Though it’s a phlegmatic, sometimes stumbling thriller, Moka, directed and co-written by Frédéric Mermoud, still has its share of gripping suspense. These tense moments arise not from any plot machinations but from the anticipation of the next exquisitely calibrated response by Emmanuelle Devos, the film’s star, who appears in every…
Dueling images of Catholic nuns portray either holier-than-thou punishers in habits or hippie types with acoustic guitars, like the postulant Maria in The Sound of Music. Both stereotypes obscure the fact that, in real life, a lot of nuns are just … kind of weird. At one of the many…
Brian Jabas Smith has played for crowds of 10,000, but he says reading from his debut collection of short stories, Spent Saints and Other Stories, at some of the stops on his coast-to-coast book tour has actually been more nerve-wracking. Smith’s been a national-class bicyclist, rock ‘n roll frontman, alcoholic and crystal meth addict, and journalist, and it’s these experiences that fuel Spent Saints, which turn an empathetic and nuanced eye towards characters on the margins. On the third leg of a book tour that’s seen him reading in between rock sets (namely, the Tough Shits and Rocky Four) as well as leading a writing workshop at a Memphis Boys & Girls Club, Smith will be reading and screening the web series based on the collection at the Boulder Bookstore on July 11 at 7:30 p.m. In advance of the reading, Westword got on the phone with Smith, who called from the 110-degree heat of Tucson.
The National Center for Interactive Learning, a branch of the Boulder-based Space Science Institute, that focuses on expanding STEM education and learning opportunities, is running an eclipse project with libraries nationwide that includes the giveaway of more than 2 million eclipse-watching glasses
Summer in Denver, and the calendar is so packed that you can’t begin to hit all the festivals, markets, parties and celebrations around town. But this weekend, we went out for you: Keep reading for a look at six events in Denver over the July 7-9 weekend, with links to our slideshows.
As Denver grows with each passing month, its residents, both new and old, have more and more opportunities to participate in a thriving cultural scene. These are five free things to do this week.
Somehow, while we were worrying about superheroes and star destroyers and hot rods and whether Captain America could beat up Superman or whatever, the goddamned Planet of the Apes movies became the most vital and resonant big-budget film series in the contemporary movie firmament. And they did it with the…
Since it started in 2010, the Creative Rituals Under Social Harmony festival, or CRUSH, has grown to a major celebration of street art. This year’s event will paint the town from September 11 through September 17, 2017.
Anthony Powell, who’s directing the Colorado Shakespeare Festival production of Julius Caesar, hasn’t paid much attention to the intense controversy surrounding the version staged by the Public Theater in New York’s Central Park, in which Caesar—who’s bloodily assassinated in the play—is given a distinctly Trumpian appearance and a wife with an Eastern European accent.
TEDxMile High: Points of Departure will bring 22 speakers to the stage of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 7 and July 8, 2017. Here are seven to catch.
If you ever attended the Colorado Theatre Guild’s annual Henry awards, you might have noticed the woman sitting quietly in the audience amid all the jubilation, tension, excitement and flying air kisses. This would have been Gloria Shanstrom.
Amy Lavan was an assistant manager at Ten Thousand Villages when the nonprofit closed its third, and final, Denver location at the end of April….after 36 years. So Lavan decided to create a mobile replacement, to ensure that “we continue to have fair trade be an option in Denver.”
Summer shines on as the smoke from the fireworks clears. There are plenty of fashion shows, along with sidewalk sales, parties and openings, to keep your July full of style, glamour and sunshine. Here are the ten best fashion events in Denver this month, in chronological order.
The 2017 Denver Comic Con was a big success, but fans also had some complaints. Here’s how Con officials respond to the grumbling.
The fireworks may be over, but Denver’s creative community has plenty of delights in store for adventurous and thrifty locals that will light up their days and nights.
Mark Bradford is big at the Biennale this summer, but you don’t need to go to Venice to see his work; you can see his paintings at the Denver Art Museum, and the Clyfford Still works that inspired him at the Clyfford Still Museum.
Longtime Denver botanical photographer, curator and Girl Friday at William Havu Gallery Sharon Meriash’s current work starts with her floral photo imagery, which she then etches and cuts into Plexiglas shapes using a laser and spins into layers for a translucent 3-D effect
A new cycle studio is preparing to open its four garage doors, revealing views of the “SloHi” neighborhood and an atypical spin workout. Husband-and-wife-duo Scott and Megan Hanson are putting the finishing touches on their commercial studio space within the newly-constructed Slo Hi Village at 4433 West 29th Avenue, and the couple is gearing up for the grand opening of High Ride Cycle, this Saturday, July 8.
At her new Denver studio/gallery, ATC DEN, Laura Krudener invites gallery-goers to come inside and throw off their creative inhibitions.
The Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues has called The Ornithologist, which follows a lone bird expert in a remote northern part of the country, an “adventure film.” It’s a genre he fantastically destabilizes to encompass martyrdom, transmigration of the soul, and wild revelers cavorting in Mirandese, a nearly extinct language…
The pitch for The Big Sick might sound like a tacky weepie you’d have been afraid to watch on TV in the 1990s. But it’s hard to do justice to the balancing act that the creators of this singular comedy have achieved. Based on events in the life of star…
Snowfall airs Wednesdays on FX Days before the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me premiered, the news hit that John Singleton’s original script for the project opened the rapper’s story with Tupac being raped in prison. Singleton had left the ill-fated film twice before Benny Boom stepped in to…
