Known for their wild, unpredictable comedy nights at Deer Pile, as well as several open mics around town, the Fine Gentleman’s Club comedy co-op will attempt to put chaos to order on Halloween, when they record a live album at Comedy Works. “One of my favorite comedy albums, Dave Attell’s…
I never thought this day would come. The day — er, two days, this Thursday and Friday at Wells Fargo Theatre — when I could see my mentor, Katt Williams, in the flesh. Since discovering his standup work a few years ago, I have found that he speaks a lot…
Update: Congratulations to Cerealluna and salmonavenger. You’ve each won twenty tickets to Hollywood Theaters. Fore the rest of you, keep your eyes out: This will be a regular contest in the future. Original post: We’ll cut straight to the chase: Movies are one of this planet’s greatest pleasures, and there’s…
When LeeAnna Jonas saw her first apparition during a fifth-grade basement seance, she was immediately hooked on the paranormal. Jonas has come a long way since then: She founded her own all-female ghost-hunting team, the Spirit Realm Investigative Project, which has been featured on the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Challenge and…
Denver Arts Week, which kicks off Friday with a special Know Your Arts First Friday, is really a big magnifying glass: Denver boasts a vibrant First Friday tradition every month of the year; this annual event just turns on the spotlight. As with any First Friday, the real trick is…
Every year, this city goes ape over the Denver Gorilla Run. The annual event raises money for the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund by pairing humans with gorilla costumes and setting them free on foot. Photographer Brandon Marshall was along for the fun on Saturday, and brought back these photos of…
At Halloween, what’s better than a haunted house? How about a haunted hotel? Over the weekend, Kevin Larson Presents took over the Hyatt Regency in the Denver Tech Center for the fourth annual Haunted Hotel party. Spread across multiple floors, the spooky celebration featured live music and art as more…
Now that you’re past the age where you can dress up in a costume and knock on people’s doors to get candy, you need to use other ways to get things for free this Halloween week. So we’ve found three All Hallow’s Eve-themed events that won’t deplete your wallet, from…
On Saturday night, a horde of dancers, musicians and performance artists took over the spaces of Prism Glass Works, an entrepreneurial hatching ground associated with the atelier-for-hire Club Workshop. Part of a “12-step program” leading up to next year’s Biennial of the Americas, it was intended as an opportunity for…
Bob Dylan will be here today for the first of two concerts at 1stBank Center. As Josiah Hesse writers in his preview, he’s long been a man out of time. In the beginning, he had a sentimentality for the past, the world of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams. “I was…
Whew! After three weeks of closed doors — behind which massive renovations were taking place — local independent film haven the Chez Artiste is new, improved and reopened. Movie-goers will notice a huge range of improvements throughout the space, including new Barco Digital Projection, upgrades to the theater’s sound and…
Stovall Costilow Collective is a new tattoo parlor located at 230 West 6th Avenue — and it’s also a gallery representing divine and abstract art of all kinds. Jeremy Costilow, tattoo artist and wood worker for the months-old business, says the group plans to hold regular shows in the space…
Last month’s DIY Blacktop Festival in the Denver Theatre District was no fluke — it marked the first step of Recuperatio|12: A series of twelve interdisciplinary events organized by the School of Critical Engagement. The twelve-month program will eventually align with next year’s Biennial of the Americas, exploring modes of…
A recent stroll through the popular teen retail store Hot Topic got me all geared up for Halloween. Seeing the skeleton jewelry, the fake blood-splattered wedding veils and tiaras and the slashed-up fake body parts gave me a warm feeling in my heart. Then I scoped the female costumes and…
The great thing about Halloween falling on a week day is that it means there will be parties on both of the surrounding weekends. The fun kicks off tonight, and there are plenty of inexpensive events to enjoy — everything costume parties to pet-costume parties to a chance to be…
Get to the art of the matter tonight, at a free panel discussion — complete with refreshments and a DJ — in support of the Urban Arts Fund. This graffiti-prevention program of Arts & Venues Denver produces unique opportunities for young people to participate in diversionary art and leadership programs…
Looking for somewhere safe to trick-or-treat? Want to hear some ghost stories in a haunted, old West setting? Hankering for a spot where the whole family can dress up and enjoy a little (mildly) scary entertainment? From Día de los Muertos celebrations to parties offering unlimited trips to the bouncy…
I haven’t played enough of the first three Forza Motorsport games to tell you if their car-worshipping DNA is well-represented in Forza Horizon, their stepchild. But I can tell you that not only is Horizon a truly stellar game in its own right, it understands why we love Colorado. See…
Two weeks ago Cinema Geeks, a Denver-based filmmakers’ group, was chosen as one ten teams tapped to participate in the International AR.Drone Film Festival. The teams were each given a theme, a genre (they could choose between action, commeday and suspense), three AR.Drone 2.0 quadricopters and ten days to produce…
Five years after she passed away at the age of 62, Molly Ivins is hotter than ever. In fact, all five performances of the one-woman play based on her life and writings, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, sold out before the run even started. And at…
The 2012 High Plains Book Awards were announced last Saturday at the Yellowstone Art Museums in Billings, Montana, and winners included a hometown heroine: Jenny Shanks, who took Best Fiction honors for The Ringer. Shanks, who lives in Boulder, loosely based her book on the 1999 slaying of Ismael Mena,…
The 1992 Lithuanian men’s basketball team was much more than a bad fashion statement punctuated by mullets and tie-dye T-shirts. It was a crusade for liberty, pride and independence. While overshadowed by the U.S. team — aka the Dream Team — at the OIympic Games in Barcelona, it was the…
