Over the weekend, as Denverites came out to celebrate architecture with Doors Open Denver and the new A Line commuter train to the airport, the denizens of the RiNo Art District threw a party — and not just any party. Where Art is Made! showcased RiNo’s artists, eateries and breweries,…
Edmond Rostand’s 1897 Cyrano de Bergerac is a big, romantic beast of a play, written in poetic couplets, featuring a love as doomed and all-encompassing as any in literature — that of Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Isolde — though it doesn’t end in a lovers’ suicide. The story includes duels…
Children screaming, smoke, a war zone at times, and also, utter bliss. The inaugural Lantern Fest in Denver held high hopes and was the first in the state this year as the Colorado Springs two-night event last weekend was cancelled due to a snow storm (it’s been rescheduled for May 20…
Nearly every Alien movie begins the same way: in the vast loneliness of space, in a ship that’s running on its own. In the first film, Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979), the camera slowly glides through the dark, lifeless corridors of the commercial towing vehicle Nostromo before locating the sleeping bodies…
The second season of Amazon’s Catastrophe might do for the #TGIF-style family sitcom of the late ‘80s and ‘90s what the first did for the ailing rom-com: open-mouthed resuscitation on the operating table after one too many Garry Marshall–fueled heart attacks like Valentine’s Day. (Or New Year’s Eve? It doesn’t…
Score one for going home again. After misfiring with Begin Again, a film that asked us to worry over a disillusioned A&R man’s efforts to coax a folk-pop album out of Keira Knightley, writer-director John Carney has turned back to the striving Irish of Once, his breakout hit. He’s also…
In a bold move, just two days after Film on the Rocks announced its 2016 season, it’s already made changes: It will now kick off two weeks earlier with a screening of Prince’s Purple Rain on Thursday, May 12, at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. And FOTR, put on by the Denver Film Society and…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. This fall California expat Lynn Baker will formally launch her new venture,…
Denverites have no shortage of places where they can drink drink beer and watch local comics, but for the uninitiated there’s little sense of quality control. Denver also has plenty of spaces where the efforts of skilled comedians and passionate venue owners dovetail in giggly harmony, but most shows are…
Enjoy the end of April by wrapping up some bargain entertainment. You can enjoy a concert with amateurs and pros alike, find out your booze IQ and meet an important figure on Denver’s comedy scene. As always, visit the Westword calendar for more events. We Are Change Open Mic featuring…
Since inauspiciously starting out by habitually bombing at Chicago open mics (a developmental stage every comedian must endure in their own city) all the way through to the heights of his current fame, Hannibal Buress’ jokes have had a rhythm and sensibility unlike anyone else in comedy. After gaining a…
Michael Paglia just revealed “The Hateful 8,” eight examples of the kind of disappointing architecture — or is that n’architecture? — that you see all over Denver these days. But did he leave out some important, awful buildings? Anyone riding the free A Line train to Denver International Airport yesterday…
Derrick Velasquez’s new piece for Black Cube, New Brutal 2, will debut today at La Alma Park at a Doors Open Denver event. The original New Brutal was shown last fall at the future Stanley Marketplace, and inspired this response from reader Laura Conway: Derrick Velasquez’s piece New Brutal is set…
Since stepping in to take over the citywide Doors Open Denver in 2014, the Denver Architectural Foundation has taken great strides toward growing the event and making it more accessible to a diverse audience. This year, the programming will include architecture-inspired urban arts and cultural events bankrolled by the Bonfils-Stanton…
In ’81 he accessorized his trench coat with high heels and bikini briefs. In ’84 that coat got dandified, high-collared and famously purple, Edwardian formalwear over a frilled tuxedo shirt over that wicked slick of chest hair. It was the get-up of a perv or a president, a look that…
Blue Ruby, a boutique located at 1428 Larimer Street, has carried the Swedish-based fashion brand Odd Molly for eight years, and now Odd Molly has an official shop within the shop. “I look for different stuff that is not being sold in other places,” explains Blue Ruby owner Julie Watson. “I hunt for smaller…
Everyone loves a train ride, especially when it’s free, but this weekend’s debut of Denver’s new University of Colorado A Line to Denver International Airport offers more than an all-aboard moment. Opening-weekend free rides on the Train to the Plane begin today, April 22, from noon to midnight and continue…
Black Cube artist fellow Derrick Velasquez is standing in the middle of his workspace at TANK Studios, a piece of foam trim in one hand, a picture of Patrick Swayze in the other, and talking about why a giant medallion-shaped dart board measuring 96 by 78 inches is hanging above…
Spring is all about new beginnings, and this weekend is full of them. Hop on board the celebrations for the new train to the airport, try a brand-new beer and watch an all-new episode of a sexually charged nerd show. If you need more options, smash that Westword calendar button…
“An ornate and decorated building on the outside says the people who walk by matter, that the public space matters, right?” That’s what history professor Bryant Simon said during “Going for Broke: Atlantic City Falls On Hard Times,” a conversation broadcast on Fresh Air a few months ago. Though the piece revolved…
#83: Roseanna Frechette Roseanna Frechette dons more hats than she has fingers to count them on: Writer, poet, publisher, dancer, creative youth programs director and yoga instructor are just a few of the titles she wears with aplomb. Then there are her efforts on behalf of bohemian Denver — as…
The return of everyone’s favorite gritty, blood-soaked fantasy series is imminent, and boy, am I eager to see where things are going on Game of Thrones. This season is particularly intriguing for pre-TV fans of the series, because it’s the first season that covers chronology past what’s found in the…
