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Westword Book Club: J.A. Kazimer on dyslexia, peeing in a bottle and writing what you know

By Byron GrahamMay 24, 2013

J.A. Kazimer is a Denver-based writer and fascinating human being with a wide spectrum of skills and interests. The author of books with such disparate titles as SHANK, Holy Socks and Dirtier Demons, and Froggy Style: A Fucked-Up Fairy Tale,Kazimer’s life and work have been uniquely influenced by the books she’s read. This week, Westword sat down with Kazimer to discuss books as well as her interesting work history.

The ten most awkward teens in pop culture

By Cory CasciatoMay 24, 2013

Nerd. Geek. Dork. By whatever name, these poor, unfortunate souls with bad haircuts, unflattering clothes and few social graces are everywhere. Especially pop culture. Few films have captured the ideal of the awkward, disastrously uncool teen like Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, in the character of Dawn Wiener. The…

More Facebook portraits of artists: A local treasury, part two

By Susan FroydMay 24, 2013

Artists really grok the culture of Facebook better than anyone else: Like a blank canvas waiting for paint and inspiration, the social media outlet is just another empty slate — and it’s up to each artist to fill it with pictures. A lot of those pictures end up being images…

Stan Lee cancels appearance at Denver Comic Con

By Westword StaffMay 23, 2013

Superhero legend and comic book creator Stan Lee, who was supposed to appear at Denver Comic Con at the Colorado Convention Center on May 31-June 2, announced today that he won’t be able to make it because of another engagement. Tickets to see and meet Lee, which ranged from $175…

Photos: Larimer Square boutique fashion show celebrates summer style

By Trevor AndersenMay 23, 2013

Yesterday, a group of Larimer Square boutiques hosted a summer fashion show featuring models from the Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Denver Marquee Club and other young professional groups atop the Westin Hotel pool deck. The evening’s fashions included names such as Apricot Lane, Blush, Blue Ruby, Cry Baby Ranch,…

100 Colorado Creatives: Charlie Boots

By Susan FroydMay 23, 2013

#68: Charlie Boots Who is Charlie Boots? Yesterday you might not have known his name, but today Boots is ready for his closeup. The young artist will make his public debut this weekend as the first-ever visual-arts fellow of the Powerhaüs Artist-in-Residence (PAIR) Program at Powerhaüs Studio, a three-month studio…

Four abstract shows consider Mind Over Matter at Space Gallery

By Michael PagliaMay 23, 2013

Space Gallery owner Michael Burnett is an established abstract painter, so it’s no surprise that he’d be good at picking others of that ilk to present at his venue. Currently, there are four eponymous solos brought together under the umbrella title of Mind Over Matter that make the point. The…

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By Michael PagliaMay 23, 2013

Ania Gola-Kumor. One of Colorado’s greatest abstract painters is the star of Ania Gola-Kumor: Moving Paint, at Sandra Phillips Gallery. These large oil paintings, along with small works on paper that were done in oil stick and oil bar, represent both a continuation of Gola-Kumor’s longstanding interests and a new…

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By Juliet WittmanMay 23, 2013

Dividing the Estate. Dividing the Estate is a quietly incisive play about a large and contentious family. Stella Gordon, the 85-year-old matriarch, rules over a grand old house in the fictional town of Harrison, Texas. She is strong-willed and authoritative but essentially kind — and she’s determined that the family…

The Hangover Part III is funny but unlovable

By Chris PackhamMay 23, 2013

The unlikeliest of all the Hangover trilogy’s comic implausibilities might be its four pampered, rich-boy leads unironically calling themselves the “Wolf Pack” without anybody ever making fun of them. In the slobs-versus-snobs comedies of the 1970s and ’80s, the snooty rich kids were always the antagonists, bullying the nerds and…

Cannes: Benicio Del Toro acts again!

By Stephanie ZacharekMay 23, 2013

In Arnaud Desplechin’s English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro—freed at last from the tyranny of playing bit-part heavies in American thrillers and action movies—is James Picard, a Blackfoot Indian who has lost his way in post-World War II America. He’s a veteran, but he’s treated…

Cannes: The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis

By Stephanie ZacharekMay 23, 2013

I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We’ll Get to the Coens) Someday I’m going to write a song and call it “Ballad of the Blue Badge.” I haven’t figured out a rhyme scheme yet, let alone a melody, so please allow this outline to suffice: At Cannes, the color…

A brief history of the lens-flare technique — and the end of film

By Casey BurchbyMay 23, 2013

Daniel Mindel, A.S.C., is part of an ever-shrinking population: cinematographers who have yet to shoot a feature digitally. He acknowledges that he “will be forced” to do it eventually by “the corporate entities that drive our industry,” but he believes “there is no need to use an inferior technology at…