There are worse ways for a television star to transition into film than a horror movie. There are also better movies to do it in than The Boy. Still, Lauren Cohan of The Walking Dead shines bright in William Brent Bell’s dim genre exercise, a vital presence opposite a lifeless…
The Broncos weren’t the only hometown heroes to hit it big this weekend: Comic/event entrepreneur Andy Juett also scored. The Sexpot Comedy mainstay and High Plains Comedy Festival co-founder is featured in the first installment of the Pepsi Halftime Show-Show anchored by Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer. Juett’s episode aired…
It’s a great week for book lovers in Denver. The American Booksellers Association is hosting its winter institute here, and while you’ll have to hurry to hear Governor John Hickenlooper address the group and honor Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis, there are many other literary events to enjoy. You can…
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. Jonathan McAfee went from being “a relatively big fish in a small…
Four weeks into 2016, the year’s free entertainment options are only getting better. This week you can learn how to be a hardcore resident, grab some laughs or catch a sugar buzz on the cheap. Drop us a comment if you know of any bargains we missed for this list,…
Denver is a hot market these days, and nothing gets this city’s residents hotter than talk about recent transplants versus natives — and everything in between (which comprises most of the people in Denver). Artist Lauri Lynnxe Murphy has been painting quite a picture of the changes in this town…
In the first of a new neighborhood series, Teague Bohlen recently served up “Seven Things That Make Stapleton Really, Really Mad.” Well, you can now add his piece itself to the list, making it eight. Nick’s response was one of the most moderate on the Westword Facebook page: We are not Stapleton…
On January 21, Denver Style Magazine celebrated its one-year anniversary at the Nativ Hotel in LoDo. Amidst all the stylish and chic people in attendance, a woman with a striking silhouette and blue hat caught our attention — and camera lens. Womenswear designer Allison Ruchaber owns her own Denver-based apparel…
Call it a dissenting opinion if you must, but Dirty Grandpa has sporadic moments of hilarity: the spontaneous “USA! USA!” chant that erupts after an out-of-his-mind Zac Efron announces to spring breakers that he’s just unknowingly smoked crack, or Aubrey Plaza commanding as foreplay that Robert De Niro, as the…
“Who can give me the derivative of X?” a high-school teacher asks early in the YA-apocalypse mashup The 5th Wave. As soon as she asks that, the lights blink off, everybody’s cellphones die and jets tumble from the sky. We never hear a student respond, but here’s my Official Fan…
Shred Alert! Ruby Hill Rail Yard, the country’s first free urban terrain park, kicked off its tenth season this month. Every day through February, kids from all over Denver will gather at the park in the southwestern part of the city to show off their moves. Ken Hamblin was on the…
Calling all of you who drunkenly agreed to getting inked right before closing time at a tattoo parlor, adorned your chest with the name of someone who did not turn out to be the love of your life, or trusted a new tattoo artist with the delicate task of replicating…
In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower famously left the White House with a warning to the American public about the rise of the military-industrial complex. When Barack Obama exits the Oval Office next year, he wouldn’t be remiss in cautioning the nation about the conspiracy-industrial complex, which has dug its tentacles into…
Let’s start off by saying, Go Broncos! Yes, it’s going to be a big day for our boys on the field, but it’s going to be an even bigger weekend for cheap entertainment. Dance the woes of the week away, laugh with the comics, and find out if the truth…
This Sunday, the Denver Broncos will be fighting the New England Patriots for a chance to play in the Super Bowl — not that you have to watch it. Actually, game days usually prove to be the perfect time to hit up a slew of activities that usually would be…
When I started looking for obscure historical monuments, sites and artifacts across Colorado —rather than the celebrated, well-known tourist attractions around the state — I thought I’d find maybe ten worth sharing. Now my list is up to 200 and counting, as I keep finding odd, fascinating pieces of our…
Almost fifteen years after its television swan song, and a solid five since the last film, The X-Files is about to return. As a hardcore fan of the show back in the day, I’m pretty excited. Of course, as a fan who made it all the way to the end…
Teams of budding artists gathered at Syntax Physic Opera over the weekend to compete and create in the Sculpture Brunch. The bar provided art supplies — found objects, tools, paint and glue — as well as brunch and cocktails, while guests hammered, painted and glued their way toward artistic achievement…
Baby, it’s cold outside – but that’s no reason to stay inside. All good Coloradans have a stockpile of winter hiking gear that will keep them warm in the great outdoors, and those stunning snow-capped views are always worth the trek, no matter the temperature. Here are our ten favorite…
Even over the phone, it’s evident that Kendall Hagar is smiling as she talks about a letter she recently received from a member of the Wayfaring Band. “We realize that no matter where we are going, the only thing that matters is that we’re all together,” reads Hagar, the operational…
In the large front space at Michael Warren Contemporary, director Mike McClung is presenting a sweet little solo called Equations: New Paintings by Teresa Booth Brown. The show follows Brown’s sensational drawing exhibit last fall at Ironton Gallery; that venue has since closed, to be replaced by the Colorado Photographic…
What are the limits of representation? That’s a moral question that hovers over any depiction of the Final Solution, and it’s not considered lightly by László Nemes’ Son of Saul, which turns unimaginable horrors into tangible ones. By venturing inside the death factory of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nemes risks greeting obscenity with…
