Mink Stole got wrapped up in acting when she met avant garde director John Waters in the mid-’60s. But this wasn’t just a convenient accident: the East Coaster had a real knack for the B-movie style. Working hard as part of Waters’s devoted crew — dubbed The Dreamlanders — Stole…
Giving recently restored silent films a live soundtrack — along with a new life on the big screen and fresh audience appreciation for pre-talkie history –- has been the Chautauqua Auditorium’s business for close to thirty years. Tonight, the 2013 Silent Film Series continues with Faust, a 1926 German-made film…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Orthodox Food Festival & Old Globeville Days gathering, but the Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Cathedral has been celebrating its diverse congregation for more than a century. The food festival, originally an annual picnic for parishioners only, was opened to the public a decade…
With the biggest lineup in its five-year history, the Cinema Q Film Festival, which opens tonight at the Sie FilmCenter, brings the stories of icons and everyday luminaries of the GLBTQ community to the forefront. Twenty documentary and narrative-film screenings will also connect directors, actors and film subjects with the…
In his latest film, Before You Know It, director PJ Raval shares the stories of three older gay men as they navigate the world. A raw and beautiful look into the personal lives of different individuals from across the United States, the documentary explores the senior side of the LGBTQ…
Over the past five years, the Cinema Q Film Festival has grown from a handful of queer-centric films to a full-on weekend showcase of up-and-coming GLBTQ cinema. Keith Garcia, program director for the Sie FilmCenter, which will host the festival this weekend, says the 2013 season has a more diverse…
When the opportunity to volunteer for Girls Rock Denver’s 2013 camp came around, I was hesitant. My adult mind began running through all of the reasons I couldn’t possibly be involved again this year. What if I couldn’t contribute the seventy hours of volunteer time necessary? What if I encountered…
This Friday, July 12, the 2013 edition of the Apocalyptic Ball — dubbed The Awakening — will take over the Denver Mart. A blowout fundraiser featuring dozens of diverse performances from local and national drag stars, burlesque dancers, comedians, musicians and more, the night aims to entertain and engage a…
Culling a series of documentary films from the immense number produced each year can be daunting, but Aspen Film’s annual New Views: Documentaries & Dialogue presents engaging, relevant topics in a concise, four-film collection. Starting with tonight’s showing of Blood Brother — a look at one man’s journey to find…
There are classic-car shows, and then there are classic-Volkswagen shows. Today’s seventh annual Syndicate VW Car Show is all about the celebration of the iconic, 76-year-old brand, which finds new fanatics each year. “It’s a car that has kind of a smile, a characteristic shape and a long history that…
Imagine learning to play an instrument, assembling a band with total strangers, writing music together and performing it in front of a live audience — all in less than a week. This is what the young women of Girls Rock Denver do each summer, and today you can witness the…
International Resale Day is on — and Plum Consignment is leading the charge in Colorado by organizing the first-ever Consignment Crawl. The business, which opened less than a year ago, has partnered with 22 up-cycle boutiques in Denver, Boulder, Arvada, Castle Rock, Brighton and other cities across the state for…
When my best friend was describing a near-perfect date that her boyfriend took her on last summer, I couldn’t help but cringe. He got tickets to a show at Red Rocks — and drove her in a rented, mint-condition vintage Volkswagen bus. There is nothing romantic about a ride in…
When three members of activist punk collective Pussy Riot were thrown in jail in February 2012 for a forty-second performance at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, the world was watching. And earlier this year, HBO released Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, a documentary detailing the musicians’ work…
For the little bit of time I spent living in New York City, there were many times when I found myself homesick for Colorado. The only things that seemed to quell the unnecessary self-sorrow were trips to Target and McDonald’s. Those places were reminders of my somewhat suburban American existence,…
New Israeli Cinema began unofficially six years ago, when Mizel Museum curator Georgina Kolber began showing Israeli films on the lawn of the museum on summer nights. But inclement weather and a slim selection of library titles didn’t fulfill the curator’s desires, so she approached the Denver Film Society about…
Furthering its commitment to supporting local artists, GroundSwell Cannabis Boutique and Gallery recently commissioned a mural on the shop’s heavily trafficked block of Colfax Avenue. With help from the gallery’s DJ Mario Zoots, curators Rebecca Peebles and Danette Montoya connected with artist and sign painter Kevin Hennessy, who (along with…
With just a day to go, the Sie FilmCenter made its $150,000 Kickstarter goal — which will fund the theater’s necessary transition to Digital Cinema Presentation projectors. As incentive for participating in the Kickstarter campaign, Film on the Rocks director Britta Erickson and her crew promised a special screening of…
It’s a long and winding road for Tails of the Painted Cats, a roving tour of locally created fiberglass cat sculptures that makes its way to the Festival of Felines today at the Cat Care Society. The annual fundraiser for the shelter begins months in advance, when a call for…
Lizzie Fortunato Jewels began when twin sisters Elizabeth and Kathryn Fortunato combined the former’s creative mind with the latter’s business savvy. Elizabeth designs and sources materials for the New York-based company’s eclectic seasonal lines of jewelry and handbags, while Kathryn keeps the numbers in check, making for a smooth-running family…
When my sister asked if I wanted to join her and my brother on a tour of the Kink.com studios in San Francisco, I initially declined. I hate porn — mostly because I don’t understand it — and I didn’t want to be that kind of uncomfortable in public. But…
Laura Phelps Rogers needs viewers to interact with her latest work, 1100 Pieces. Beginning with 1,100 individual four-inch-by-four-inch canvases adorned with letters, the artist is asking her audience to share a word, one that will be displayed on a massive billboard inside Edge Gallery, starting tonight with her show’s opening…
