I’m pretty sure the dumbest way to die is killing yourself upon discovering that faking your own death has tricked your forbidden lover into his or her own suicide. The second might be to get gutted in one of the jumbled, perfunctory sword fights that clang up the streets of…
Perhaps the best and worst thing about young teenagers is that they’re capable of what George W. Bush fans used to call “great moral clarity.” In HBO’s sure-to-make-you-bawl documentary Valentine Road, Aliyah, a student at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California, breaks down the differences between gayness and…
Evan Weissman believes that watching a game at a sports bar can be about more than just eating wings and drinking beer — though no one can deny the fun in those two activities. So the founder of civic-health club Warm Cookies of the Revolution is inviting people to watch…
The story of Matthew Shepard’s brutal 1998 murder left an indelible mark on the LGBTQ civil-rights movement. In the new documentary Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine, Shepard’s family, friends and teachers tell the story of the young man behind the headlines, piecing together an illuminating portrait of a…
One of the town’s gayest comedy shows makes a fabulous comeback tonight at Voodoo Comedy Playhouse. Hosted by Denver’s favorite transgender comedian, Jordan Wieleba, Altered Shtick is a wildly entertaining grab bag of comedy geared toward — though not exclusively for — the more sexually colorful comtingent of Denver comedy-scene…
The connection between the black-and-white of words and the physical verve of dance might not seem obvious at first, but with Dance & Text, a site-specific collaborative performance hosted by Counterpath, a small press, bookstore and performance/event venue at 613 22nd Street, choreographers Aynsley Vandenbroucke and Lauren Bakst and poet…
“In Colorado, you could probably register for three 5K races every weekend; they’re kind of a dime a dozen here,” notes Ashlie Reynoso, special-events manager for the American Lung Association in our state. “But this one has a unique flair, and that flair is the location itself. It’s one of…
Best known for penning Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives, author Ira Levin is responsible for some chilling cultural touchstones. The Vintage Theatre will bring one of Levin’s lesser-known — but equally frightening — works to the stage tonight for a well-timed Friday the 13th opening. Veronica’s Room tells the…
Clara Parkes coined the phrase “yarn whisperer” when she was working on her first book, The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, in 2006. “I was trying to describe what I felt people could become once they started to understand yarn better,” she explains, “because for so long in the knitting world,…
“The air is something very unique,” says Idan Raichel. “Landing in Denver and taking the first breath is something you remember.” Raichel is from Israel, and he’s one of the biggest pop stars in the world — but Denver is one of his favorite cities to play. “For Israel, it’s…
For those who grew up in the decade between 1985 and 1995, there was no cooler destination in TV land than Nickelodeon. Free of the artificial constraints of edutainment, the network delivered just what kids wanted: crass, silly shows bathed in torrents of slime. Unlike the safe, sanitized territory of…
Any director hoping to tackle Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play Death of a Salesman has a huge hurdle to overcome; after all, many theater-lovers studied the work at either a high-school or college level and bring plenty of preconceived notions to the production. “One of the dangers of…
“Irony” and “artists” are two things that go together like peanut butter and jelly, and the new exhibition at RedLine, The Ironic Object, arranges them into quite a tasty sandwich. “I’ve long been interested in the object that functions in a pointed or ironic way,” explains curator Lanny DeVuono. “And…
Everyone’s got one lurking inside, but not many folks discover the secret to unleashing a successful creative life. Still, an impressive lineup of people have mastered that art, and they’ll be profiled in the Creative Life Series, which begins today with an exploration of spiritual guru Joseph Campbell and continues…
Sometimes style and research can go hand in hand. The more you learn about the looks of the past, the more you can create a new visual for the future. This practice is exemplified by local sushi bar hostess Morgon Johnson, who tweaks the styles of the 1940s and ’50s…
Eve Ensler — who will be in Boulder for a benefit for LOCAL Theater Company on Friday, October 11, is known to Coloradans primarily as the author of that raucous, liberating and unflinching theater piece, The Vagina Monologues, which has been performed several times in the Denver area — as…
In this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, our critics discuss Captain Phillips and Machete Kills, both out on Friday, October 11…
Mestizo, a new play written and directed by Anthony Garcia, kicks off Su Teatro’s new season on Thursday, October 11. The premiere stars Daniel Valdez, who in 1973 composed the album Mestizo — the first and only Chicano protest album to be released by a major record label. And the…
Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder fifteen years ago in Laramie, Wyoming, has become a major symbol of the struggle for civil rights for the LGBTQ community around the globe. Now, thanks to the diligent work of Shepard friend and filmmaker Michele Josue, the world gets to see so much more of…
Our workaday world is so minutely mapped and Googled that we sometimes forget just how much of it was, until fairly recently, unknown and feared — particularly the sea, home of seals mistaken for mermaids and even more fantastic creatures: the sea serpent and the kraken, whales as big as…
#40: Brian Corrigan. Brian Corrigan dreams big — in 3D — and his latest project means to recreate cyberspace live on the streets of downtown Denver next summer as a way of bringing people and ideas together through life-sized gaming. If all goes according to plan, OhHeckYeah: An Immersive Street…
MegaFauna launched its new location this weekend with a grand opening party to remember. Featuring tunes by DJ Viking Sound Machine and members of the Infatué dance crew tearing up the floors, the event was poppin’ from start to finish. To top it all off, Deep Eddy Vodka was pouring…
