In response to almost-native Lauri Lynnxe Murphy’s recent pieces on transplants to Denver, one transplant responded that Denverites are “the rudest, most unfriendly, aggressive people I have ever met in any place of the world I’ve been to? And I have traveled extensively.” When we shared that comment, readers were…
Helikon Gallery just opened a show of street art, called Opiates for the Masses and curated by Myah and Scott Bailey, who own the Sally Centigrade gallery in Larimer Square. Everyone agrees the display is amazing, but one reader objected to the language we used to describe it in our story. Says…
While many Denverites stayed safe at home on Tuesday to avoid the snow, reader Mara Grace compiled this commentary on “Denver snow from the perspective of a ‘transplant’ (btw, I got my CO plates now!)”: YOU KNOW NOTHING, Denver Snow!! …Until you’ve opened up your door to eight feet of…
Denver artist and longtime Westword contributor Patti Cramer passed away a half-dozen years ago, but she lives on through her art, which remains popular. We have a big cache of her drawings, but paintings are harder to come by….and collectors want them. Do you have a Patti Cramer painting you’re…
It’s cold outside, but plans are heating up for Artopia 2016 — and presale ticket sales start this morning! Join us on Saturday, February 20, for Artopia 2016 — a night of art, culture and fashion at City Hall. And cocktails, of course, which you can enjoy as you move through…
Christmas 2016 is still more than ten months away — but we already know there’s a big, dirty present waiting under the tree. Legendary filmmaker John Waters is coming to town — to the Boulder Theater, to be exact — on December 7, and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m…
It started with a Google search for the world’s best LEGO maker and ended with commercial air time during the third quarter of Super Bowl 50. Last year Elevation Digital Media founders Chris Lewis and Jon Stevenson were tasked with creating a series of video spots for Arrow Electronics, the…
Hey, Denver drag fans! Are you ready for your close-up? Do you want to be part of a locally shot music video for one of your favorite, world-renowned drag personalities? Then mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 10, at Tracks Denver. The video shoot is looking for 100 “sexy” people…
Tell Me on a Sunday is a one-woman song cycle created by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1979 with lyrics by Don Black, and the Avenue Theater is giving the show a meticulous production — but there’s not a lot of payoff for the care that went into the set, the…
The biggest story at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the record-breaking bidding war for The Birth of a Nation, a prestige biopic about rebellious slave Nat Turner. When Fox Searchlight snatched it for $17.5 million — $5 million more than any other flick in the festival’s history — their…
The Super Bowl will soak up most of the shine on Sunday, and to that, we say Go Broncos! But there are plenty of other ways to have fun as well that don’t involve football. This weekend we’re cheering on puppies, having some giggles and dancing to the beat of…
Project Colfax is a stunning new urban-art installation created at the former car wash at Williams Street and East Colfax Avenue, a project involving the paint, sweat and tears of thirty local and national artists. The site is currently owned by Kentro Properties and the future fate of Project Colfax…
Chances are that most of us will be glued to the TV this Sunday, watching the Broncos play in the big game, rooting for the home team and seeing if Peyton can pull off one last win. But what if you couldn’t care less about the Broncos, the Manning legacy,…
Last summer, as I sat in the basement of the downtown Comedy Works listening to Dana Crawford explain how and why she went to the lengths she did to save Larimer Square from demolition a half-century ago, my mind kept getting stuck on the same thought: What a makes a…
Editor’s note: As our second 100 Colorado Creatives series came to a close in December, it became painfully obvious that our work was far from finished. We feel lucky to live and work in a place where the number of creative people is ever-growing, raising the bar of the arts…
Once again the Super Bowl is right around the corner — and once again the Denver Broncos are in it to win it. That’s great news for football fans, but it’s not-so-great if football isn’t your thing and everyone around you cannot shut up about the big game for fifteen…
You’re probably right if you think you might get a couple laughs out of a movie titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. You’re also right if you’ve guessed that this gung-ho but cruddy-looking mashup fails from A to Z: It’s neither good Austen nor good zombie flick. But in those…
A kick for those who’ve distractedly thumbed through Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, Joel and Ethan Coen’s bustling comedy Hail, Caesar! looks back to the waning days of moviedom’s golden age: specifically, to 1951, when big-studio fixers were still tidying up the messes left by the talent (scrubbing now done by…
Last week, I suggested a Venn diagram for contemporary painting, sculpture and installation in which there were three circles: representation, abstraction and conceptualism. At that time, I talked about the overlap between representation and abstraction. This time, though, I’d like to address not only the point at which abstraction and…
The snow that just hit the high country is ridiculous. Even better, it graced just about every mountain in just about region of the state — meaning there is plenty of pow out there to take advantage of. There are also plenty of events at Colorado’s ski resorts. Here’s what…
February is here and under all those bulky coats, people are sporting some very stylish looks. The month’s calendar is full of equally stylish events, including fashion shows and trunk sales. So come in out of the cold and enjoy one of February’s hot fashion festivities, presented here in chronological…
Great comedy and family fare are all on Denver stages this week. It might be cold outside, but indoors, the climate is fine. Here’s where to find uplifting fun for everyone this weekend and beyond. Phamaly Theatre Company, Fuddy Meers Aurora Fox Arts Center February 4 through 21 7:30 p.m…
