Mixed-media artist Rob Mack lives in the mountains, where nature seems just a little bit closer, and visits by foxes and deer and wild animals of all kinds aren’t that unusual. For Mack, the wildlife with which he shares physical space represents a mystical bond, a theme that repeats throughout…
The wheels are still turning over our Cruiser bikes suck/Cruiser bikes rule debate, with aesthetes and athletes alike weighing in on the debate. And the discussion isn’t limited to cruisers…
“Hunter [Thompson] was always asking me and other people to read his work aloud,” remembers Matt Moseley, friend and fellow freedom fighter with Thompson in the controversial Lisl Auman case. “He wrote his work to be read aloud. When he was working on a new piece he’d say, ‘Read a…
Style Strike debuted yesterday in the plaza of the Denver Pavilions. In this home-grown reality show, host Samuel Schimek — of the I Heart Denver store in the Pavilions — chooses audience members with old, out-of-style accessories to “strike” and replace with new items that are actually in “style.” Every…
It’s safe to say that the year 2012 is a big one in Mayan culture — but few people really know the extent of its importance, argues PeaceJam Executive Director Dawn Engle. Not up to speed? No worries: Tonight you can catch Mayan Renaissance — a Peacejam-produced movie that puts…
In her standup appearances, Natasha Leggero critiques terrible pop culture while wearing evening gloves and pearls — but her witty, spot-on commentary takes the gloves off, at least figuratively. The comedian, who’s appeared on Chelsea Lately, Burning Love and Free Agents, is bringing her Servantless Household Tour to the downtown…
When we interviewed hometown-boy-gone-big T.J. Miller last week, he’d just gotten back to Beverly Hills and was preparing for a quick trip to Denver to debut his new Nix Bros. collaboration: the “Denver” video that premiered at Film on the Rocks Tuesday. After that, Miller headed straight to London –…
This Saturday, when the Run For Your Lives 5K race comes to Denver, the fast and wary will survive. The rest will be zombie fodder. That’s right — at long last, someone has combined a 5K obstacle-course race with the walking dead. Or in this case, the running dead. Sure,…
The great thing about liking artists who aren’t dead is the opportunity to meet them in person and ask, “What does it all mean?” Ice Cube Gallery is giving you that chance starting today, for the closing weekend of Absence, by Jane McMahan, and Wading In, by Regina V. Benson…
The Colorado Burlesque Festival returns to Denver today for a third annual twirl of the tassels. Shotgun Willies? Think again. This event isn’t about scantily dressed ladies. The art of burlesque will be showcased with performances by some of the top women in the field: over 75 performers who have…
Cool or crap? Yesterday two Show and Tell writers offered a point/counterpoint on cruiser bikes. But while Britt Chester has been cruising with his “Cruiser bikes rule” piece, Josiah Hesse’s “Cruiser bikes suck” seems to have hit a brick wall…of criticism…
Zombies are everywhere. The undead scourge has invaded movies, television, video games, even classic literature, and there’s no end in sight. Now they’ve even popped up in your fitness regimen, with the Run for Your Lives 5K obstacle-course race. Only the strong will survive, but everyone should have a pretty…
Everyone loves pancakes, and if you’re fundraising, they’re a great means to an end. That’s what the folks at the Colorado Anti-Violence Program have found, and today they’ll cook up their fifth annual All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast, raising money for a hotline and services for victims of violence…
On first viewing, Rob Mack’s color-infused animal imagery, often stamped on old wood slabs, can seem like graphic art on a board. But for Mack, It has deep meaning — and if you spend some time looking at the pieces, chances are that you’ll catch that, too. “I create things…
While punk’s ethos and aesthetic left a culture-shifting legacy, the women of this global music scene have often been left out of the historical picture. Punk pioneer, feminist and Chicana activist Alice Bag began telling her part of that story with the release of last year’s autobiography Violence Girl; she’ll…
Donning elbow-length gloves and an evening gown, Natasha Leggero delivers biting commentary on everything from reality television to women who think InTouch Weekly is a book. Her verdict on almost all pop culture? Terrible. Whether she’s delivering witty observations about what TLC should stand for (toddlers, lunatics and cake) or…
Audio-visual performance covers a lot of territory, according to David Fodel, who’s co-curating the inaugural MediaLive 2012 this week-end. “It goes anywhere from people who are doing light shows at a rave to super-high-end academic conservatory music that’s really abstract and difficult to penetrate,” he explains. MediaLive, a three-day symposium…
Pat McCullough, organizer of the annual Colorado Irish Festival, is well aware of what people want from the cultural extravaganza each year. “We’re going to have all the nine yards there,” he confirms. “Music, dance and piping, and all the booths and artisans and vendors, and the Denver Gaels —…
Despite the tanking economy, the shifting fortunes of local companies and the shrinking of the media that has always served as support and megaphone, there’s a lot going on in local theater. The annual Henry Awards, organized by the Colorado Theatre Guild with indefatigable director Gloria Shanstrom at the helm,…
Summer evenings at the Denver Botanic Gardens are something to be savored, and that’s why the growing concern at 1007 York Street hosts themed Sunset Strolls from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every second Wednesday throughout the season. Tonight’s installment sounds especially dreamy: It’s a Great Gatsby promenade that invites you…
“No matter how much money you have, no matter how much power you have, everyone’s gonna die,” says Emmanuel Gallery director Shannon K. Corrigan. This is the concept that will be thoroughly explored through the skeletal images of Mexican illustrator and political cartoonist Jose Guadalupe Posada in the gallery’s two…
“Ice Cube Gallery sounds like an attractive escape from 100-plus-degree temperatures,” writes Michael Paglia in his review of Regina V. Benson: Wading In and Jane McMahan: Absence (through July 14), two shows that feature natural imagery as key components, in this week’s Westword. Meanwhile, the Golden Triangle’s Walker Fine Art,…
