Summer shows at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre are family-friendly events, intended to hold the wandering (and wondering) attention of children, and this year’s Cinderella is no exception. Created by Rodgers and Hammerstein for television in the 1950s, it’s charming, sweet and slight. Once again — as he did so notably for…
Adam Rose of Fallen Owl Tattoo shop, the recipient of Westword’s Best Good Samaritan Tattoo Joint award this year, thinks tattoo artists sometimes unfairly get a bad rap. But not Rose, who frequently hosts art auctions and fundraisers for local charities, like tonight’s Sh%ts & Giggles Charity Art Show. More…
It’s hard to be a Harry Potter fan these days. You probably finished the final book in the series years ago, while the last movie is long gone from the multiplexes — and J.K. Rowling insists there is no more to come. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still indulge…
Australian exploitation — or Ozploitation — films don’t come much more obscure than Road Games, the story of a trucker named Quid (Stacy Keach) who stalks a possible serial killer across the Australian highways while trying to deliver a load of meat to market. A pushy hitchhiker/sidekick played by ’80s…
“There are two kinds of people in this world: people who love books and people who don’t really care about books,” muses Dana Cain. The difference between the two will come into sharp focus tonight and tomorrow at the 28th annual Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair, which will serve…
Brazilian music and dance will take Boulder by storm this week when the Boulder Samba School presents Colorado Brazil Fest, a three-day cultural-immersion festival featuring music and dance performances, workshops, capoeira demonstrations and traditional Brazilian cuisine at various Boulder locations. “What’s unique about Brazilian music and culture is the commencement…
Though laugh tracks conjure up unfunny sitcoms and forced chuckles, the Laugh Track Comedy Festival offers real belly laughs that don’t need to be cued by a sound engineer. The organizers of the festival, now in its third year, have added another day and another venue to the fun, so…
Mars has fascinated humanity since our earliest ancestors first turned their eyes to the sky, and tonight, NASA’s latest and greatest probe touches down on the surface of the red planet. Observe this milestone tonight at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Curiosity Landing Event, where space scientists and…
Boulder mystery author Stephen White is one of our own, and that’s reason enough for Coloradans to follow his long-running series of Dr. Alan Gregory detective tales. But White’s yarns are good enough to have kept him on the national bestseller lists for years, with no end in sight. Except…
From the coveted Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Denver Art Museum to its production of successful Project Runway all-stars, Colorado’s fashion scene is on fire. Today’s opening of Denver Fashion Week 2012 hopes to continue that recognition of our couture work and to connect local designers and boutiques with…
After a successful 2008 run, Jersey Boys returns to Denver tonight, bringing the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to the Buell Theatre stage. Beyond the traditional appeal of a big-stage production, Jersey Boys has twenty chart-topping hits — including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Oh What…
In spite of all those panhandlers and sign-spinners on street corners reminding us every day of the modern epidemic, we can’t claim homelessness as a strictly 21st-century blight. History tells us otherwise, and that’s the underlying theme in a pair of shows opening today at the Loveland Museum/Gallery. First, there’s…
In its 84th year, Littleton’s Western Welcome Week is pretty much what it is: An old-fashioned community festival featuring more than fifty tried-and-true events stretched out over a couple of weeks, with no changes needed. Everyone can use a little good, clean fun from time to time, and Western Welcome…
Swallow Hill’s Shady Grove Picnic Series at Four Mile Historic Park might offer the most relaxed summer concerts in town, and the shows are certainly among the most affordable. That’s all part of the plan, says spokeswoman Meg Ivey: “The whole vibe is laid-back and casual, and it’s just lovely;…
Andrea Steele, founder and director of the International Freethought Film Festival describes herself as “an agnostic atheist with secular humanist tendencies.” Like sexuality, comics and Occupy Wall Street, there are endless subgroups within the cultures that don’t believe in god(s). And whether you’re devout or full of doubt, there will…
When we think back to the ideal of the true American Dream, images of freedom and the great frontier contribute to the Manifest Destiny that shaped our country. Artist, sculptor and Colorado native Francisco Sotomayor combined that revolutionary mindset with imagery from American culture to form his most monumental piece:…
It’s only August 1, but occasional raindrops foreshadow the arrival of fall. So does fashion spotted on the streets: People are starting to sport pants again. In fact, we recently caught Fancy Tiger’s Matthew Brown rocking trousers with a tank. Find out more in this week’s installment of Denver street…
Project Runway: All Stars winner Mondo Guerra has a new collaboration in the works, and it’s slightly more utilitarian than the bold, fearless couture we came to expect from him on the show: a collection of funky and functional eyeglass frames for SEE Eyewear, a brand Mondo himself has been…
Maybe you finally finished a NaNoWriMo project, and now you’re not sure what to do with the manuscript. Perhaps you’ve been hard at work at the Great American Zombie Novel, but you can’t get the characters to gel. Or hell, possibly you’re convinced you could write some ladyporn that would…
Bill Maher was in town last Friday, sharing observations and the wealth: He donated proceeds from the show to several charities, including the victims of Aurora. But not everyone appreciated the gesture…
Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is known for its funky shopping and dining district as well as its street performers. Less well known is the street’s colorful history, dating back to Boulder’s days as a mining supply town. Starting tomorrow, August 1, celebrate the Pearl Street Mall’s 35th birthday with outdoor…
I often go to the gym to watch television. The primary reason is because, at my commune, the Witch House, we haven’t figured out how to hook up the flat-screen we scored in an awesome barter situation (someone we know was going on a “life journey” and had to get…
