Sure, you remember Neil Armstrong, but are you also a fan of Yuri Gagarin? The Russian cosmonaut became the first human to orbit in space when he flew the Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. On the anniversary of his historic launch, electronic music fans gathered at NORAD over the…
The art of burlesque comes with a long (and sexy) history, from pin-ups to pasties. Over the weekend, Tatiana Tata and her troupe performed a glamorous tribute to the burlesque styles of yesteryear, at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret with performances from Orchid Mei, Midnite Martini, Honey Touche, Veronica Von Tassel, Peggy…
Tonight at Green Spaces Colorado, Mile High Business Alliance will host “The Deeper Purpose of Your Business,” an evening with author Charles Eisenstein aimed at bringing global consciousness to the world of small business. Local business owners, entrepreneurs and anyone working in Denver’s business community are invited to the event,…
Get a grip! Over the weekend, Park Hill Skates transformed into an art gallery with the Get a Grip exhibit, featuring skateboard art from Denver and across the country — including a playable guitar/skateboard combination. Photographer Christy Dodd stopped by to capture the scenes for Westword. Continue reading for the…
Since the beginning of time — or at least the beginning of cinema — there have been chick flicks: three-hanky tear-jerkers and, conversely, romantic comedies. In honor of the Sie FilmCenter’s new Hey Girl chick-flick series, debuting April 24 with Dirty Dancing — which might just be the greatest chick…
This week’s free offerings are all about freedom — or at least escape. You can travel with Keanu Reeves to the surf culture of Point Break, try to develop an Everybody Loves Raymond-type sitcom in Russia, or head out into space — all without leaving Denver, or spending a dime…
When I first encountered poet Seth Brady Tucker a few months ago, it was in the course of writing about the Words Beyond Bars Project, a book club for lifers at the Limon state prison. Tucker had visited the group and shared with them how he’d learned to love poetry…
As a standup comedian for over a decade in New York and Los Angeles and a weekly performer with the Groundlings, Britt Swenson has met a lot of interesting characters over the years. Those characters will be on display in her comedy show So Many Ladies, which opens at 7…
Dressed in a slinky black cocktail dress and spunky Beatle boots, Natasha Leggero strutted with sarcasm and sass during the first show in her four-night run at Comedy Works last night. Delivering her characteristic bitter commentary on politics and lowbrow culture (sweetened by an Audrey Hepburn forgive-me wink), Leggero caustically…
Sara Century is everywhere: running her monthly freeform open mic, Baby Hair, with co-conspirator Erica Adams; playing solo and with various bands all over the city; and hawking tape rentals behind the counter at Video One. This Saturday, April 13, Century wears yet another hat, an artist’s, as Hooked On…
When filmmaker Alex Cox finished shooting Repo Man in 1983, the first thing he did with the left-over money was option the film rights to the science fiction novel Bill, the Galactic Hero. Now both projects are back in the spotlight. The Criterion Collection recently released a Blu-Ray edition of…
Warmer weather is back, so it’s time to get out of the house and have some fun in Denver this weekend. From Doors Open Denver, which opens up dozens of historic buildings, to art openings and a cat show, there’s plenty to do in this town for pennies. We’ve highlighted…
Along with their love of sleeping late and attempting nothing ambitious during daylight hours, millennials seem to have an unending appetite for nostalgia. Comedians have been capitalizing on this for some time, making jokes about vintage Nintendo games and comic books. So it only makes sense that someone finally came…
Mayor Michael Hancock joined state and national representatives yesterday in a ceremony inside the McNichols building to reveal plaques that commemorate Civic Center’s new status as a national historic landmark. That honor is determined by the National Park Service and given to areas or buildings that “possess exceptional value or…
Brothers Mike and Patrick Liberty are not just dressing people — they’re fighting global social problems with their Colorado-based clothing line, Akomplice. Their latest campaign is “The Children of Empada,” which is helping to fund the education of children in Empada, an impoverished town in the African nation of Guinea…
As part of Vanessa Place’s exhibition The Lawyer Is Present, opening this Friday, April 12, at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles-based writer, attorney and artist wants you to confess. For the piece, which plays off Marina Abramović’s The Artist Is Present, Place will be collecting and…
With a career spanning five decades, Lily Tomlin has entertained generations of families through appearances on shows as diverse as Sesame Street, Laugh-In, Damages and, most recently, Malibu Country. But the Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Peabody award-winning actress, who got her start in standup, says that career didn’t come easily:…
We gave the Broadway/Baker retail strip the award for Denver’s Best Neighborhood Shopping District two years in a row — in 2012 and 2013 — for so many good reasons: The area is spilling over with hip, modern creative ventures. But some of that contemporary spark flares further south, too,…
For Gay Fantasia, opening this weekend at Naropa University’s Nalanda Campus, the audience has a chance to be direct participants in the production. The piece — which binds the last days of Harvey Milk together with the beginning of the HIV and AIDS crisis through a personal story — is…
#79: Good Thieves Press The grassroots of any art community? That’s easy. Artist cooperatives and the newer model of studio communities like Wazee Union provide both a supportive camaraderie for artists just starting out and a launching pad for adventurous and creative ideas that might fall outside the requirements of…
A common sentiment recurs throughout the abundance of eulogies and obituaries penned by film critics in the wake of his death late last week: Roger Ebert was an inspiration. It’s easy enough to be encouraged by another’s success—to regard an esteemed older colleague with a combination of admiration and envy—but…
The William Havu Gallery is chock-full of interesting things to look at. On the main floor are three solos that have been interwoven into a coherent theme show on contemporary abstraction, and up on the mezzanine is a salute to the Month of Photography, which straddles March and April. On…
