From Tad Friend’s New Yorker profile of Anna Faris to the glass-ceiling-shattering pressure assigned to last month’s Bridesmaids, a case could be made that 2011 will be remembered as the year the film industry (finally!) acknowledged its institutional misogyny, took steps to reverse it, and even learned that letting chicks…
The Divine Sister features some of Denver’s most talented actors, reliable creators of deep and memorable characters in artistically ambitious venues — and all of them having the time of their lives here, hamming, capering and slamming home the cheesiest jokes imaginable. The insanely over-the-top script by Charles Busch is…
House arrest isn’t just for political prisoners, Pol Pot and Ponzi scheme artists anymore. In the last few years, many celebrities have had the pleasure of serving hard time in the comfort of their own cushy homes — including Lindsay Lohan, who was placed under house arrest on June 17…
It wasn’t a big surprise to Sophia Dixon Dillo that a few technical problems cropped up during the installation of her Light and Line show at Ice Cube Gallery this morning; when you’re working with some 25 miles of fishing line, there are bound to be a few snags, so…
So PrideFest may be over, but we’re not done being obsessed with gay dudes on Twitter. In fact, Cazwell’s performance this weekend in Civic Center park was worth another post on its own, but we’ve already discussed why we stalk his Twitter, so that’s probably more than enough. However, it…
Best-selling Chinese-American author Lisa See, who will read from her new book Dreams of Joy tomorrow evening at the Tattered Cover, is an extraordinary researcher: Her fierce desire to get the details right has taken her around the world, to museums and libraries, and even into the small worlds of…
Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean we can’t all sit indoors and consume entertainment. After all, the hotter and nicer it gets outside, the more you need to just relax and unwind in front of the TV or a good book. Unfortunately, there are apparently no books being released this…
It’s coming up fast on Bike to Work Day in Denver tomorrow, a day when many fledgling cyclists will discover the joys of a commute on two wheels. But it’s not all fresh air and feeling fine — it can also be really scary — so as a daily cyclist…
Today is the 9th annual international observance of Go Skateboarding Day, a Summer Solstice celebration that’s just our style. The skater holiday was originally created as a marketing ploy by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, but has since been embraced by public skateparks and independent skate shops everywhere. It’s…
Maybe it’s the the perpetual heat stroke-induced daze, but there’s something about summer that causes people to do things that are even dumber than the stuff they normally do. Case in point, this video, wherein a young man who probably needs more to do with his time ends up smacking…
There was lots of stuff to do this weekend in and around PrideFest (see our awesome people slide show and parade coverage of the leather contingent), but we took to shopping for all of the gay wares our little hearts desired. Here’s the deal with PrideFest swag: If you wanna…
There’s a lot of random stuff to see along the narrow strip of middle America that is I-80 — Buffalo Bill’s Ranch and a generous handful of RV parks, for example — but the crown jewel of that stretch of road is most certainly the I-80 Truck Stop in Walcott,…
When the Arvada Center’s new production of Hairspray officially opens tomorrow night, Everyone, but everyone, will be checking out the costumes. That’s because Denver hero Mondo Guerra designed them, putting his way with fresh and professional looks to the test. And besides, if Mondo wasn’t meant to design costumes for…
It’s the second-longest day of the year today, and not just because, like Garfield, you hate Mondays — it’s because it’s the Summer Solstice tomorrow, so literally. And while solstices (solsti?) are generally holidays for pagan hippies who celebrate them by dancing around flaming pentagrams and guzzling hard cider and…
Over the weekend, we caught news of a reservoir in Portland being drained after a man was caught pissing in it, which sounds like something of a joke headline, but the whole thing is in fact very serious — so serious that it’s costing taxpayers $36,000. In light of this…
I came. I saw. I marched. I made an obscene gesture at some rowdy Christians. And then I tripped, fell on my ass and twisted the shit out of my ankle. But it was all for a good cause: I marched in the Denver PrideFest Parade with the leather contingent…
Anyone who has ever been blocked in while trying to drop off a passenger knows there are plenty of dicks at Denver International Airport. And anyone who has followed Westword knows that there are plenty of conspiracy theories about the place as well — many, many theories. But those aren’t…
It’s official: For the first time since 1997, Arapahoe Basin has enough snow on the slopes to stay open on weekends through the 4th of July. As of this morning the ski area is reporting a mid-mountain base of 50 inches and, get this, about a half an inch of…
Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds, the world’s leading collector of failed superhero franchise leads, opens today. Reynolds plays Hal Jordon, a fearless test pilot who’s chosen to become part of an intergalactic peacekeeping force called the Green Lanterns. They use their power rings to harness the green energy of “willpower”…
Books, says Alicia Bailey of Abecedarian Gallery, are by nature interactive, so it’s ironic that the often delicate handmade books she usually exhibits can’t be handled too much. But when the two small shows Interactive Artifact and Music Bo(o)x open tonight with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., the…
Leeroy Jenkins is back! The World of Warcraftvideo game character (and the local gamer behind him Ben Schulz) shot to international super-stardom thanks to a 2005 viral video. While the psycho-warrior has been quiet for a few years, he’ll be charging into the limelight tomorrow, June 18, from 5 to…
It goes without saying that every LGBT bar and club in town will be overflowing this weekend with beer busts and boot scoots and just plain wild celebratin’ of the imbibing kind. Check into your favorite, and you’ll be well taken care of. But where do you go to see…
