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If you’re in the audience for Gay Fantasia, you have two choices: experience it as a viewer or as part of the show. Either way, the original, interactive theater experience will take you through Harvey Milk’s last days and on through the start of the HIV/AIDS crisis. “It’s late-night theater,…

The Gang’s All Beer

Throw on a fancy suit and fedora or a beaded flapper dress and get ready to taste some legal booze at the first annual Prohibition Party & Brew Fest. Today’s Roaring ’20s-themed soiree is more than a celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the end of the booze ban; it’s…

Neon signs and Colfax Avenue: The beauty and danger of nostalgia

I drove by Smiley’s Laundromat last night and felt one of those annoying sighs cross my chest — a chest pain caused by the sight of possible improvement to a place that I used to enjoy for its utter sketchiness. Smiley’s is closed right now for “remodeling,” its windows papered…

The ten best local drag queen names

The drag scene in Denver is bigger and better than ever — in 2013, Miss Queen of Aces showed the city what it took to put on a successful and community-driven beauty-pageant fundraiser. Tracks’ Drag Nation also took a turn in the spotlight for its Best Ongoing Drag Event. Inspired…

Toy Time

Measured aesthetics meet childhood fun tonight at NEXT Gallery’s latest collaborative event, A Playdate With Kidrobot. More than just a typical art show, the evening will combine the unveiling of a new toy from Kidrobot with Truth or Dare: Folklore and Mythologies, an exhibit of new work from Tammi Brazee,…

Keyboard Feminism

“It’s the question of the decade: What is a feminist?” So says Los Angeles-based artist Ellina Kevorkian, who is guest-blogging for the MCA Denver this spring and will be one of several speakers at “Feminist Bloggers,” tonight’s edition of the museum’s Feminism & Co series. As always, the presentation will…

Cups Runneth Over

The members of the Bra Brigade will march on Denver tonight, and they want your undergarments, ladies. The event, a sale and bra drive hosted by Birds and Belles Boutique, benefits Free the Girls, a nonprofit working to help victims of human trafficking in Africa. The store is collecting anything…

100 Colorado Creatives: Feminism & Co. co-curator Elissa Auther

#82: Elissa Auther As co-curator of the MCA Denver’s annual Feminism & Co. (there’s another installment tonight), Elissa Auther has been responsible for bringing untold stories and untrue stereotypes to the forefront.Through the creation of panels on polyamory, feminist science and women’s roles in the workforce, Auther has helped start…

Time to Skate

The women of the Denver Roller Dolls suit up tonight for the opening bout of roller derby season, a Saturday-night double-header pitting the Electrocuties against Bruising Altitude and the Orange Crushers against the Shotgun Betties. Once a drama-driven, choreographed show, roller derby has transformed into a full-fledged sport, and year…

The Rougher Sex

Battling the “softer sex” stereotype is the name of the game at “Full Contact,” tonight’s opening slot of the 2013 Feminism & Co. lecture series. The gathering will pair the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls with sports scholar Sarah Fields, aikido practitioner Harmony Hammond, and L.A. Jennings, an MMA fighter and trainer…