Brit Withey’s top ten Starz Denver Film Festival flick picks

Denver Film’s artistic director, Brit Withey, recently did a very difficult job for us: He picked what he thinks are going to be the ten absolute don’t-miss films screening at this year’s Starz Denver Film Festival. We know. Tough. But here, for your reading pleasure, is a breakdown (in no…

Tonight: Boobs & Brews fundraiser at Wynkoop

Boobs and beer — what’s not to love in that combination? Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, presents the Boobs & Brews Dinner, a Breast Cancer Month fundraiser featuring Wynkoop beers and a one-night-only menu of seasonal dishes.The dinner, which starts at 6:30, costs $55; call 303-297-2700 or go to…

Tonight: Cook for the Cause fights against breast cancer

Since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is overflowing with events to support breast-cancer causes. The most delicious event, though, will definitely be Cook for the Case, tonight at Kimball Distributing, 1400 West Third Avenue, and billed as “a delicious way to help fight the battle against breast cancer.”…

Tonight’s Zombielesque: Live, nude body parts and more

The ladies of Burlycute have put together Zombielesque — taking place for one night only at Bender’s Tavern, 314 East 13th Avenue, tonight promptly at 8 p.m. We caught up with bad-ass burlesque madame/emcee Reyna Von Vett — whose alter ego, Cora Vette, will be introducing the ladies of the…

Tonight: A Taste of Mexico — and of Oskar Blues — at Centro

Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl Street in Boulder, will present a Taste of Mexico with a Taste of Oskar Blues at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Chef Ian Clark will serve a menu inspired by the food of Durango, Mexico, pairing the dishes with three beers from Oskar Blues…

Stiff Competition

The Golden Cemetery Tours have risen from the dead. “A lot of people have asked about them,” says Christina Vandoloski, spokeswoman for the Golden History Center, which produced the tours before they went on hiatus a few years ago. “We did a member survey, and they wanted to know where…

Samhain Enchanted Evening

Most people think of Halloween as a time to wear silly, scary or unnecessarily revealing (or all three) costumes and stuff themselves with candy. That might be the mainstream approach — but pagans celebrate the holiday as Samhain, a day that marks the end of the old year and the…

DIY Fangs

Today’s Vlad the Impaler’s Fair and Expo is “really just an excuse to get a big group of people together for a DIY event,” reveals Chris Loffelmacher, programming director for the Denver Public Library’s Fresh City Life. “So rather than choose something that was Twilight-y, I wanted to choose something…

Vampire Rising

Just in time for Halloween, the Denver Center Theatre Company is presenting a classic tale of horror — and, perhaps, helping to salvage the image of vampires worldwide from their recent ham-handed treatment by Twilight’s Stephanie Meyer. Opening tonight is the original vampire story about the scariest bloodsucker of them…

Ghost Story

Truth is often stranger — not to mention scarier — than fiction, something the Allied Witches demonstrate every year with their fall performance. This year will be no exception: The theater group is presenting Apparition Palestine: A Modern Tragedy, opening tonight at the Mercury Cafe. “Live theater, to me, has…

We brake for Interstate and vegetarian comfort food

Although the bar at Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West 10th Avenue, is packed during the early evening hours, the dining room is nearly empty, with just one two-top finishing up a meal over what sounds like a quiet business discussion. The room will get busier as the hour gets…

Tonight: Dinner for Sinners at Strings

What can you expect from an event titled “Dinner for Sinners: Give in to Temptatation, You Know You Want to Come”? Five courses of pure decadence paired with wine, that’s what — preceded by a champagne reception. Here’s what’s on the menu for tonight’s fest at Strings:…

Tonight: Taco-eating contest at Mezcal

Some culinary contests are designed for maximum messiness and mayhem. We’re looking at you, Mezcal. At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Mezcal, the cantina at 3230 East Colfax Avenue, will throw its second Taco-Eating Contest. Entries may be closed (if there’s still an opening, you’ll need to pay $15 for the privilege…

Gaslamp Killer at the Bluebird on October 27

Adept at both production and turntablism, Gaslamp Killer — known for many years as the Motherfucking Gaslamp Killer (he’s since dropped the Oedipal reference) — is as new-school as it gets. A frequent guest on L.A.’s Low End Theory monthly podcast, the Killer’s hip-hop stylings are all over the place:…

Six questions with trip-hop producer Emancipator

Trip-hop producer and live PA artist Emancipator (known day-to-day as Doug Appling) got his start producing electronic music in 2002 at age fifteen when he procured a copy of ACID Pro software. After dabbling as a drummer, Emancipator moved into producing trance and electro-pop before settling on his current sound…

Tonight: Boozenfud Bavarian Beer Hall at City, O’ City

The Great American Beer Festival might be fading into memory (or, depending on how much you drank, your memory is gone entirely), but believe it or not, it’s still Oktoberfest season. In that spirit, City, O’ City, 206 East 13th Avenue, will present the Boozenfud Bavarian Beer Hall, where you…

Yoga in the City shoots to break a record tomorrow

Tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the City Park bandstand, you’ll find a lot of flexible people hoping to beat out a yoga event that was recently held in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by lululemon athletic gear, Yoga in the City aims to top a recent lululemon event in D.C. that drew…