Eat Your Heart Out

If the thought of Valentine’s Day fills you with horror, why not celebrate its imminent arrival with a scary movie? The Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Life program and Mile High Cinema are teaming up to show Pontypool for the second annual Heartburn Party. The Canadian cult classic is a…

Praise of Follies

Follies Voudou, the new incarnation of a year-old project by local burlesque darling Frenchie Renaud, is in many ways similar to the show formerly known as French Quarter Follies — but there’s more. “Normally, what was previously known as French Quarter Follies and is now Follies Voudou would be a…

Lost in Space

Humans generate a lot of junk here on Earth, it’s true. But in space — the final frontier — the junk is spinning out of control, so much so that it could endanger the future of space travel. The hazards generated by colliding space junk — dead satellites bashing into…

A Ghost In the Works

In Michael Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer, the literary title takes on a literal undertone: When Franklin Woolsey dies in the midst of dictating his novel, his secretary, Myra, continues to type, loading up the play with questions about love, loyalty, ambition and plagiarism. It’s a three-person drama, in which the concept of…

Reader: I adore the demon horse!

Is it time for “Mustang” to turn its back on Denver? Next Monday, Denver’s most loved — and loathed — piece of public art will mark its fifth birthday. And according to Denver policy, after a piece has been in place for five years, the city will consider requests that…

Dave Barry brings a taste of Insane City to the Tattered Cover

What do Miami Herald columnists do when they’re bored? They write books, of course, and not necessarily ones that reflect their journalistic oeuvres. Like Carl Hiaasen before him, Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry chooses to spin comic thrillers with plenty of Florida color. But given Barry’s proclivity for being funny,…

Do I have what it takes to be a drag queen pageant judge?

I didn’t have particularly soaring aspirations as a child. I wanted to be a fashion designer or a hair stylist — it was the ’80s, and those careers seemed very glamorous at the time. But I couldn’t draw for shit and when I graduated high school at seventeen, my mom…

Win tickets to Westword‘s Whiteout Fashion Show!

Update: Congratulations to mroth9, j.leaneagh, nicage1125, e.sage2 and kylanl31. You’ve all won tickets to Whiteout! Please check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: The Whiteout Fashion Show is Westword’s newest signature event, and it’s a big one. On February 7, we’ll take over the McNichols…

Five jaded tips for online dating — don’t get Te’od!

The entire world is embarrassed for Manti Te’o right now. The Notre Dame linebacker thought he had a girlfriend, then thought she died of leukemia, and anyone who heard his sad story really bad for Te’o — until word got out that his beloved girlfriend was actually an emotionally disturbed…

Menswear Mondays: Student Asgeir Baldursson on his U.K. look

Not everyone was interested in the Super Bowl yesterday. Asgeir Baldursson, a Colorado College student, “didn’t really care to watch the game, ” he told us. But he did sport a fun rock-and-roll look when he met up with friends at the Denver Pavilions. Continue reading to find out his…

Photos: First Friday on Santa Fe, 2/1/13

Westword photographer Christopher Morgan stopped by the second First Friday art walk of 2013 and brought back these scenes of the art, the food, the music and the people. Continue reading for a few highlights, and visit our full slide show for more. See also: – Slide show: First Friday…