Reader: Andy Kelso charms as Prince Fiyero in Wicked

Andy Kelso flew back to Colorado last week for a starring role in Wicked — and “it’s incredible” to be back home, says the Aurora native. “I already have heard from old high school and childhood friends who are coming to see the show and have reached out to say…

Cheryl Strayed on Dear Sugar, her new memoir, and Snapple Lemonade

What’s striking about Cheryl Strayed’s writing is its radical sincerity and vulnerability. She pens personal essays as responses in her advice column Dear Sugar (which was written anonymously until recently), dishing out loving, thoughtful advice to questioners she addresses as “honey bun” and “sweet pea.” Her new memoir, Wild: From…

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, April 13-15, 2012

This weekend rules. Just saying. There’s tons of stuff to do that won’t leave you eating cereal for dinner for a week, and whether you want to see a feminist spoken word night, go to a huge comedy show, or dance at an art opening, it’s all here — and…

Reader: DaVinci show could leave you with a Mona Lisa smile

Leonardo DaVinci has come to the Denver Pavilions. Discover the DaVinci In You, featuring replicas of sixty machines and other inventions created by DaVinci, has moved into the former Virgin Records space — and it’s quite a change from the other things on display in the Pavilions…

Ralena Gordon documents mental institutions in The Empty Places

With their red-brick walls and stone turrets, many of America’s mental hospitals look eerily like sanctuaries. Some of these facilities genuinely endeavored to do good. Others have darker histories, belied by the elegance of the architecture. In The Empty Places, a photo collection and soon-to-be-produced documentary, Ralena Gordon tries not…

The top five Titanic film flubs

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is one of those reliable touchstones that can always be used as a time-keeper for historical fiction. Although only the fifth most deadly shipwreck of all time, it is undeniably the most famous. The drama of one of the most expensive, “unsinkable” nautical marvels…

¡Hip, Hip Urrea!

The story of the Evil Companions goes something like this: Several decades ago, a secret society of Denver writers would meet, drink and gab at downtown watering holes, and while the conversations might have been deep, they weren’t always pretty. But when the Evil Companions concept was resurrected in 1992,…