As both the official photographer for the monthly Drag Nation and a longtime supporter of local art, Koko Brentano had a vision: to see the two worlds collide. Friday night’s Pop Drag at EXDO Event Center is the result, a convergence of the work of artists Louis Recchia and Zoa…
What started out several decades ago as the Art for AIDS fundraiser has morphed into tonight’s Red Ball, a revamped take on creating awareness of the global AIDS crisis. Now in its fourth year, the Colorado AIDS Project’s fashion-forward benefit brings together twenty designers and more than a dozen salons…
Taking over City Hall for one night only this Friday, the Pancakes & Booze art show is exactly that — a showing of work by local artists combined with a smorgasbord of sweet treats and liquor. The traveling party originated in Los Angeles in 2009 and now makes a circuit…
My family doesn’t exchange Christmas gifts anymore. A few years ago, we decided to stop the madness — shopping cost too much, took up too much time and didn’t seem to serve anyone in a positive way. I’ve never been much of a gifter to begin with, partially because I…
As the holiday season kicks into high gear, Colorado celebrates with some high-wattage displays of light. Tonight, downtown Denver’s oldest architecture will be lit up with thousands of LED bulbs while the Denver Zoo and Botanic Gardens will go bright after dark later in the month. We’ve compiled a list…
As today’s Black Friday shopping showdown plays out in malls across the state, gift buyers can feel excited, overwhelmed and even fearful. But for the past half-decade, Buy Local Week has worked to ease that tension and shift the focus from big-box blowouts to a celebration of local retailers —…
The Thanksgiving holiday is all about two things: food and giving thanks, usually in that order. But for close to four decades, Mile High United Way’s Turkey Trot has been counteracting this annual orgy of overeating with an energizing race that gets families off the couch and outdoors. The run,…
There is no official handbook for being a writer. Technically, anyone can be a writer (although when I hear people say that anyone can be a writer, I feel just how I imagine artists feel about those suburban painting ‘n’ wine places where bachelorette parties get drunk and make art…
Before forming LadyFace with friends Melanie Karnopp, Kristin Rand, Timmi Lasley and Mara Wiles, Chella Negro had never done comedy. The musician had clocked thousands of hours on stage as a singer-songwriter, though, and after hanging around the comedy crowd and hosting Denver’s Ladies Laugh-In stand-up night, she was ready…
It’s no secret: The performers who make up Denver’s sketch-comedy troupe LadyFace are all women. But the group hardly discriminates based on gender, and tonight’s LadyFace Presents: A Year of the Face proves it, as the act throws down some of its best material of the year — and invites…
A Daddy Lion Legs piece is unmistakeable — thick knitting stitches run diagonal and in tube-like formations, brightly-colored fabrics clash pleasantly with muted yarn. And the designs — all one-of-a-kind, made-to-order pieces — come from a single knitter, Jennah Black. What started out as a hobby is now a part-time…
Waking up on November 7, I felt like a million bucks. A million bucks that could breathe again, knowing that my president was still mine, my uterus was in the clear, and so many people had exercised the right to vote. That part, the voting part, was the most exciting,…
Last night’s Holiday fashion Swap at Cantina Laredo inside The Streets At Southglenn went well, despite some vendors’ concerns that a fire across the street would impact turnout. Earlier in the day, the massive, empty retail space that’s slated to hold an H&M in 2014 had caught fire, but the…
Thordis Niela Simonsen is a modern renaissance woman: a teacher, photographer, writer, painter and creative guide. In her latest work, “Building on Memory,” Simonsen takes a performance approach to sharing and interpreting her book Dances in Two Worlds: A Writer-Artist’s Backstory. This Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11, Simonsen…
From her legendary standup routines to her versatile work for television and radio, comedian Paula Poundstone has been interacting with audiences for more than three decades. Tonight, Poundstone comes to the Newman Center with her one-woman show — which is just the way she prefers it. “I’m so isolated in…
Breaking out of consignment-shop confinement, tonight’s Holiday Fashion Swap aims to capitalize on recycled fashion’s burgeoning popularity. This organized clothing-trade party invites all you frugal fashionistas to bring a bag of up-to-date, gently used and seasonally appropriate attire to exchange for a bag of new-to-you goods in a pop-up boutique…
Over the past three decades, Paula Poundstone has worked as a standup comedian, political correspondent, television-show creator, cartoon-voice actor and columnist. And during that time, Poundstone has decided that the best place to be is the stage — alone with a microphone and no one else on the bill. The…
Want to watch the 2012 election results as they come in but don’t want to sit at home alone, screaming at the television? Or maybe you just want to celebrate an end to political campaign ads (until next election). Whatever your reason or affiliation, there’s an election-watching event for you…
I cycled through a handful of emotions as I watched Katt Williams completely lose his shit in front of an audience last Thursday night. Like many at the Wells Fargo Theatre that evening, I first experienced confusion: There was seemingly no professional plan whatsoever for a show that some people…
I can’t imagine that I was the only one who felt trapped by the mania of Katt Williams as I sat inside the less-than-half-full Wells Fargo Theatre last night.The first of two Denver shows on his Ghetto National Convention Tour, this was a car wreck from the start. From the…
The Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, now in its 25th year, brings a strong, diverse selection of films to the region this weekend for viewing, discussion and celebration. The longest-running women-centered film festival in North America, it will showcase both fiction and non-fiction work starring, written, directed and filmed by…
Since stepping into the spotlight more than ten years ago as character Money Mike in Friday After Next, comedian and actor Katt Williams — appearing tonight and tomorrow at the Wells Fargo Theatre — has developed an unwavering following. A decent actor but an unparalleled comedian, Williams’s success is partly…
