In Rudy Ch. Garcia’s debut novel, The Closet of Discarded Dreams, a man awakens in a strange, surreal world made up of dreams — his own, and everyone else’s. In this bizarre place, Che Guevara and Marilyn Monroe debate philosophy and no one ever dies, but not everything is as…
A man finds himself trapped in a strange netherworld of dreams, where no one ever dies and Che Guevara and Marilyn Monroe wander together through 9/11 memorials talking philosophy. This surreal vision comes to life in Denver writer Rudy Ch. Garcia’s debut novel The Closet of Discarded Dreams, where an…
This year marks sweet sixteen for Nan Desu Kan, the region’s premier anime convention, but as anyone who’s attended any of the previous fifteen years knows, the con is a lot more than just anime: It’s a celebration of a wide swath of Japanese pop culture. The latest addition to…
George Lucas made Star Wars. Steven Spielberg made E.T. It took both of them working together to make Raiders of the Lost Ark. Expect a similar level of awesome when two great powers in the local film scene — the new-to-Colorado Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (which will open its first Colorado…
The vicious international terrorists of COBRA could never stop GI Joe, but he’s finally met his match, at least temporarily. This year’s GI Joe Fest — an annual film festival of stop-motion animation starring everyone’s favorite military action figure — that was scheduled for Saturday, September 22 has been canceled…
When a fictional prairie dog colony is threatened by human development, ten of the animals set off on an adventure to find a new home in Journey From Little Left, the debut novel from local author Gary Michael. The book was inspired by Michael’s appreciation for Watership Down and his…
Some of Denver’s favorite things are beer, bikes and bands, and you’ll find all three and more today at New Belgium’s Tour de Fat. The annual celebration of the bicycle kicks off with a giant participatory bike parade, then segues into a day of goofy cycling contests, live music and…
Stickers are everywhere — advertising businesses, decorating skateboards, expressing political opinions and more. From mass-produced sheets of the hot cartoon character of the day, to hand-drawn graffiti stickers, everyone can get in on the act. This uniquely sticky, universal art medium is the subject of Peel N Stick, Love Gallery’s…
Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer, the debut feature film from Bizjack FlemCo, features zombies, bowling and a seriously weird twist, all wrapped up in a gore-splattered, over-the-top sensibility that should be familiar to fans of Troma. The locally made film will get its proper Denver debut at the Denver Indie…
In the midst of our current zombie renaissance, we’ve just about seen it all: running zombies, Nazi zombies, classic-lit zombies, even singing and dancing zombies. It seems like every day a new wrinkle is added to the zombie canon. Today’s innovation: the zombikini car wash. See also: – Slideshow: Zombie…
In The Revenant, a soldier dies in Iraq, only to awaken back home as a member of the living dead. But this particular undead guy isn’t quite a vampire, and he isn’t quite a zombie — he’s a revenant, a restless spirit returned in corporeal form. From that relatively straightforward…
Now that Walter White has freed himself from the specter of death at the hands of Gustavo Fring, what comes next on his meth-fueled rise to absolute power and his corresponding fall into the depths of utter corruption? Find out among friends — or at least similarly obsessed fans —…
An entire generation of film-goers knows Alec Guinness primarily as the original Obi-Wan Kenobi, but his work spans decades and genres, ranking with the most accomplished actors of his age. “ an actor I love, and one who is exceptionally good at playing a kind of quiet quirkiness bordering on…
The inaugural Denver Indie Fest packs a lot of variety into its three-day run, including low-budget zombie movies, foreign drama, timely documentaries and plenty of homegrown talent. The lineup is a handpicked selection of small-budget and self-financed films from Colorado and the rest of the world, with many of the…
Do you like scary movies? Bruce Kawin, a professor of English and film at the University of Colorado Boulder, likes them so well he’s written a book, Horror and the Horror Film, on the topic. Covering hundreds of movies across the history of horror, the book explains what makes a…
YEASAYER @ OGDEN THEATRE | 8.26.12 See also: Anand Wilder of Yeasayer on being from Baltimore but making a name in New York As soon as the lights dimmed for Yeasayer’s entrance, the cheering began. Moments later, when the bizarre, sci-fi mirror-monstrosity of a stage set was revealed, the cheers…
Forget Edward Cullen and his sparkly friends: If you want a modern take on vampires with a dash of romance and some real bite, check out Jeanne Stein’s Anna Strong vampire series. Stein’s heroine has starred in eight books since 2006, starting with The Becoming in 2006 through the brand-new…
Anna Strong was a badass bounty hunter long before she became a vampire. But now that she’s joined the ranks of the undead, she’s just that much better at her job. It’s a good thing, too, because the brand-new Haunted puts Strong in the middle of a cartel crossfire as…
The vastness, loneliness and stark beauty of the American Southwest provided ample inspiration for Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens (aka Morriconez) in his previous bands, including George & Caplin and Wentworth Kersey. On Cloud of Dust, Cry of Death, he’s refined and crystallized his love affair with the high desert and the…
How’s your unearthly moan? What about your awkward, broken shuffle? Do you feel comfortable working while covered in blood (okay, fake blood)? Elitch Gardens is looking for a few good zombies — along with a handful of werewolves, ghosts, devils and other evil dead things, too. See also: – Elitch’s…
Step back in time — and maybe a bit into the future, too — at the Time Traveller’s Circus, a three-day festival at the one-and-only Happy Ass Ranch, where you’ll find fire eaters and fortune tellers, models and magicians, the Vagabond Misfits and a variety of bands, clowns and juggling…
Just because there are no good beaches in Denver doesn’t mean there are no good beach parties. Thanks to Tiki Fink Theatre, tonight you can enjoy the beach-party wonder that is The Beach Girls and the Monster, a 1965 cornball classic involving a mutant fish monster, a scientist who quits…
