Denver’s Already in the Halloween Spirit
Halloween is on in Denver, and these ten photos prove it.
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Ten Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Three Free)
Looking for free and cheap things to do in Denver from October 19 to 22? Here’s your guide.
Artist Shantell Martin Turns the Convention Center Plaza Into an Urban Canvas
If you happen to be walking past the Colorado Convention Center this week, there’s a good chance you’ve seen art being made — humongous art following a continuous lines through a pattern of words, shapes and faces across a black-and-white urban canvas, rendered by a lone women in knee pads, brandishing a spray can.
100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Denver fiction author Kali Fajardo-Anstine draws from her centuries-old Colorado heritage, breathing life into her Chicana characters with the assurance of someone who’s lived it.
The Foreigner Creates Gales of Laughter — and Some Insights
The Foreigner, currently showing in the Arvada Center’s Black Box Theater, is a farce. Written in 1984, it has new power in Trump’s America, and shows how language can both divide and unite, while sometimes silence has even more power. And like all good farces, it’s very, very funny.
Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend in Denver
Experience old favorites, new horizons and an opportunity to get your hands dirty this weekend at Denver galleries. Here are five hot spots.
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In 78/52, Alexandre Philippe Has Gone Psycho for Hitchcock
This past January, Denver documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe struck gold. The brains behind pop-culture surveys including The People vs. George Lucas, Doc of the Dead and Paul, the Psychic Octopus premiered his cinematic deconstruction, 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, at the Sundance Film Festival.
“Two Rivers” Rises Again at Confluence Park
Mayor Michael Hancock celebrated the reopening of the renovated Shoemaker Plaza at Confluence Park on October 14. And as promised, the plaque embossed with the poem “Two Rivers” by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Colorado’s first poet laureate, is back on display.
Review: Space’s Unintended Consequences Is Eye-Dazzling
Abstraction links the four artists in Space Gallery’s Unintended Consequences, and the results are eye-dazzling.
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The 21 Best Events in Denver, October 17-23
If you haven’t found the perfect Halloween costume, it’s not too late. Nor is it too late to pack your events calendar with festive happenings that’ll get you in the mood for some spook and fright. Find everything, from a Halloween parade to a celebration of all things creepy crawly,…
Walking Out is a Beautiful Film About What Can Go Wrong
“This year we hunt big game. This year you get your first kill.” So says seasoned hunter Cal (Matt Bomer) to his teenage son David (Josh Wiggins), who’s arrived in rural Montana for his annual visit, and even those going in unfamiliar with the premise of Alex and Andrew Smith’s…
It’s Daniel Radcliffe vs. Amazonian Terror in the Real-Life Horror Tale Jungle
My favorite biopics — those that tell any portion of a real person’s story faithfully — are those that borrow from other genres. Pablo Larrain’s Jackie possesses the kinetic punch of a horror film. Mario Van Peebles’ Baadasssss! is a sharp comedy. And Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy is a cutting…
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Master of Awkward Confessions Mike Birbiglia on His New Comedy Special
A darling of the NPR demographic, Mike Birbiglia’s affable everyman persona lends itself to longer bits based as much in storytelling as they are in standup.
Le Méridien and AC Marriott Unpack Impressive Art Collections
Le Meridien and AC Marriott share a building, but the hotels have very different art collections.
Review: Denver Center Throws a Party You Shouldn’t Miss
You might not want to attend the bash described by Joseph Moncure March in his 1928 poem “The Wild Party,” but you should rush to get one of the rapidly disappearing tickets to the Denver Center’s staging of The Wild Party.
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Ten Popular Fall Hikes Near Denver
Trails near Denver are overrun with hikers all summer long. But once the weather cools, it’s possible to have a sense of solitude hiking not too far from the city.
100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Kate Bailey
A former journalist and magazine editor on the interior design, architecture and lifestyle beats, Kate Bailey now helms her own Denver public relations firm, Annabel Media. But since 2014, she’s also turned her entrepreneurial expertise toward giving back through TARRA, Bailey’s own nurturing platform for the promotion of women makers and creative thinkers.
With Breathe, Andy Serkis Asks How Much Fun a Polio Movie Can Be
The last few months have seen some welcome innovation in the cry-along subgenre of dramas about finding the will to keep living after bodily catastrophe. First, in the notably sincere and unsensational Stronger, director David Gordon Green and his crew strove to strip away as much of such films’ usual…
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Jordan Klepper and The Opposition Struggle to Fight Parody With Parody
The Opposition airs weeknights on Comedy Central In the first episode of Comedy Central’s new nightly satirical late-night series The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, the host explains why he jumped ship from The Daily Show, where he’d been a correspondent since 2015. The Jordan Klepper who cocked his eyebrow through…
Netflix’s One of Us Reveals the Fight of Hasidic Jews to Break From the Sect
One of Us premieres Oct. 20 on Netflix New Yorkers will immediately recognize the opening shots of One of Us, the new documentary from Jesus Camp filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady: ultra-Orthodox Jewish families roaming the big city, the women and girls in skirts and tights, the men and…
Free for All: The Five Best Free Events in Denver This Week
October is halfway over, and winter is looming. Nonetheless, Denver’s entertainment calendar is heating up, and there’s plenty to do without shelling out a penny.
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Denver Mural Promotes Mental Health
Driving south on Broadway near 19th Street, you might get an unexpected confidence boost when you see a mural that reads, “You matter. You are brave. You are enough.”