More than a decade ago, when a then-twenty-something Kelly Shortandqueer and a friend first opened the doors of the Denver Zine Library in a backyard Baker neighborhood shed, he never imagined it would still be going — and thriving — in 2016. Always a volunteer-run project of the heart, the…
December is here, and you’re only going to get busier as the holidays get closer, so have some fun now. This weekend is full of opportunities for laughs, boozed-up holiday shopping and even meaningful conversation. Check out the Westword calendar for even more events. Holiday Lights: Ink Lounge First Friday…
There’s finally snow on Colorado slopes — and people are heading to the hills to take advantage of it. They can also take advantage of some special deals; for example, kids under five at Arapahoe Basin, the first mountain to open this year, can ski free. (Get all the details…
Holiday music, dancing and tinsel bring back the feeling of a Christmas just like the ones you used to know. The seventh annual 1940’s White Christmas Ball runs from from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, December 3, at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, 11705 Airport Way in Broomfield; before the…
#45: Josie Quick Violinist Josie Quick is the penultimate laid-back career musician, though she’s always busy, whether she’s teaching, serenading a romantic wedding proposal, jamming with herself via looping or laying down tracks in the studio with Perpetual Motion, a jazz duo with her guitarist husband, Tom Carleno, and Coyote…
One of the things that the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center consistently does well is dedicate exhibits to significant regional artists. The current case in point is All I Ever Wanted: James Surls and Charmaine Locke, a show featuring work by artists who live in the Roaring Fork Valley, near…
Here’s a recurring nightmare I’ve had since seeing Nicolas Pesce’s The Eyes of My Mother: I’m parking my car — I don’t even have a car — on a desolate street in broad daylight. As I put change in the meter, a man walks close beside me, then closer and…
Nice girls play by the rules. They turn their shoulders inward and nibble on the ends of their slim fingers, nervous about all those difficult thoughts in their heads. And their hair is always perfect and feathery like a baby bird on a collector’s plate. If this description sounds angry,…
Eventually, there will be so many films about a sullen or damaged man returning to his provincial town to face the demons of his past that Netflix will make a separate category for them. At their worst, these movies are navel-gazing vanity projects for their writers and directors (Cameron Crowe,…
Pervert, auteur, provocateur: Filmmaker John Waters has been called many things in his nearly fifty-year career, but “Christmas fan” might be the oddest. And the most accurate. The man who introduced his best friend, the late drag queen Divine, to the world by making her eat dog poop on camera…
In preparation for the 1977 NASA launch of the Voyager 1 space probe, Carl Sagan’s scientific team member and fiancee Anne Druyan was tasked with imprinting symbols essential to humanity on a disc of gold that might, if found by some civilization light-years away, help explain who we are here…
Every December brings two types of cinematic adventures: a deluge of holiday-themed films (find them all on our holiday film list) and a flood of films with “award season buzz” that the studios save for the end of the year so that they’re fresher in the minds of voters for…
It’s beginning to feel a lot like December, which is why this week’s 21 best events list is packed with all things cold weather, including a hockey game, the Holiday Flea and a screening of It’s a Wonderful Life. Keep reading for more things to do this week and beyond!…
#46 Clark Richert Artist Clark Richert’s fascinating history began with a stint at the Drop City commune near Trinidad in the late 1960s, where his interest in the theories of Buckminster Fuller played out in the formation of geodesic domes and, eventually, in the direction of his painting style, an…
The Aurora Fox’s production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess left me with a head swimming with music, ideas and feelings inspired by the sweep and majesty of the chorus’s offerings, the sheer beauty of the songs, and questions about changes to the original 1935 folk opera, titled simply Porgy…
Denver got lit on Friday, November 25, when the Grand Illumination flipped the switch on holiday decor downtown, where lights glowed from the Denver City and County Building to Union Station, and all along the 16th Street Mall. The lights will stay on through the holidays (they looked great on…
The dog has pulled the turkey carcass off the table, the relatives are sleeping off some extra drinks and you didn’t get punched on Black Friday. That can only mean one thing: It’s time to start planning your holiday movie watching! We’ve gathered all of the winter classics that will…
November is giving way to December, which means we’re heading right into holiday festivals. Prepare yourself by loading up on fun: This week you can hear music, listen to comedians and get fed — all for free. Check the Westword calendar for more to do. Ratio Sessions: together PANGEA Ratio…
Terry Dodd, a fixture on Denver’s theater scene for decades, passed away in October; he will be remembered with a celebration of his life at 6 p.m. Monday, November 29, at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Juliet Wittman, Westword’s longtime theater critic, not only wrote about his…
Throughout November 2016, there are plenty of options for leisurely and off-the-wall gift shopping in Denver that won’t break your budget — or your brain.
We found the street-style look of the month on a red carpet rather than asphalt, when actress Emma Stone arrived at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for opening night of the 39th annual Denver Film Festival. The romantic musical-comedy La La Land made its Denver premiere that night, and the…
The Thanksgiving feast is over, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had this weekend, the real kick-off to the holiday season. Leave your relatives at home or bring them along for laughs, films and other frivolity. Here are our ten favorite events around town; find more on the…
