Arts & Culture

Forget about bundling up against the cold: at Midnite Martini’s Winter Burlescapades, it’s all about taking it off. “We wanted to provide an alternative to the usual kid-focused holiday events going on right now,” explains Midnite Martini herself. “It provides comedy, dancy music and good ol’-fashioned live entertainment that adults…

Drag Nation: Apocalypse, a holiday spin on Tracks Nightclub’s Friday tradition, goes off with an even bigger bang tonight as the raucous band of queens welcomes Ru Paul’s Drag Race contestant Alexis Mateo to the stage. But the almost-New Year’s Eve bash has another larger-than-life reason to celebrate: Nina Flowers…

Core New Art Space member Lola Montejo grew up in Madrid during the heady ’80s, when the urban center blossomed culturally after years of censorship under the Franco dictatorship. “My grandmother once told me that she was not even allowed to have a typewriter,” Montejo remembers. “During that time of…

You’re going to need a costume for your costume to attend tonight’s Nan Desu Kan New Year’s Eve Costume Ball. “Imagine your character is going to homecoming,” says NDK spokeswoman Jinnie McManus of the cosplay-attracting end-of-year bash. NDK is known for its large-scale Japanese animation convention, which draws thousands of…

Ten years ago, Kevin Larson realized that there was almost nowhere to go in Denver where you could get decked out in your finest and ring in the New Year in style. “So that’s when I said, ‘You know what? If nobody else is gonna do it, I will,'” says…

Sure, you could stay home, get snockered and burn off your eyebrows lighting fireworks this New Year’s Eve, or you could hear some naughty poetry and watch belly dancers in steampunk gear. The Mercury Cafe, home of local booze, urban-hippie decor and a selection of vegetarian dishes that even carnivores…

The annual New Year’s Eve soiree Howl takes its name from Allen Ginsberg’s history-making poem. And event organizer Jessie de la Cruz says that the poem, in which Ginsberg famously laments that “Denver is lonesome for her heroes,” has a lot to do with this year’s party. “There’s something about…

“If you’re looking to ring in the New Year in a winter wonderland, this is your place,” says Keystone Resort spokeswoman Justine Spence. The ski resort’s New Year’s Eve festivities coincide with the first of the season’s monthly Kidtopia events, December 27-January 3, so start with a gondola ride up…

The Polar Plunge ain’t for cold-weather wimps. Now in its 29th year, today’s Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado fundraiser invites brave souls to participate in a freezing water dive at the Boulder Reservoir. Bathing suits are a must, but jumpers are also encouraged to get creative. Past participants’ costumes have included…

Ray Young Chu became something of a legend around town a few years ago when he occupied the streets with fun and graffiti generated by the Yummies, a furry-costumed bunch who rapped and made murals at art events at such hot spots of yore as the Fabric Lab and Capsule…

There are only two words you need to read to get excited about T. Rex Encounter, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s latest exhibit: robotic dinosaurs. The interactive dinobots, which go on display today, come in three types: a Tyrannosaurus rex, a triceratops and two smaller raptors. They’ll be…

Art appreciation and exploration go hand in hand at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s ongoing BMoCA Scavenger Hunt promotion, which began in mid-October and runs through the end of January. Financed by an Arts and Business Collaborative Grant from the Boulder Arts Commission, it links museum-goers with nearby businesses…

Three Kings Tavern hosted its sixth Annual “F@#K X-Mas Party” on Christmas night with Ooh La La Burlesque and Mark Star Karaoke. The 21-and-up party promised to include “the best of everything 3 Kings all at once,” which meant lots of Pabst Blue Ribbon, music, burlesque and holiday-themed underpants. Want…