It’s sad but true: All good things must come to an end. And that includes Buntport Theater’s innovative (and hilarious) live sitcoms. The company started experimenting with Magnets on the Fridge in 2001; its current live sitcom, Starship Troy, follows a crew aboard a flying garbage truck — in space…
Everyone wonders how fine artists find inspiration and become influenced through other mediums, which is why the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver’s Open Shelf Films program is so freakin’ brilliant. “Each artist gets a shelf, and they fill it with sources and inspirations of their work — whether that’s something…
Sure, you could always wait till tomorrow to start your New Year’s resolutions — but who wants to take up jogging while nursing a vicious hangover? Here’s a better plan: Head to Crested Butte for the second annual Frozen Buns 5K Resolution Fun Run and get a jump start on…
Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, you have to admit that there’s something lovely about a story of two wanderers seeking shelter and an innkeeper offering up the only space he has left — in his stable, where a woman soon gives birth to a special baby boy. Every year,…
This time of year can be so draining for everybody, what with the before-Christmas frenzy — so why not find a secular reason to celebrate the season? Here’s a good one for all you seafood addicts out there: Jax Fish House Denver is celebrating its twelfth anniversary, and hence is…
Tired of all the holiday hoopla yet? If you could use a few moments of sheer escapism from this hectic season, then the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center has just the solution: Cartoons — More Than Just Comics, an exhibit featuring work by Lonnie Allen, Daniel Crosier, Amy Reeder Hadley,…
It’s a well-known fact of life: Kids will argue with their parents over just about anything. So why not channel that impulse into some constructive co-criticism over a couple of slices of pizza, some soda and two movies? That’s the idea behind the Denver Film Society’s Old School New School…
Choreographer and dancer Robert Sher-Machherndl is a local treasure. As artistic director of the Lemon Sponge Cake ballet company, he gets to play around with the meaning of movement and the line between theater and dance all the time. But his current project, Man Made Men, takes experimentation a step…
I have to admit: I always thought the men Cosmopolitan magazine chooses for its annual Most Eligible Bachelor contest were cheeseballs. Every year, fifty eligible bachelors (one from each state) pose shirtless in the mag, next to a brief description and quote, in the hopes of being crowned the Most…
It’s a well-known fact of life: Kids will argue with their parents over just about anything. So why not channel that impulse into some constructive co-criticism over a couple of slices of pizza, some soda and two movies? That’s the idea behind the Denver Film Society’s Old School New School…
This time of year can be so draining for everybody, what with the before-Christmas frenzy, so why not find a secular reason to celebrate the season? Here’s a good one for all you beer-drinkers out there: Jax Fish House Denver is celebrating its twelfth anniversary, and hence is offering 12…
Tired of all the holiday hoopla yet? If you could use a few moments of sheer escapism from this hectic season, then the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center has just the solution: Cartoons — More Than Just Comics, an exhibit featuring work by Lonnie Allen, Daniel Crosier, Amy Reeder Hadley,…
“I just thought that The Jerk is one of those films that, as funny and fantastic as it is, to me is kind of a heartwarmer,” explains Keith Garcia, programming director for the Denver Film Society. “Part of the Seeing Double program is looking at two films that share some…
You might be familiar with Barr Lake State Park’s monthly full-moon hikes, but did you know that once a year, the park also hosts a Solstice Moon Hike? Bundle up on the shortest day of the year for this short hike (naturalist Larry Zanetell says it’s about two and a…
I’ll bet you remember the teacher’s pet in your school, the one who always got to lead the line and erase the board at the end of the day, or whatever typical tasks Teacher gave out to his or her favorite. If you still feel bitter and left out from…
Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, you have to admit that there’s something lovely about a story of two wanderers seeking shelter and an innkeeper offering up the only space he has left — in his stable, where a woman soon gives birth to a special baby boy. Every year,…
If you’ve ever been to Santa Fe, New Mexico, this time of year, you already know how beautiful thousands of flickering luminarias — candles in paper bags placed throughout the city — can be. And we have a little taste of the experience right here in Denver: For one night…
“This year, especially, I think people are looking for ways to cut back but also make meaningful gifts,” says Moondance Botanicals’ Tonja Reichley. And what better way to reach that goal than Moondance’s DIY: Handmade Is Best workshop, taking place today from 1 to 5 p.m. at Moondance Botanicals, 601…
Cultures all around the world — well, in the northern hemisphere, anyway — have ritually celebrated the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Because once the solstice is over, the planet’s north side begins tilting back toward the sun, bringing longer days and more sunshine. And who doesn’t…
The King loved Christmas. No, not Wenceslas, Elvis! And Chris Barber (aka the Velvet Elvis) loves Christmas, too — so much, in fact, that every year for the past two years, he’s channeled the King for the annual Blue, Blue Christmas Show. Barber returns to Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, 1601 Arapahoe…
I really feel for my husband sometimes. In fact, I really feel for all men around this time of year. No, I’m not getting all Glenn Beck on you… I just can’t imagine how difficult it must be to shop for the important woman in your life. After all, if…
Most of us have seen at least one performance of The Nutcracker during the holiday season — but we probably didn’t travel to Russia, where ballet is practically a national sport, to absorb the dance and understand it as a work of art. And this year we won’t have to,…
