Having created a full-out exploration of women’s relationships to their vaginas in The Vagina Monologues, feminist Eve Ensler has turned her attention to female bodies in general in The Good Body, a compassionate, would-be reassuring look at the near-universal American neurosis on the subject. The show is watchable and empathetic,…
The Denver’s Next Improv Star series at the Bovine Metropolis has themes, it seems, and its clearest and strongest are enthusiasm — copious amounts of it — and a nonsensicality so relentless it’s damn near absolute. The show’s third installment on Saturday, which began with a skit that managed to…
Love it or hate, the Super Bowl crosses almost every cultural subgroup in the United States, and as befitting of such a massive national holiday, it also inspires new pop-culture touch points. From Mean Joe Green to Betty White, from Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction to Jim McMahon’s headband, some Super…
The seventh-annual Mustache Festival went down on Saturday night, February 5, 2011, at Vesta Dipping Grill. Photographer Hunter Stevens brings back these excellent photos of real and faux lip sweaters: See a full slide show of the Mustache Festival at Vesta Dipping Grill…
Friday night, February 4, 2011 was Fashion Denver’s anniversary party, marking eleven years in business and one year at its Bannock Street location. Local designers and music were offered to those who hit up this free public party. Photos by Hunter Stevens. See the full slide show…
Ready to climb something crazy and then tell the tale in style? The Jonny Copp Foundation is now accepting applications for its $20,000 in 2011 Copp-Dash Inspire Awards, named in memory of Copp (Boulder’s Adventure Film Festival founder) and his climbing partner Micah Dash, who died in 2009 in an…
While most of the other stops on the First Friday Art Walk on Santa Fe were showing more commercial, high-end art to the wealthy snow-bros in town from Aspen for the weekend, bohemian coffeehouse Yellow Feather was showcasing the music and art of artists geared a little more toward the…
It’s a testament to the selling power of both Ballet Nouveau Colorado and Paper Bird that this past Sunday — the biggest game day in football all year — the matinee performance of Carry On at the Lakewood Cultural Center was almost entirely sold out. And it’s safe to say…
The commercials of the Super Bowl are one of the biggest draws to the game for some people. Viewers love to see the somewhat witty, incredibly overproduced and expensive miniature films announcing that Volkswagen is the best, Detroit is better than where you are and Fox is the greatest station…
Other than Valentine’s Day — a holiday people only celebrate because they are obligated to through some perverse, greeting card company-engineered social mechanism — there’s a pretty intense dry spell of holidays between New Year’s Day and somewhere around Easter, unless you’re counting Lent, the other celebration that actually increases…
In 1998, cable television Entrepreneur Bill Daniels bequeathed his behemoth mansion on Shangri-La Drive (across from the Target in Glendale) to the city of Denver, to be used as the official residence for the Mayor. Though no Mayor has ever actually lived in this mauve monstrosity since its donation, Mayor…
Since taking office last month, there has been some talk about Mayor Guillermo Vidal officially running for the position when his term ends in July. Though this is apparently hearsay and Vidal has no immediate plans to run, last night’s inaugural Cableland Cultural Jam had us wishing he was. Hardly…
The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event of the year. And not just for the actual game — it affords the host station a massive audience for the post-game show (Glee this year) and other stations the opportunity of 106 million potential channel surfers in America alone. Animal Planet…
Octogenarian musician/musicologist David Amram’s ties to the Beats hold strong, especially in San Francisco, where jazz and poetry intersected, and in some ways, he’s one of the last grand old men of the cause. It’s no small thing, then, to consider that Amram will be among the presenters, along with…
Since it’s a well known scientific fact that the mustache is the best and most manly form of facial hair, let’s start with a definition: A mustache consists of hair grown in some form above the mouth — but not below it; i.e., if you have hair on your chin,…
Last night was the first of a few pre-parties Westword is hosting in advance of Artopia, which goes down February 19 at five venues in the Golden Triangle neighborhood. (All the Artopia details, including available tickets are here: Artopia Denver.) Last night’s party was at Beauty Bar, 608 E. 13th…
There’s no place like home. It’s where you wind down, where you keep your stuff, where you can be away from the world and all the pressures that come with it — it’s the most intensely personal location in anyone’s life, the ultimate refuge. The best horror movies play off…
We’re #1! Come see the best roller derby league in the country in action when the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls (2010 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association national champions) open their 2011 season on Saturday at the Fillmore at 7 p.m. The bout pits two of the league’s teams – Dooms…
After a week of cold and snow, Friday couldn’t have come soon enough. It’s a good thing it’s the first of the month too, because that means there is plenty to do for folks willing to venture off into the chilly night. It also means it’s Super Bowl weekend, and…
Matt Doubek and Sam Mobley work in unique, yet aligned styles: In addition to painting and silkscreening, both do graphic design work; Matt also builds and installs custom wood architectural details for homes, and Sam creates forward-thinking one-of-a-kind furniture. Put them together — something that happens at least once a…
Last week, Sammi and JWoww made amends, everyone got drunk, and Deena’s taste in men’s backsides was the rumor around the barbershop. Basically, business as usual. This week, we join up with the Jersey Shore crew as they’re doing the usual group drunk walk home from the club. Actually, drunk…
Say what you will about Google’s increasingly alarming ability to document everything with its all-seeing eye, but there’s no denying that the corporation is doing some wicked cool stuff with its Big Brother-ish technology. It’s latest, which it revealed this week: Art Project, an offshoot devoted to cataloging the world’s…
