Podcasts are in tune with the democratized spirit of the internet; anyone with a microphone and a computer can offer listeners unlimited hours of recordings, usually for free. Limited only by their imaginations, podcasters have a freedom of expression unrestricted by commerce, censorship or geography. Several great podcasts have blossomed…
John Moore is no stranger to the theater. For more than a decade, the longtime journalist and critic for the Denver Post covered Colorado’s theater scene with an integrity and intensity that earned him a spot as one of the country’s twelve most influential critics in American Theatre Magazine in 2011 — the year…
My family has always been politically divided. My parents used to joke about “cancelling out each other’s votes,” as my mom entered the voting booth a Democrat and my dad, a staunch Republican. I remember how much I loved being at my mom’s side in the voting booth, peeking out…
Catherine, a widow living in a wealthy suburb of Austin, Texas, during the presidency of George W. Bush, hires Arturo from a group of unemployed men gathered at a street corner to clean up her overgrown garden. She is lonely, neurotic, angry, shunned by neighbors who gossip about the reasons…
Thousands of comics fans lined up last weekend for Denver Comic Con at the Colorado Convention Center, many of them there to show off their elaborate cosplay creations, which often require months of preparation. Behold the heroes and villains and weird characters of Denver Comic Con 2016, as documented by…
“We just decided to go for it,” says Ryan Schutz, a towering, genial, bearded guy — Hagrid in a service-station shirt. With him is Mike Decker, similarly attired, one arm in a sling but the other rocking a Mongo-size cup of coffee. Schutz is the executive director of Bikes Together, a…
A mythical and misunderstood place, Lakeside Amusement Park stands as one of Colorado’s most enduring and fascinating cultural treasures. Opened and in operation since 1908, the family-owned park was not only a prominent player in Mayor Robert Speer’s vision for Denver as part of the City Beautiful movement, but also…
Let’s face it: Colorado was made for hiking. From the highest peaks in North America to the lush forests of lodgepole pine and aspen, wildflower-blanketed meadows that go on for miles to river- and glacier-carved canyons, the Rocky Mountain landscape is ideal for exploring. That also means that there’s a…
This is the first day of summer, and weeks of fun stretch ahead. But you’ll need to be organized if you want to catch all the great events in Denver and beyond. For starters, this is Go Skate Week, so you’ll want to study the Colorado Skateboarding Facebook page for…
This sadistic pulp-revisionist Western starts so well that you might feel something like loss as it ends: The Duel could have been something. The opening is all evocative mud and blood as a pair of knife-fighters, their left arms tied together, stab in a downpour. Cut to two decades later,…
John Carpenter, the legendary horror filmmaker, has been the focus of a Scream Screen tribute at the Sie FilmCenter that just concluded with last night’s Prince of Darkness showing. But there was supposed to be a special bonus to that series: Carpenter, who’s currently on his first national tour as a musician, was…
Last Sunday’s senseless mass shooting at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, left an immediate and indelible scar on the global gay community, an injury made graver by the fact that it occurred in June, the month when gay pride is celebrated the world over. Here in Denver, we’re…
The fifth annual Denver Comic Con will invade the Colorado Convention Center over Father’s Day weekend, June 17 through June 19. What started as a humble hometown show (albeit one with big aspirations) wound up breaking attendance records year after year, taking off from just over 25,000 attendees in its…
This is a big weekend for big events in Denver — PrideFest, Juneteenth and Denver Comic Con — and after the shootings in Orlando last weekend, you can anticipate higher security at all of them. Comic Con poses a particular challenge, since fantasy weapons are such an intrinsic part of…
Hamilton is coming! The musical honored with eleven Tony awards on Sunday will play the Buell Theatre as part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts 2017/’18 Broadway subscription series. This is the national touring company, which means playwright/star Lin-Manuel Miranda won’t be in the cast…but then, he’s taking a…
Amy Silverman, managing editor at one of our partner papers, Phoenix New Times, will be at the Tattered Cover on Colfax tonight, June 17, to talk about a very publication: My Heart Can’t Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love, and Down Syndrome, her book about her second daughter, Sophie, published…
In Diva Watch, we profile the passionate, diverse and fascinating performers who light up Denver’s drag community, expanding on our Diva Dozen list from 2015 and our new Freshest Faces list for 2016 by asking different queens — from established to ingénue — questions that take a peek beneath the…
There’s no better place to spend — or ignore — Father’s Day than in the resin-stained hands of Sexpot Comedy. The team has assembled a real corker of a showcase for the Bug on Sunday, June 19, with comedian, actor, filmmaker and proud father Jay Chandrasekhar occupying the headlining spot…
All of Denver will be up and out this weekend, at events ranging from Denver Comic Con to PrideFest. It’s a time to celebrate all cultures, and to learn a lot more about some of them. Here are our ten favorite events that each cost $10 or less; go to…
You know those horrible photos of you from years ago that you swore you’d never let see the light of day? The studio portraits of repulsive babies, dumb-ass dads and annoying aunties that disgrace hallways and adorn mantelpieces? Now they hang on museum walls – in this case, those of…
Satan is a cylinder of swirly, glowing green goo. Mirrors part like mercury and lead to another dimension. Beetles erupt out of a man. Alice Cooper leads an army of homeless people in a siege against a church. This is not a dream. It’s not a recollection of an acid…
Denver Comic Con returns tomorrow through June 19, filling the Colorado Convention Center with so many panels and parties and cosplay events that we just offered a handy guide to ten things you don’t want to miss at this fifth annual con. But there’s more, so much more — and to help…
