Yoshi Saito’s sculpture is a little bit wacky, but in the most delightful and natural way. His new show at Ironton Gallery — currently on view through May 18, with a reception on Friday, May 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. — offers new insight into what’s in Saito’s mind…
Futurama has been canceled…again. Fans are keenly aware that the show was nuked back in 2003 by Fox, then brought back by Comedy Central after it bought the rights to the four movies in 2007. But this season will reportedly be the last one, with the series finale airing on…
Theater Esprit Asia, a new company founded by playwright, actor and choreographer Maria Cheng and stage, film and television veteran Tria Xiong, will start its inaugural season on May 30 at Aurora’s Vintage Theater; the lineup will feature plays by Cheng, Rick Foster and Julia Cho. In advance of the…
The appearance of sociopathic dreamboat Anthony Jeselnik at the University of Denver’s Newman Center Saturday was filled with unthinkable rape jokes and reverse-pandering to the backward-hat bros and “Woo!” women who populate the college campus. Despite the fact that nearly half his set was recycled material from his standup special…
It’s been a long wait, but RTD’s spanking new West Rail Line officially opened to passengers this morning. Tomorrow, however, the parties begin, as the transit organization opens all of its rail lines up for free rides, with themed community celebrations, also free, scheduled at most of the new West…
For nearly two years the Nix Brothers and The Grawlix comedy team have been producing mind-burstingly good short films for the web that also screen each month at the Grawlix’s Bug Theatre comedy show. With a trio of hyper-real characters that play off each other with a juvenile cruelty and…
Since it opened two years ago in the former home of the Atrium, the Bar has earned a reputation as not just a community watering hole, but a place with a very broad definition of community. This was a spot where everyone was truly welcome, and the entertainment lineup was…
After the organizers of the Denver Dark Arts Festival decided to close up shop a few years ago, Brent Heinze saw an opportunity. “The team that did it before haven’t put the Denver Dark Arts Festival on in seven years; it got to be just a pain in their ass,”…
Between his standup performances and his Comedy Central show, The Jeselnik Offensive, handsome asshole Anthony Jeselnik has slapped the PC button of just about every sociopolitical demographic the world over. Whether you’re a liberal female with an eating disorder or a conservative Catholic who survived cancer, this sharp-tongued mockster will…
Chuck Sink, who died on April 12, just six weeks shy of his ninetieth birthday, was one of the greatest mid-century modernist architects to have worked in Denver. Born in 1923 in Indiana, he was first exposed to modernism at age ten, when he attended the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair…
Dan Sperry is the darker kind of magician. The self-labeled “anti-conjuror” says his magic is meant to test the limits of his audience’s comfort zone — and Sperry’s Marilyn Manson/Edward Scissorhands look alone accomplishes that. But while his tricks sit on the edge of shocking, the illusionist says his goal…
A lot of comedy audiences have an Us vs. Them attitude regarding what standups to like; they feel they have to decide between David Cross or Larry The Cable Guy. And while this attitude would usually push comedian John Caparulo into the latter category (he’s critical of healthy eating and…
Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first Comics issue on May 30, 2013 — and we want you to be a part of it. We’re accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who’d like to create a cartoon about life in…
Unless you’re new to the Denver scene, you’ve probably had a hazy night in the RiNo district — seeing a show at the Meadowlark or the Larimer, getting a taco at a food truck, stopping outside MegaFauna to peer in at the locally-made clothing, prints and assorted sundries. MegaFauna owner…
The Grawlix have been one of the brightest lights on the Denver comedy scene for a couple of years now, most successful comedy team not to come out of Denver — but to live in Denver. Their crowning achievement thus far, though, has got to be this past weekend’s premiere…
In many pockets of Denver, there are visible connections to our city’s past that are, with each passing year, slowly being erased in favor of a more modern aesthetic. This concerns Black Eye Coffee co-owner Gregory Ferrari, who is promoting a Kickstarter campaign to install a large, early twentieth-century-style mural…
Westword art critic Michael Paglia visited Robischon Gallery for this this week’s review, which takes on four different shows at the gallery. The largest of them focuses on New York-based collaborators Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick and their fantastical artwork, while the other three exhibits are also rooted in the…
Are the Asylum’s mockbuster movies made in tribute to the films they mock or just to make campy fun of them? Either way, these flicks — Snakes on a Train, Transmorphers, The 18-Year-Old Virgin and more — have inspired cult followings, and it’s no surprise that the posters hyping them…
Entering the Robischon Gallery right now is like walking through the looking glass, so to speak. Inside are four shows, each of which posits the existence of a fantastic faux reality expressing individual parallel worlds. Creepy and weird — not to mention accomplished and elegant — are just some of…
Not everyone can relate to the idea of defining yourself through popular culture, but anyone who gets it, really gets it. And for the last year Denver has been blessed with a sonic sanctuary for these poor souls: the These Things Matter podcast. This week TTM hosts Taylor Gonda and…
A galvanizing figure of the new craft movement, Ohio fabric and pattern designer Amy Butler is in Colorado for a Makerie Sewing Retreat at Chautauqua in Boulder. But she’s kicking off her visit with a meet-and-greet tonight at Fancy Tiger Crafts, the craft palace on Broadway run by Jaime Jennings…
Maria Sharapova, the number two-ranked World Tennis Association player and former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, just launched a line of boutique candies — including little lemon-lime tennis balls. This seems a little weird, considering Sharapova’s athleticism and the nation’s current examination of sugary sweets — but then, this country has…
