At tonight’s Top Latke Cook-off and Hanukkah Party, the simple but symbolic potato pancake will be dressed up by a dozen expert and amateur chefs, all competing to present the best version at this annual celebration. Tasters can enjoy samples of the traditional Hanukkah dish prepared in a variety of…
The original concept for Holiday ManCraft, as Stu Alden remembers it, was fairly simple: “There was one craft fair that my wife, Nicky, and I were hoping to get into, and we didn’t get into it, and I thought, we should just do our own.” So they started listing people…
Hinterland sometimes throws intriguing shows that pair the works of two artists; for the latest, the gallery’s Sabin Aell juxtaposes large-scale, slow-exposure camera obscura cityscapes by Bailey Russel with detailed ink works on paper by his friend Mark Ritchie, who’s influenced by more delicate Islamic and Byzantine vistas. At first…
It used to be that most people would hide their garish holiday sweaters, but nowadays they embrace the eye-searing excesses of Christmas cardigans as both iconic and ironic — and wear them proudly wherever they can. One of those places is at the Ugly Sweater Run, which, in addition to…
Tonight’s Drag Machine is a show of most excellent proportions: Passengers will “board” a time machine — the transformed Jones Theatre — and follow Shirley Delta Blow through drag’s history and the larger GLBTQ civil-rights movement. Blow (aka actor and show developer Stuart Sanks) and company run the audience-interactive event…
Other than Christmas carols, there is probably no other collection of music that inspires an infectious sing-along more quickly than the Beatles catalogue. Hence the fourteen-year success of the John Lennon/Beatles Memorial Sing-along Celebration, an anniversary remembrance of the death of John Lennon and a tribute to the twentieth century’s…
Film Festival Flix, a ten-city monthly indie-film tour that added Denver to its route last September, has been slowly growing an audience, says spokeswoman Nancy Oberman, whose son Benjamin came up with the concept: a film series for folks who are flustered by the sheer weight of the typical film-festival…
For tonight’s opening of An Office Christmas Party With LadyFace, the sketch-comedy troupe — known for bringing a diverse series of comical skits about life and love to the stage — gets deep into the holiday-tale canon. “We tried to put in all of the Christmas things that we could…
Vail’s week-long Snow Daze celebration kicks off today with an after-dark party in the town’s Ford Park. Things will really heat up later in the week as the ski resort counts down to its fiftieth birthday, which will be celebrated on Saturday with a giant bash and fireworks display in…
Best to check your religious beliefs (or lack thereof) before going to see BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular, which once again will offer wacky, non-denominational cheer to holiday crowds. From a comedy unicycle act to audience-wide sock-puppet sing-alongs, the variety show is a silly way to get into the holiday spirit…
’Tis the season for department-store Santa Clauses – particularly the most infamous Father Christmas who ever worked at a Macy’s. And just in time for the holidays, the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities is staging Miracle on 34th Street, the Musical, based on the 1947 film and earlier…
The holiday season is officially here when The Nutcracker hits the stage; seeing this classic ballet with a Christmas theme has become a tradition for many families. “Everybody loves the story of Clara and the Nutcracker coming to life and going to the land of the sweets and meeting the…
While the weather continues to shift from sunny to gloomy during these late-fall nights, street fashion has seen some extreme highs and lows as well. Last week, for example, we spotted many people wearing their pajamas out and about. But this week, our street-style prayers were answered when we spotted…
On Friday, December 7, theOpen Media Foundation will celebrate six years of independent voices on Denver Open Media with a party from 7:30 to 10 p.m. – with music by Achille Lauro, pioneers in Denver’s independent music scene; a silent auction to support independent businesses and OMF; and food and…
Like her sketch-comedy counterparts in Denver troupe LadyFace, Timmi Lasley is a versatile performer. The sketch comedian has been doing stand-up for the last three years, after paying her dues as a stage actor and getting a degree in theater. The acting expertise came in especially handy this year, when…
The names you’ll recognize — the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones — and the titles of Boedecker Theater’s upcoming film series will be a treat for classic-rock fans who have already devoured big-budget docs like When You’re Strange or last month’s Crossfire Hurricane. “Both the Doors and…
Bikes are taken seriously in Denver and Boulder, and just as Denver’s Viva Streets! drew thousands of pedalers to West 23rd Avenue for a day of open, traffic-free riding and strolling in August, the Boulder Green Streets Ciclovìa in Boulder did much the same a month later in an area…
Your altitude problem is my attitude problem, Bree Davies told non-natives yesterday. And not only are non-natives the only people who like John Denver, she said, they also are responsible for Denver’s traffic, gentrification, the popularity of days-long dubstep shows at Red Rocks (and the sickening popularity of any band…
We here at Show and Tell receive tips from a lot of strange and surprising places — including, recently, a laundromat near the Ninth and Corona King Soopers. That’s where one eagle-eyed tipster discovered the most oddly specific (and generally glorious) roommate ad we’ve ever seen. We’ll give you a…
Some people enjoy erotic art; some prefer animal art. Depending on which you choose, it can say a lot about your personality. But artist LewisOne thinks these two aren’t mutually exclusive, and he plans to prove it when he unveils Puss N Pups: Little Naughty and Nice Art Show during…
Want to get lucky as you ring in 2013? The Westword New Year’s Eve Guide will be inserted in our December 13 issue, and will include information on select December 31 entertainment options, to ensure that when the clock strikes twelve, you don’t strike out. If you know of any…
I was complaining via that modern adult whiny message board known as Twitter recently that the only people who like John Denver are non-natives. I also blame those same anonymous people for Denver’s traffic, gentrification, the popularity of days-long dubstep shows at Red Rocks (and the sickening popularity of any…
