Dr. Timothy Standring’s sense of humor no doubt kept him going throughout the arduous seven-year process of co-curating the one-of-a-kind blockbuster exhibition Becoming Van Gogh, which opens today at the Denver Art Museum. Though it does sport seventy paintings and drawings gathered from more than sixty public and private collections,…
After years of performing her soul-folk songs around the Denver music scene, Chella Negro hooked up with this town’s blossoming comedy community when she joined the all-female sketch group LadyFace. Proudly public about her affection for ganja, Negro was the ideal candidate for our Getting Stoned With series, in which…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
Twenty years ago, Long Island teenager Amy Fisher became famous for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco — wife of her much older lover, Joey Buttafuoco — in the face. She served time in prison for the crime and has since attempted several media-attracting life reinventions as an author, porn star, Celebrity…
Tired of zombies and vampires hogging all the apocalyptic fiction fun? Local author Travis Heermann agrees, so he’s pushing werewolves to the center stage in his new novel The Wild Boys. The timeless shapeshifters of the book come to life thanks to a bioengineered plague that tilts the balance of…
If holiday presents and apocalypse preparation left you broke, don’t worry. Denver is giving back this week, with lots of free events. From an Improv-a-Thon to a tribute to the godfather of soul to a pop-up shop and dance party, here are three of the best ways to celebrate the…
Think there’s no fun to be had until New Year’s Eve? Think again. Sam Tallent, Nathan Lund, Chris Charpentier and Bobby Crane of the Fine Gentleman’s Club are working through the holidays, and their weekly Too Much Fun comedy show at the Deer Pile will roll like clockwork tonight at…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
Each year, Aspen Film screens the contenders for the Oscar. This year’s lineup of national and international films includes box-office hits like Lincoln, as well as such film-buff favorites as Rust and Bone. The screenings begin December 25 and will continue until January 1 at the Wheeler Opera House in…
As if South Park, Colorado, doesn’t have enough problems (Canadians, Gingers and the fearsome Jewpacabra among them), Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and the whole South Park gang will soon lay waste to the hapless burg in the upcoming video game South Park: The Stick of Truth. See also: – 10…
Today could be the end of the world as we know it, which means the sex-crazed Craigslist addicts are out in full force. We found the ten horniest kinksters in the area, desperate for some action before the Apocalypse. Which one would you send a picture to first? See also:…
Since Hasbro’s Easy-Bake Oven is finally getting a makeover so that little boy cooks won’t have to use pink and purple models, Jenn Wohletz thinks it’s past time to update other girl-centric toys to reflect reflect American society’s changing views on stereotypical gender roles. Toys like My Little Pony, for…
Yeah, the world might end tonight. But just in case it doesn’t, hold onto some of your cash, rather than ending up like one of Harold Camping’s followers. Because there will be plenty of ways to spend it this weekend in Denver, where bargain activities include skating at a roller…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
I can vouch for Rawlitix because I was a guest last month, and I had the time of my life. The Denver-centric live talk show conceived and hosted by local funny man and comedy promoter Onus Spears is still finding its legs, but it’s a grand idea. Spears focuses on…
Bees have been stung with something of a bad reputation, but they make a big contribution to life on earth by pollinating plants. And the people behind the documentary Bee People are out to prove that bees deserve a better image….and a better chance at survival. See also: – The…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
Eden Lane has hosted In Focus with Eden Lane, a weekly arts program on Colorado Public Television, since 2009, but unless she can raise $10,000 in the next six days, that program may go dark. “We’re only 25 percent of the way there,” Lane says. Media coverage of the arts…
As you’ve certainly heard by now, the world is ending tomorrow. Thanks to infallible Mayan prophecies and/or calendar design, we know the whole shebang comes to a hard stop on December 21, 2012. What our helpful future-seeing friends didn’t see fit to tell us is how the world ends. Sure,…
As the year draws to an end, the Narrators is growing into its cozy home at the Deer Pile. The thoroughly modern storytelling session, co-hosted by Andrew Orvedahl and Robert Rutherford, brings a chorus line of local creatives with a certain verbal panache — comics, writers, musicians and the uncategorizable…
For our New Year’s Guide, we asked thirteen cultural tastemakers three specific questions — but since they’re all very involved in the local arts scenes, their answers were very different, and very wide-ranging.As programming manager for the newly christened Sie FilmCenter , Keith Garcia works hard to bring eclectic first-run…
Denver artist Susanne Mitchell has taken over both of the front spaces at Edge Gallery for her solo, Crossing Into, a visual exploration of the cross-cultural currents represented by her marriage to an African immigrant. That union has since dissolved, but while they were together, the couple had a child,…
