Musicians have often spoken out against war. Sometimes they’ve done it profoundly, as Bob Dylan did with his anthem “The Times They Are A-Changin'”; sometimes it’s been more subtle, such as when Sheryl Crow performed on TV in a T-shirt emblazoned with “War Is Not the Answer.” This Saturday’s Rappers…
Thursday, April 3 El Centro Su Teatro’s five-year-old XicanIndie Film Festival, now a joint venture with the Denver Film Society, continues to mature and grow. That’s a good sign for both the film community and the Latino community: This year’s four-day event, under the direction of local filmmaker and artist…
When Chicago journalist Connie Fletcher delved into the lives of over 100 police officers for her 1991 book What Cops Know: Cops Talk About What They Do, How They Do It, and What It Does to Them, she had an “in” among her subjects: her sister the police officer. “I…
What some call the “People’s Republic of Boulder” has long been a hotbed of serious political discussion. So when many of the best and brightest minds from around the globe gather there this week for the 55th Annual Conference on World Affairs, ideological debates are sure to reach fever pitch…
In the spirit of Saturday Night Live’s muscle-bound Hans and Franz, this weekend’s Northern Colorado Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships are here to pump you up.This rippling, oiled, tiny-swimsuited event is sure to be bulging with action on Saturday, April 5, at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street in Boulder…
It’s National Poetry Month, but trying to find things to do in Denver when you’re a poet is apparently only slightly easier than finding them when you’re dead. Lighthouse Writers Workshop, a local independent writing school, aims to improve those odds when its new Writer’s Studio Series debuts this week…
War, as it turns out, is good for absolutely nothing when it comes to anti-war songs. At the risk of sounding like Bill O’Reilly (who, no doubt, listens only to Wagner), it’s time to protest the protesters, most of whom are blowin’, all right, just not in the wind. The…
Savion Glover, choreographer and star of Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in’ da Funk, has been called the best tap dancer alive. His work certainly made an impression on Denver’s Thaddeus Phillips, creator of extraordinary experimental theater pieces and a tapper himself. “He basically learned when he was so young,…
Thursday, March 27 A little-known chapter in aviation history will come to light at 5:30 today at Wings Over the Rockies Museum, when the Colorado Aviation Historical Society presents ,Women in Aviation Breaking Barriers. The discussion features a panel of women who’ve been there and done that, including Emily Warner,…
When The International Experimental (TIE) Cinema Exposition, a worldwide Colorado-based collective of contemporary avant-garde filmmakers, started in 1999, it was for a four-day festival set in the rarefied reaches of Telluride. That was fine and dandy, says TIE executive director Chris May, except for one ironic detail: “When we were…
Back in 1908, Henry Ford profoundly altered American society by making his Model T car affordable to the masses by selling them for only $950. While that doesn’t buy much these days, life without automobiles is hard to imagine. To celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Ford Motor Company, the…
If you think barreling down a steep mountain trail with your extremities exposed and only a helmet protecting your noggin is a rush, this Saturday’s Velo Expo is the perfect place to get psyched about the upcoming mountain-biking season. The Expo, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the National…
Against a backdrop of conflict, Denver will once again honor a man of peace during the second annual Cesar Chavez Celebration. Famous for his role in establishing the United Farm Workers union, Chavez will be commemorated Monday, March 31, on what would have been his 76th birthday. The 4 p.m…
Yeah, we know Vinyl is no more: The great blizzard of 2003 tore the roof off the place, literally, while completely demolishing Floyd’s Barbershop next door. But owner Regas Christou has vowed to rebuild, and we hope he hops to. Although Vinyl lacked the flash of the high-profile Church right…
The Starline Lounge has been dealing with the best kind of identity crises in the past year. While owner Curt Simms has slowly sallied forth with plans to open the former Denver Buffalo Company space as an upscale Mexican food restaurant called Cielo, the club portion has been cookin’ for…
Don’t wear a short skirt to Club Purple unless you’re feeling flashy. The floor that separates the first and second levels is all glass, which means that ground-dwellers can get a good look at the stylish throngs dancing and drinking above. But even at right-side-up angles, the crowd is an…
If you’re enough of a hep cat to gain entrance into the Alley Cat Night Club – finding its darkened doorway in a Glenarm Street alley is a feat in itself — you’ll be within purring distance of some of the city’s most purebred socialites. The VIP room is an…
A strip club seems ridiculous until you figure the guy/girl ratio, which is strikingly similar to that of Breckenridge. Most gents come to the Diamond Cabaret with a pimp roll to spend — but they’re grateful to see women they can touch or talk to without management stepping in and…
Art rules Tuesday nights at the Funky Buddha. Each week the popular lounge features works by a different local artist, making these opening-night parties a great foray into Denver’s creative class. And if you’ve had your eye on someone, trust in one of the town’s most gracious hostesses, organizer Michelle…
We like the clubs, the clubs that go “boom.” Which is to say we respect power in a sound system. But we respect precision even more. We want to hear the highs just as clearly as we feel the ribcage-massaging bass. Which is why we recognize the Church’s new 100-grand…
Josh Ivy has been typecast as a trip-hop DJ, better known for laying out cerebral, chilled-out grooves than sweaty, banging dance sets. But while Ivy is arguably the best down-tempo DJ in the city, the kid can also rock a party at 140 beats per minute. Peering out over the…
Under the guidance of Buffalo Exchange co-owner Todd Colletti, DJ Quid has returned to the Snake Pit alongside DJ Wyatt Earp, bringing a trunkload of the electro sounds of artists such as Miss Kitten, Peaches and Fischerspooner. Who knows how long the sound will last? Who cares? For now, the…
