What do you call a short man who is often loud, belligerent and aggressive in the presence of the opposite sex? According to the American Hottieologists’ Association, he would be classified as the species Napoleonic Complex Hottie, under the genus Damaged Goods. Sure doesn’t sound like good old-fashioned biology, does…
New York performance duo Richard Harrington and Chris Kauffman met in clown school — at a five-day workshop with physical comic David Shiner, a Broadway cohort of the physical-comedy guy himself, Bill Irwin. They’d each already come up with their personal signature shticks: Harrington’s on-stage persona, Gustave Flaubert (no relation…
It all comes down to breeding: When you go to high tea at the Brown Palace Hotel, you’ve got to know where to hold your pinkie and how to properly administer your lemon curd and clotted cream. That’s unless you happen to be the National Western Stock Show Grand Champion…
If you had to create a category for David Sedaris’s book Naked, you might just call it “Books That Make Milk Come Out Your Nose.” And at Mean Jeanine’s Bookshop, that’s exactly where you’ll find it. Mean Jeanine’s is definitely not your typical bookstore, eschewing bestseller lists and sticking instead…
For the record, we’ve got nothing against The Lion King. It’s got swell animation, a great voice cast, and it’s a solid entertainment value. But it seems like Disney is all that kids know when it comes to the cinema. So what’s a parent to do? Madstone Theaters now offers…
Last week, Jeanie Nuanes King unveiled her long-awaited Fresh Art with the inaugural exhibit Momentum, a contemporary group show of painters and sculptors. It’s hard to believe that just over two years ago, King opened her first gallery in a tiny storefront on South Broadway — especially considering how far…
The typical show at Edge Gallery (3658 Navajo Street, 303-477-7173) highlights the work of the co-op’s members. But around this time every year, Edge presents a show devoted to non-members. The current version, which is on display now, is titled Emerging Artists: 2003 Edge Invitational. In the past, this annual…
I expect to be blown away by any August Wilson play. And I’m used to the fact that at the Denver Center, I’ll find skilled and generous-spirited actors, many of whom have held Wilson’s words in their mouths and felt his rhythms in their bodies over several years and through…
Compiled in the cold light of day, the sum of Chuck Barris’s contributions to American culture are: the Top 40 ditty “Palisades Park,” which he wrote in 1962, and his discovery a few years later that many people are willing to make complete fools of themselves in front of a…
Once upon a time, in the town of Darkness Falls… “Wait,” you’re probably saying to yourself, “Darkness Falls is the name of the town?” Yes. Yes it is. And it’s haunted by an evil tooth fairy. Are you sure you want to know more? Okay, good. Because once you get…
It’s easy to see the subtle brilliance of Gene Hackman’s acting whenever we revisit modern classics such as The French Connection or The Conversation. This plain-faced master of character brings to the role of a grubby, dogged New York cop or a desolate surveillance expert all the low, discomfiting details…
One moment, he’s a huge-headed bass-like fish with pink lips; the next, he’s a gentle giant on stilts. Then suddenly, he’s the blue-bearded wind god. Michael Cooper transcends physical limits with his one-man Masked Marvels and Wondertales, which plays Sunday at the Lakewood Cultural Center. “My show is an exercise…
You may not realize it when you don your polka gear to party in Larimer Square during the annual Oktoberfest, but your behind-the-scenes host is the Larimer Arts Association. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to promoting arts recognition and education locally, despite diminished funding in the community. Until now, the…
Finding funding for major art projects is always tough, but with today’s bear market, it can be even harder than usual. At William Havu Gallery, they’re taking the bull by the horns with a series of panel discussions designed to encourage art in tough economic times. The second installation, titled…
Many people view retirement as sedentary time to kick back, relax and play dominoes and bingo. But don’t tell the folks who sign up for the Aurora Senior Center Day Trips that: Every Tuesday and Thursday now through March 13, a busload of active people in their twilight years head…
Every town’s got a past, and sometimes that past starts acting up: Wardrobes rattle and rocking chairs rock; people see mysterious headless folks walking through yards in broad daylight. At least they think they do. But whether or not you truly believe the spooky tales you hear, they’re usually just…
Photography is a complicated topic from the perspective of the fine arts. There are so many different types of photography — scientific, documentary, fashion, advertising, experimental — all of which may or may not qualify as fine art. Not only that, but the very nature of the medium is difficult…
Last year, Kathy Andrews, gallery director at the Arvada Center (6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, 720-898-7200) jumped ship to take on a similar gig at Metro’s Center for the Visual Arts in LoDo. Although the current Arvada shows were set in the schedule by Andrews, they were put together without her…
It’s a smart, funny, fantastical ride, with moments of real insight and some genuinely profound echoes, but I found the politics of Paula Vogel’s The Mineola Twins puzzling and a little disconcerting. Actually, my problem may be less with the script itself than with the way the playwright and director…
A Closer Walk With Patsy Clineis a tribute to the famed country singer; the slender plot is just an excuse for a string of songs. So everything hinges on the acting and singing talent of the actress playing the title role. Emily Walter has a strong voice and exuberant energy…
Paul Morse (Jason Lee) has this terrible problem: He’s all set to marry take-charge, raven-haired beauty Karen (Selma Blair, thanklessly playing second fiddle as usual), but late in the game finds himself also falling for her free-spirited blond cousin, Becky (Julia Stiles). Gee, what’s a guy to do? It’s always…
It all begins with the word. “I believe I may have a first sentence,” murmurs Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman — yes, really) to her husband, Leonard (Stephen Dillane), commencing labor on her fourth novel, Mrs. Dalloway. The year is 1921, but skillfully intercut segments illustrate that the book’s heady emotional…
