral working member of the experimental-music community not only on the Front…
With nine shows down and three more to go, Dave Chappelle has been running a comedy marathon this week at Comedy Works. With almost no promotion outside of the club’s e-mail list, tickets have been selling out in record time, and no matter how many extra shows are added (sometimes…
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 he previews the festival, which runs November 6-17, and talks about…
One of Denver’s most anticipated fashion events, 303’s Denver Fashion Weekend hits City Hall on November 9 and 10. One of the creative forces behind 303’s Denver Fashion Week is Charlie Price, the show’s producer and former reality star of Shear Genius. We caught up with Price to find out…
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.
A little part of me broke off and fell between my laptop and stretch pants yesterday when I found out that the Gunther Toody’s location by the house where I grew up had closed. The fake ’50s diner where I spent a good amount of time in the ’90s pandering…
Stina, which is nestled in a quaint block at 1409 Ogden Street, is a one-stop shop for one-of-a-kind upcycled furniture, vintage finds, vibrant art and home goods from local artisans. Walk in, and you’re hit with the smell of fresh-cut flowers, which owner Christina Hatanaka always keeps around the place…
Some estimates put the number of Colorado’s undocumented immigrants in the hundreds of thousands. But for all the debates on how to treat locals lacking papers, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the everyday lives of the people we won’t call citizens. Five Boulder County Latino youths, most…
