Kate Bornstein is a lot of things: activist, artist, writer, actor, playwright and gender theorist. But she’s also human, and tonight’s screening of Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger gets that point across. Not so much a documentary as a contemporary day-in-the-life tale with biographical elements woven throughout,…
Halloween is just around the corner, and while many a party-goer has spent months carefully crafting the perfect costume, the rest of us are still scrounging for ideas. But when that dream look finally hits, where do you go to get the best wigs, capes, feather boas and play knives…
History, art, culture and tradition come together in Día de los Muertos, which will go down throughout the upcoming weekend. From gallery gatherings and family-friendly celebrations to cultural workshops and cocktail parties, Day of the Dead attracts city-wide attention across multiple days of great events and celebrations. You can find…
I didn’t want to start this conversation with what could be construed as the opening of a screaming match. Even if it is on a virtual page, when a woman is perceived as raising her Internet voice, she is accused of being hysterical, overreactive, agitating, bitchy, bossy, pushy, too assertive,…
I had to go alone. I mean, it was partially by choice — I had an extra ticket, but I was too embarrassed to ask anyone if they wanted to go with me. Ultimately, I went to Summit Music Hall last night to see Metro Station by myself because I…
Walk around any neighborhood in Denver and it is easy to see how fast the city is growing — new architecture seems to be popping up around every corner. This Saturday, October 25, four newly-built homes will open their doors to the public for a closer look as part of…
Often mistaken for an offshoot of standup comedy, the national improv scene is always looking for its own way to shine, and this year’s Denver Improv Festival will try to shatter the standup myth with an array of local and national creative talent. “Improv is really theatrical; you’ll get a…
Is what we say through the voice of our social-networking persona more than just a simple status update? Decorated local poet, actor and teacher Wayne A. Gilbert thinks so, and it was the gathering of his own Internet postings that inspired tonight’s performance of Facebook Quickies: Poems From Facebook Posts…
Halloween is a holiday celebrated by all ages, but being a kid this time of year is something special. And from costume contests to magical worlds that only appear during the spooky season, the city is packed with places where hardcore candy seekers can get their sugar fix, little ones…
What do we do when we need to grieve for others when they experience loss? It feels like a never-ending process, sitting outside of a person you love and watching them walk through their bereavement, trying to comfort them but knowing there isn’t much you can say or do to…
When Isaiah “Ikey” Owens passed away last week, the musician and producer left behind a massive legacy. Most recently the Long Beach, California native was on tour playing keyboards and piano with Jack White — but he was also a member and founder of Free Moral Agents and was known…
When musician, performer (and sometime Westword contributor) Luke Leavitt set out to create “Pockets of Contextless Waste As Points,” he saw it as a way to finally cross paths with an Internet friend. The part-music, part-poetry, part-performance art event happening at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 18 at DIY space Hamsterdam,…
Halloween takes over the month of October, providing plenty of places to party and play in costume. There’s a lot to do and see around the city during this spooky season; here we’ve compiled a list of the top twenty haunted throwdowns catering to the mature crowd. (Don’t worry, we’ve…
For his latest exhibition, Yinfinity, artist Dmitri Obergfell took a key element of hot-rod and custom-car culture — chameleon automotive paint, a shimmery, iridescent lacquer that changes color as an object moves — out of its traditional street context and into the brave new world of galleries. “Chameleon automotive paint…
There’s a bizarre alternate reality on the Internet when it comes to Denver — there’s the city we know and the city being sold to out-of-towners through fake blogs on real estate websites, like this list: “27 Things People From Denver Have to Explain to Out-Of-Towners.” The problem with these…
If you were ever a patron of FashioNation’s iconic location on 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill, the new store on South Broadway — which “officially” opens this Friday, October 10 — should be comfortingly familiar. “If we took a screw down at the old store, it was used here at…
Sam Spina compares the attraction of autobiographical comics with the appeal of reality television. “Super-trashy reality TV gets good ratings — it doesn’t necessarily have to be good,” he says. But Spina, a longtime Denver comic artist currently living in Atlanta, doesn’t think it’s the quality of these art forms…
Last Saturday night as I was winding down and getting ready for bed at a cool 9:45 p.m., I received a frantic phone call. Maybe I just assumed it was frantic; at 34, I suspect any call after 9 p.m. is someone in need, not someone asking me if I…
Colorado isn’t always recognized for its design and architecture, but the Month of Modern is working intently on changing that attitude. Beginning today and running through October 30, Modern in Denver magazine, HMH Architecture + Interiors and Annabel Media have come together to celebrate all things modern, from architecture to…
If I could pick only one social network to be a part of, it would be Myspace. Not Myspace now, the revamped site for “entertainment” types with its trying-too-hard layout and useless content. No, I’m talking about the Myspace circa 2006, when it was a place where I could find…
If you have been anywhere near the Internet in the past week, you’ve probably heard about Ello, a new social networking site that’s still in the Beta stage. But it’s picked up a lot of steam as Facebook users started jumping ship after Facebook announced its “real name” policy –…
As Optimystic Arts, artist Gemma Bayly works with many mediums. But when it comes to her intricate, hand-drawn mandalas, she recites a prayer with each line she creates. “Any time I approach a piece, it’s always with the intention of bringing a healing light that can rejuvenate and bring peace…
