The Best Fourth of July Festivals, Fireworks Shows and Parties in Denver
Denver, it’s nearly time, once again, to celebrate our country’s independence. Here’s how.
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The Ten Best Film Events in Denver in July
As Cole Porter once sang, “It’s too darn hot.” The only institution guaranteed to be a haven from the heat and a hub of cold, fizzy drinks is the cinema, and this July there’s a slew of movies for you to watch and chill out with.
100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Jonathan Saiz
Artist Jonathan Saiz’s mystical aesthetic has already been put to use successfully in a tarot deck called The Fountain Tarot and seen in Juxtapoz, Vogue and Elle Decor; in the present it’s morphing almost daily as Saiz works his way through So Wrong It’s So Right, a gallery experiment for which he’s creating new works daily in the confines of Leon Gallery.
The Five Best Free Events in Denver This Week
The Fourth of July is such a definitively American holiday that its festivities cannot be contained to one calendar day. Aside from Independence Day celebrations,Denver has plenty of free and cheap events for its residents to attend.
Ten Biggest Surprises at Denver Comic Con 2017
For the sixth year in a row, downtown Denver is experiencing a pop-culture invasion. Here are the ten biggest surprises from the first day of Denver Comic Con.
Here’s All the TV Not to Miss This July
I hate July. It’s hot and there’s less TV. Nevertheless, she sweated through her bra and wrote this guide to what’s worth watching. Snowfall (FX), July 5. Justified’s Dave Andron teams up with director John Singleton for a drama about the start of the crack-cocaine epidemic in LA. Andron describes…
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The Ten Best Comedy Events in Denver: July 2017
Now that the dog days of summer are here, it’s time to roll out the ten best comedy events in Denver in July
Sally Hawkins Dazzles Even When Maudie Drags
Maudie is hit-or-miss, but you’ll probably bawl anyway. Its creators have elected to dramatize nothing but the things that traditional narrative features usually botch. The film, directed by Aisling Walsh, surveys the life of a beloved artist, Nova Scotia’s self-taught folk painter Maud Lewis, who produced scores of cheerily primitive…
Hugely Popular Israeli Comedy The Women’s Balcony Pits Wives Versus Husbands at Synagogue
What will become of Zion? No, not the loosely defined term for a Jewish homeland in the Middle East, but a mild-mannered and fundamentally righteous shopkeeper living in Jerusalem and pulled between conservative religious forces and modernity. (Oh, so maybe I do mean the Jewish homeland in the Middle East.)…
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Grand Opening, a DIY Living-Room Gallery, Hosts The Fridge Show Saturday
On July 1, the second-floor living room of Paul Keefe’s Corona Street house will become the art gallery Grand Opening. Its inaugural, one-night-only exhibit, The Fridge Show, aims to bring together art by Denverites and out-of-state artists alike.
Midnight Rambler’s Ashley McCredie Spotted at Westword Music Showcase
It’s showtime: On Saturday, June 24, the 23rd annual Westword Music Showcase filled the Golden Triangle with sights and sounds. As we studied the most striking festival styles, we ran into Midnight Rambler boutique owner Ashley McCredie. Originally from South Florida, McCredie has lived in Denver for six years and…
Motocross Series Spectrum Speeds Into SeriesFest Today
Motocross, a sport better known for revving engines and adrenaline than reflective documentaries, gets personal in Spectrum, a web series whose first episode, featuring Colorado Springs native Andrew Short, makes its screening premiere Friday at SeriesFest.
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Wheelchair Sports Camp MC and ADAPT Activists Arrested at Gardner’s Office
“I’d rather go to jail than to die without Medicaid,” chanted Wheelchair Sports Camp M.C. Kalyn Heffernan, as she live-streamed footage of police arresting her fellow disability activists in the group ADAPT who had been staging a three-day sit-in at Republican Senator Cory Gardner’s office. Her own arrest was inevitable.
Ten Things to do in Denver for $10 and Under (Six Free)
Venture out, sweaty Denverites. All you need is a crisp Hamilton and an open mind to see all the best Colorado has to offer.
Direct From Queens, Spider-Man Finally Gets a Movie Worth Cheering
Most hero stories dating back to Achilles are fantasies of power, of the world made right through violence. What sets Spider-Man apart, outside his joyous bouncing through New York City, is that his stories are also fantasies of responsibility. Rather than just kick bad-guy ass, Spider-Man must forever fight to…
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100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Katie Caron
Denver artist Katie Caron is an educator with an eye on the future of art fabrication, a committed member of the studio community at the Temple and now, part of the stable at William Havu Gallery.
Kelton Osborn’s Alamo Drafthouse Sculpture Evokes West Colfax’s Diversity
Walk toward the Sloan’s Lake Alamo Drafthouse from the parking structure on Conejos Place, and you can’t miss the angular sculpture built with intersecting planks of steel, beckoning moviegoers toward the sidewalk that leads them toward the theater.
Let’s Play Denver Comic Con 2017 Bingo!
Denver Comic Con returns June 30 through July 2, stuffing the halls of the Colorado Convention Center with pop-culture goodness. To keep track of all the awesomeness, we’ve created another handy Denver Comic Con Bingo card.
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City Council Advances a Safe Occupancy Plan to Avoid Displacing Artists
This morning, the City Council Safety, Housing, Education, and Homelessness Committee unanimously voted to move forward the Safe Occupancy Plan, an effort to wrangle two seemingly opposed aims — fire code compliance and the preservation of DIY art spaces — into compatibility.
The House on Coco Road Reveals the Grenada Reagan Never Knew
The House on Coco Road premieres on Netflix on June 30. Quick, tell me everything you know about Grenada. If you’re over the age of 35, you can probably remember Ronald Reagan’s thin lips pronouncing the country’s name with a dangerous emphasis on the first two syllables, essentially weaponizing the…
Review: Derrick Velasquez Builds on a Theme in MCA’s Obstructed View
Among this summer’s attractions at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver is Derrick Velasquez: Obstructed View, a solo curated by Zoe Larkins that represents a followup to Velasquez’s 2015 Black Cube project. It’s a timely topic in a rapidly gentrifying city.
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A Virtual Reality Arcade Isn’t Going to Be Science Fiction Much Longer
This weekend, Head Games VR, the first virtual-reality arcade in the Denver area, will celebrate a grand opening.