Weddings make such bitchin’ film scenarios because the stakes are believably high: If anything goes wrong, social opprobrium, the loss of your beloved or both can ensue, right in front of your disdainful parents, the clergy, and probably Vince Vaughn. Directors have placed every obvious symbol of holy union in…
“I’ve made six movies, and I feel like I’m only just finally figuring out how this business fucking works,” Paul Thomas Anderson says on an unseasonably mild August afternoon in the Astoria section of Queens, where later tonight he will preview his latest film for an invited audience at the…
The story goes that while filming in Tunisia in the summer of 1980, Steven Spielberg avoided the dysentery that afflicted most of the cast and crew of Raiders of the Lost Ark by holing up in his hotel room with a suitcase full of SpaghettiOs. Like most studio-approved behind-the-scenes errata,…
All the way from New York City, Fashion’s Night Out makes a scene in Cherry Creek North tonight. This event, which was started four years ago by industry icon Anna Wintour, encourages cities across the U.S. to bring designers, retailers and fashion fans together to celebrate all things couture. “We’re…
Like this city’s restaurant scene, Westword’s Dish is always evolving — and improving. Our eighteenth incarnation, set for 7:30 to 11 p.m. on Thursday, September 6, not only features a stunning setting — the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex — but an impressive array of restaurants. “The…
Anyone can rock the red lipstick, vintage dress and retro updo look; it’s just a matter of practice. Tonight, during First Friday, you can learn some retro tricks at Zia’s Boutique’s How-To Pin-Up Bash. The party will feature Amanda Aragon — the owner of Ruby Faye’s Vin-tage Collection, an online…
Stickers are everywhere — advertising businesses, decorating skateboards, expressing political opinions and more. From mass-produced sheets of the hot cartoon character of the day, to hand-drawn graffiti stickers, everyone can get in on the act. This uniquely sticky, universal art medium is the subject of Peel N Stick, Love Gallery’s…
In 1850s England, it was cheaper for a man to commit his wife to an insane asylum than to get a divorce. So that’s what many men did. This terrifying practice is documented in Aiden Sinclair’s new magic show, From a Padded Room: An Evening in Colney Hatch Asylum. The…
Some of Denver’s favorite things are beer, bikes and bands, and you’ll find all three and more today at New Belgium’s Tour de Fat. The annual celebration of the bicycle kicks off with a giant participatory bike parade, then segues into a day of goofy cycling contests, live music and…
Though Labor Day usually signals the end of the outdoor swimming season for humans in Colorado, today’s Festival of the Bastardino at Pirate’s Cove keeps the pools open for dogs. Now in its fifth year, the canine-only water party welcomes dogs of all breeds and sizes, who can jump, play…
After eight years of running his magazine’s signature Adventures event in, of all places, New York City, Backpacker magazine editor-in-chief Jonathan Dorn says he’s eager to bring Adventures Denver to Sloan’s Lake Park. “We look at these events as a way to share all the different activities that we cover…
It’s rare to find a full-blown party raging on a Monday night, but in anticipation of Mexican Independence Day on September 16, Intercambio Denver — a nonprofit that provides ESL classes to local immigrants — will crash the Ginn Mill for Lunes Libre, a fundraiser with an emphasis on “fun.”…
As local filmmakers continue to give Colorado a cinematic identity, more events keep popping up to satisfy the local hunger for independent films. Tonight, Comedy Works South will feed that beast with its debut partnership with Film Festival Flix, a monthly event of national filmmakers hosting a Q&A and screening…
When a fictional prairie dog colony is threatened by human development, ten of the animals set off on an adventure to find a new home in Journey From Little Left, the debut novel from local author Gary Michael. The book was inspired by Michael’s appreciation for Watership Down and his…
Who but Stephen Sondheim would dare to write a musical about U.S. presidential assassins? The man famous for that other grisly Broadway hit, Sweeney Todd, did just that with Assassins, mining the lives of everyone from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald and even Colorado wannabe assassin John Hinckley…
Kirie, or the Japanese art of paper cutting, is an intricate study in traditional yet ultra-contemporary design in the disciplined hands of Hyakkimaru, whose exhibition, Hyakkimaru’s Kirie World, opens today at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in conjunction with the upcoming Mountain Festival, a fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the Springs’…
Broadway’s La Cage aux Folles is one of those everlasting crowd-pleasers; you don’t have to be a cross-dresser to end up laughing in the aisles over this musical comedy of errors surrounding a gay cabaret owner, Georges, and his vivacious drag queen of a mate, Albin. The role of Albin…
Whether one is speaking about the exhibits or the programs offered there, MCA Denver isn’t exactly known to offer boring fare, and Black Sheep Fridays, a series returning to the MCA Cafe for a seasonal run, is a case in point. The very poster child of edgy community programming, the…
For this week’s art review, Westword critic Michael Paglia focused on feminism in two simultaneous shows at Ice Cube Gallery and Pirate: Contemporary Art. And before even analyzing their art, he offered up this apology: “I was wrong. Apparently, the subject of feminist art is as urgent and relevant now…
Fashion’s Night Out began in New York City in 2009, the brainchild of couture-culture queen Anna Wintour as a way to reignite consumer interest in fashion. Now Colorado is getting in on the party, which has become an international celebration; various boutiques across the state go big tomorrow night, September…
Forge Motion Pictures, NRS Films, and New Belgium Brewing premiered The Elder this week, the final film in director Skip Armstrong’s five-part Of Souls + Water series. Armstrong calls the film “a dreamy, contemplative, non-literal piece” about Rob Elliot, 68, a Grand Canyon river guide with more than 200 trips…
We love our dogs in Denver, but few local pups have stirred up as much heart-thumping love and attention as house corgi Denver Picard Schimek, the I Heart Denver Store’s animal ambassador. His owner (and I Heart Denver entrepreneur) Samuel Schimek says the precious pooch turns one this month. See…
