During his 2012 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Herman Cain rhapsodized about the fence he’d build on the U.S.-Mexico border: twenty feet tall, with barbed wire, electricity and a moat. “And I would put those alligators in that moat!” he cheered. For Machete Kills, Robert Rodriguez built that fence but left…
I’ve never liked Death of a Salesman, but I figured that maybe I’d just never seen a really first-rate production. With their current production, the Denver Center Theatre Company and director Anthony Powell have fielded the perfect cast: Mike Hartman — whose performance as the ethically compromised protagonist of All…
Anyone who has ever attended a writers’ workshop (guilty!) will recognize the characters in Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, and also the dynamics among them. There’s Douglas, the apparently confident son of a somewhat well-known writer, who’s a few steps ahead of the other students in terms of his literary career: He…
When we scout the streets looking for style, it’s a rare day when we encounter another fashion blogger in the process. But that’s what happened when we ran into Cameron Clark on 14th and Champa streets, while the fashion blogger was visiting Denver from Atlanta. Keep reading to learn his…
For this year’s Now Showing, Westword’s fall arts guide, we asked artistic movers and shakers to answer a few questions about the state of the arts, both locally and around the world. We’ll be rolling out their answers over the next few weeks in pairs that combine both veterans and…
In a much-welcomed break from all those damn Disney princess debates, Kelly Oliver, the W. Alton Jones Chair of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, ponders recent fan favorites like Hanna, Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games, Hollywood flicks featuring teenage girls hunting — even killing — animals. Why are these teen…
Justice Kwesi Kwarteng, founder and creative director of Colorado Fashion Week, dreams of turning Colorado’s fashion community into a competitive and sustainable force — and those dreams just came one step closer.A sold-out show this past Saturday, packed with supporters, representatives of Colorado’s fashion industry and the fashion faithful, provided…
Nuclear warfare, biological warfare, meteor impact, global pandemic, global warming, supervolcano, alien invasion, zombie apocalypse… sharknado? All are theoretical ways that human civilization could meet its demise. And while all are gruesome, most would allow the human race to depart Earth with at least a strand of dignity still attached…
While the weather is still deciding if it’s ready for fall, it is clear that we humans are set, as activities move inside and we prepare to brave the colder tempuratures. In accordance with this acclimation, we’ve found some great, free gatherings — like movies all about the secret powers…
After the pilot’s debut, comedians Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl thought their Amazon-produced Grawlix comedy series, Those Who Can’t, was dead in the water. While two other shows were picked up, The Grawlix crew heard….nothing. But now Amazon has commissioned the Denver comedy team to write six new…
Who were those masked people? Last Friday, revelers in disguise took over the Living Room for a Halloween evening of music and dancing at the Denver Masquerade Soirée and Global Champagne Party to benefit the Women’s Foundation of Denver. Photographer Ken Hamblin III was there, snapping pictures for Westword. Follow…
Over the weekend, Elitch Gardens unveiled this year’s Fright Fest, which includes two all-new haunted houses — the zombie-themed Flesh Factory and the Terror Chamber, a creepy initiation rite navigated by flashlight — as well as a seance show and a freak show at night, and a trick-or-treat trail, hay…
Picture.Me.Here is a digital storytelling exhibit for refugees from the Mercy Housing/ Grace Apartments in Aurora. A year ago, Brigid McAuliffe, Erin Preston and Lauren Dorn, digital storytelling professionals, sat in a Bhutanese woman’s apartment, drinking amazing tea and teaching that woman and other refuges how to handle hand-me-down cameras…
Federal employees furloughed by the government shutdown are getting a welcome break right now from a few companies in the Denver-area who are sympathetic to their plight. These are in the form of everything from free museum admission to discounted booze and food. Here’s the breakdown: See also: The best…
After ten successful years in the advertising business, Brian Wilkens decided to refocus his creative talents to help those who struggle withfeelings of awkwardness in social situations. He now turns geeks into geek-chic with the help of the new designs he creates under his own branch, AWKWRD. See also:Forever Darling…
MegaFauna, the award-winning retail store, boutique, cafe and artists’ emporium, closed its doors at 2101 Larimer Street on September 28. But the news is all good, because MegaFauna needed to close in order to move to its new home at 3102 Blake Street. And it will launch that space tomorrow,…
The local skate rag turned video ‘zine known as Fuck Off Zine will be unveiling Skateboarding Sucks tonight at Toeey’s Off Colfax. The film, screening at 8 p.m. (all ages) and 10 p.m. (21+) for $5, is the third installment of the FOZine video series documenting the best and worst…
Denver has been waiting for a local power couple to watch on television (and we’re not counting Lala and Melo) and now we have one to obsess over — a ridiculously good looking one (see our post on the Latest Word). Last Sunday marked the highly anticipated debut of Eric…
Fall is making its presence known with cooler weather, even snow. And just in time for this season change, this weekend is packed with both indoor and outdoor activities — including a chili cook-off, a larger-than-life comedy showdown, a masquerade ball, an all-ages dance party, and the triumphant return of…
For this year’s Now Showing, Westword’s fall arts guide (you’ll find it tucked into our September 26 issue), we asked artistic movers and shakers to answer a few questions about the state of the arts, both locally and around the world. We’ll be rolling out their answers over the next…
It’s not often that you get access to the city’s top entrepreneurs all in one room — and even more rare to find them dressed so fashionably. If you want to make yourself heard and the same time you can see and be seen, then you don’t want to miss…
Having already made its name globally by putting on a film festival as part of last year’s Venice Biennale, Denver’s Design OnScreen is at it again. The first annual Milano Design Film Festival kicked off today, and the local non-profit is showcasing a wide variety of design-oriented films over the…
