Five black and Latino teenagers were convicted of beating and raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989, when the city was in the midst of a racially motivated witch hunt. Though no compelling evidence placed any of the boys — Antron McKray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
The holiday season has felt a bit underwhelming this year. Maybe it’s the lack of snow in Colorado — which rules for those of us (read: grumps like me) who think weather below 65 degrees is pointless (but still results in this weird depression caused by a depletion of the…
While I was sitting on the toilet the other day reading a months-old copy of The Atlantic, something caught my eye in its annual “Ideas List” — the notion that employers should hire introverts. As one of those annoying extroverts, I immediately got upset and irritated that the article wasn’t…
Over the past eight years, Frost: Fashion Denver’s Holiday Market has established itself as more than a gathering place for local vendors: It’s also it’s a hot spot for designers looking to connect with stylish buyers. In fact, the marketplace — going down this Sunday, December 16, at the Grant-Humphreys…
The AIDS Adagio: Wes Kennedy and Albert Winn exhibit opening tonight connects the work of two photographers and each man’s personal experience with AIDS: Wes Kennedy passed away in 1993, but Albert Winn continues to shoot. This is just the second show in the gallery at the brand-new Fulginiti Pavilion…
With more than fifty performers taking the stage, seasonal extravaganza Home for the Holidays promises extra punch this year. “I liken it to a New York spectacular; the scale of it really makes it special,” says Katie Maltais, spokeswoman for the Christmas variety show. Denver First Lady Mary Louise Lee…
Rounding out another big year for Denver’s ever-growing style scene, the Frost: Fashion Denver’s Holiday Market features twenty Colorado designers — fifteen of whom are new to the market — and promises a shoppable showcase of clothing, accessories and housewares in numerous styles and tastes. “It’s not kitsch and craft,…
A mash-up of theater, improvisation and film is an apt description of tonight’s Cult Following #3 presented by Off-Center@The Jones; co-director Allison Watrous dubs it an “improv cocktail.” The mostly unscripted show features six actors working off of five classic movie moments and a handful of plot lines to create…
This past year has been tough for many people, and we’re eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town’s cultural tastemakers — entrepreneurs and entertainers we’re lucky to have in Denver — to answer…
The idea behind the VOICES Mobile Film Festival is simple: using only a mobile device for filming, shoot a one- to two-minute movie about a woman that inspires you. While editing software and external microphones, lighting and tripods are allowed, even encouraged, the content must come from a non-traditional movie…
While I was sitting on the toilet the other day reading a months-old copy of The Atlantic, something caught my eye in its annual “Ideas List” — the notion that employers should hire introverts. As one of those annoying extroverts, I immediately got upset and irritated that the article wasn’t…
“This is the season of light for so many faiths,” says Carol Kozak Ward of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale. And so tonight, the group is inviting everyone to the annual Festival of Lights at Four Mile Historic Park. The singers open the celebration to anyone interested in sharing the traditions…
There’s no audition necessary to be a part of Harmony: A Colorado Chorale’s all-inclusive chorus. “That is part of our mission — to make sure everyone feels welcome,” says William Loper, artistic director for the chorale. At 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, December 8, at Messiah Community Church, anyone who loves…
KREAYSHAWN @ FOX THEATRE | 12/5/12 Part of Kreayshawn’s appeal is the pure curiosity and spectacle of what she must be like “in real life.” As a Tumblr princess (her page is currently decked out to look exactly like a Myspace page, circa 2004 — which would have made her…
For tonight’s opening of An Office Christmas Party With LadyFace, the sketch-comedy troupe — known for bringing a diverse series of comical skits about life and love to the stage — gets deep into the holiday-tale canon. “We tried to put in all of the Christmas things that we could…
Tonight’s Drag Machine is a show of most excellent proportions: Passengers will “board” a time machine — the transformed Jones Theatre — and follow Shirley Delta Blow through drag’s history and the larger GLBTQ civil-rights movement. Blow (aka actor and show developer Stuart Sanks) and company run the audience-interactive event…
At tonight’s Top Latke Cook-off and Hanukkah Party, the simple but symbolic potato pancake will be dressed up by a dozen expert and amateur chefs, all competing to present the best version at this annual celebration. Tasters can enjoy samples of the traditional Hanukkah dish prepared in a variety of…
When Elitch Gardens packed up and left Denver’s north side in favor of the Central Platte Valley in 1994, not every structure within the world-famous gates could make the move. Tonight, the Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre Holiday Benefit looks to celebrate and bring new life to one of these abandoned…
Like her sketch-comedy counterparts in Denver troupe LadyFace, Timmi Lasley is a versatile performer. The sketch comedian has been doing stand-up for the last three years, after paying her dues as a stage actor and getting a degree in theater. The acting expertise came in especially handy this year, when…
I was complaining via that modern adult whiny message board known as Twitter recently that the only people who like John Denver are non-natives. I also blame those same anonymous people for Denver’s traffic, gentrification, the popularity of days-long dubstep shows at Red Rocks (and the sickening popularity of any…
When the Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre closed in 1991, the fate of the century-old building was uncertain. Although the city said it wanted to save this last vestige of the original Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, there was no money for the project. So in 2002, the Historic Elitch Theatre Foundation…
