Arts & Culture

New York Rep. Anthony Weiner — Hold up. Get it? His name is Weiner. That’s his name, and also it refers to a penis. If you spell it differently. Funny stuff huh — Weiner faces a dirty photos scandal because he took pictures of his dick, through clothes. But that’s…

Used to be, the only adults who rode bikes were either weird fitness freaks or those with multiple DUIs. Times have changed, however, and more bicyclists than ever are taking to the pedals and jockeying for road space against drivers in an atmosphere of barely contained and increasing animosity. And…

While the common thread in all TACtile Textile Arts projects remains the preservation of old stitching skills and other fiber arts, there’s nothing old-fashioned about the way the center promotes handiwork: At show after show, the gallery features pieces by artists who re-work traditions in hip new ways. The latest…

Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, respectively, were once East Hampton’s most notorious recluses. The musical-theater piece Grey Gardens examines their fall from rich, socially spotlighted women to two hermits living in a home overrun with cats. Director Craig Bond first…

Little Shop of Horrors, the cult classic about a doo-wop-singing plant that eats people, is a musical based on a movie that is also most famous for its treatment as another movie — which is in part hilarious today because of our ’80s nostalgia, but was also hilarious in its…

Once upon a time, the two one-act plays that make up Buntport Theater’s An Evening (or Afternoon) of One-Acts were paired with other one-act plays. The first, “…And This Is My Significant Bother,” a collection of vignettes based on a collection of James Thurber short stories, was originally tied to…

If suds slingers at Great Divide Brewing could figure out a way to get beer flowing from Denver’s fire hydrants, they’d do it. Since that would just fuel the flames of beery bacchanalia, however, they’ve decided instead to simply close down the street in front of the brewery for a…

When the first kayakers put in today at 4 p.m. for the Pro Freestyle prelims at the Lyons Outdoor Games, they’ll be paddling like crazy. “This year we had the biggest snowpack we’ve seen in as long as I can remember, well over 200 percent of average, and it’s just…

Matt Richtel’s newest book, The Devil’s Plaything, isn’t easy to pinpoint by genre alone; it’s as much a thriller as it is science fiction, and while those categories aren’t mutually exclusive, rarely is the third ingredient, deep human drama, mixed in with the two. “I’m close to my grandparents, and…

Pretty much every kind of car that was ever worth looking at will be on display at the Wild West Auto Roundup in Golden this afternoon, from a 1913 Stutz Bearcat to some recently modded-out VWs. But even if the gleaming highlights of automotive ingenuity aren’t your thing, chances are…

As the Internet has changed, it has become more personalized and more directed toward individualized content. While this is an excel-lent way to spread like-minded opinions, that’s exactly what author and MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser finds so dangerous — an opinion he outlines in The Filter Bubble: What The…

The seemingly nonsensical phrase “Oozle Pool” signifies many things. First and foremost, it’s the title of a new hour-long, locally made film premiering tonight, which is a postmodern reimagining of the story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby. The main character in Oozle Pool, Bugs, becomes the Tar Baby,”…

Ah, summertime, when al fresco food and wine shindigs, coupled with the shimmer of the sun, remind of us of why we eat till we sink and drink pinks like geeks. And there’s ample encouragement to do both at the three-day Colorado Winefest, which benefits the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund…

At one point in the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, Little Edie Bouvier Beale turns to the camera and offers a bit of fashion advice: Wear pants or stockings under a skirt so that “you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape.” It’s this kind of…

The idea of turning the RiNo Art District’s semiannual studio tour into a “safari” has been kicking around for a while, says district co-founder Tracy Weil, but it’s finally seeing the light of day; today’s RiNo Art Safari, he notes, promises to be an adventure for all, with more than…

The hardest part of going out to dinner is settling on just one entree — and since a steady diet of sampler platters can get expensive, there’s Feast on the FAX, an evening of dining out that offers a collection of some of the most disparate fare you’re likely to…

After a brief high-country dalliance last year with the Leadville 100, the Rocky Mountain Bicycle Festival returns to Denver this weekend in time to catch a draft with the Denver Century Ride. Ride options range from 5 to 22 miles for the Community Fun Ride on Saturday at 10 a.m…

These days, it’s a dog-eat-dog world for flea and craft markets; you have to set yourself apart in some way, and in the case of the fledgling Lucky Pearl Bazaar, that’s all taken care of. Imagined by organizer Mandy Yocom as a complement to South Pearl Street’s Sunday farmers’ market,…

For the past 36 years, the Denver Public Library has been holding its Annual Used Book Sale, and with each passing year, the event has become bigger and more diversified. While many might assume it’s just a means for the library to unload old and dusty books, that’s not the…

Given that it sounds like something out of a nightmarish fever-hallucination (in the best possible sense), Delirium: A Circus of the Senses has a pretty apt name: “It’s pretty much a four-hour non-stop thrill ride,” says organizer Jimmy Stewart (yes, that’s his real name). “Everywhere you look, there will be…