“I like the idea of branching out and pairing artists. I wanted to see what kind of conversation could be created,” says Ariella Ruth, events coordinator at Counterpath Press. And there should be plenty of conversation at Counterpath tonight, when local poet Eric Baus and international performance artist Rachelle Beaudoin…
No matter how well-regarded a classic film, there are always modern film buffs who have never taken the time to watch it. The Vintage Theatre is looking to change that with its monthly Vintage Classic Movie series, during which it will screen acknowledged but sometimes unappreciated masterpieces. “I think one…
Drink with friends, drink with strangers, or just drink with folks dressed in green at tonight’s official kickoff of the Green Kegs & Hammered St. Paddy’s Day Bar Crawl. Champion beer-tasters and marathon party-goers are invited to mark the start of the Irish holiday at Maloney’s Tavern, 1432 Market Street,…
Boulder’s women-run LOCAL Theater Company focuses on the playwright experience by presenting plays to the public that are still in development and soliciting feedback. That will be especially important during the company’s LOCAL Lab 2013 New Play Festival, which starts its second run this evening at 7 p.m. with a…
The daughter of Chinese immigrants, fiction writer Gish Jen has mined the bi-cultural experience over the past several years — with solid results. From Mona in the Promised Land, a comic novel about a first-generation Chinese-American teen who decides to be Jewish, to World and Town, in which assimilated New…
It doesn’t matter how many droopy sweaters you put Kirsten Dunst in — and in Upside Down, she wears quite a few — she always looks luminous, as if she’s just slid down to Earth on a sunbeam. Actually, that’s an image writer-director Juan Solanas could have run with in…
Colorado Craft Beer Week enters its third year today, but the festival is now being run by the nonprofit Colorado Brewers Guild, which will host a series of revitalized beer dinners, tap takeovers, brewer meet-and-greets and other events from Fort Collins to Denver to Vail to Boulder. “Others states and…
Collin Parson, gallery manager and curator at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, can’t wait for Art of the State to open, particularly because he can already imagine the energy in the room when a huge crowd gathers to see nearly 200 paintings, sculptures, prints, jewelry pieces and…
Clay artist Marie EvB Gibbons is already known for infusing some of her works with a droll creepiness that’s rather endearing. But the haunted masks in When your mouth is too small to scream in a dream, a solo show at the MacSpa, go a step further, by making it…
The Colorado Business Committee for the Arts just announced the winners of its 2013 Business for the Arts Awards at a sold-out luncheon at the Seawell Ballroom. “Congratulations to the arts and business leaders recognized today,” Governor John Hickenlooper told the crowd of crowd of arts, business and civic leaders…
Michael Paglia visits the Denver Art Museum in this week’s review, which takes a look at the later works of famed artist Georgia O’Keeffe, in which she dealt with New Mexico modernism as her subject matter. Continue reading for photos from the exhibit. See also: – Photos: Art of the…
In director Kyle Henry’s latest film, Fourplay, nothing is off limits, sexually speaking. But this isn’t some cheap porn flick: The movie delves into the oft-missed intimate details of a sexual narrative as the characters in four vignettes face many personal challenges. In advance of the film’s opening this Friday,…
When we spot people on the street and stop to interview them about their unique looks, it’s rare that they are fashion bloggers, too. But this was the case with blogger Felicia Renee, who has been running her own personal style blog, shewillbeinblack.blogspot.com since last November and recently started creating…
One of the strangest things about sports fans is the way we form complicated relationships and strong opinions about players who we know nothing about beyond their contributions on the field or on the court. A superstar is a symbol of pride for the city he represents…and if he skips…
At The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you’re going to get the equivalent of horror tapas — one short, punchy tale for each letter of the alphabet, each delivered by a current or rising star in the genre. It’s a tasty appetizer that can serve as…
Denver has earned the nickname Menver — for its abundance of fit, healthy and attractive men. But are they manly enough? On Monday, Kate Gibbons offered ten danger signs that your date might not be man enough for you — and some readers didn’t appreciate her tongue-in-cheek tips. See also:…
Upstairs at the Mercury Café tonight, it’s all about local food as Sprout City Farms takes over with Sprout Down, a celebration of urban homesteading. A sliding-scale donation gets you two tickets to taste food from the Queen Anne Urban Bed & Breakfast, The Garden, Hanson’s and the Truffle Cheese…
It’s easy to be cynical. I would know — I spent a good decade of my life hating on others’ interests that I deemed uncool. For the most part, I’ve quit full-time cynicism, because it’s exhausting to be judgmental, not to mention it makes you boring and not fun to…
Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade that replaced the Colorado Council of the Arts, has a new executive director, Margaret Hunt, who will be responsible for developing a statewide, shared vision for Colorado’s creative industries. “Margaret has extensive experience in regional…
At The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you’re going to get the equivalent of horror tapas — one short, punchy tale for each letter of the alphabet, each delivered by a current or rising star in the genre. It’s a tasty appetizer that can serve as…
In the spirit of really open mic, tonight’s Baby Hair at the Deer Pile goes a step further and invites virtually any kind of performer to take the stage: Poets, writers, musicians and artists of all kinds can share their work during the Ides of March edition in this community…
#84: Garrett Ammon Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s transformation into Wonderbound is nearly complete. The forward-thinking troupe that has been dancing under the direction of visionary choreographer Garrett Ammon since 2007 will make its last appearance as BNC in April with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. After that, it will formally segue into…
