Queen Sugar airs on OWN In her Netflix documentary The 13th, director Ava DuVernay traces the criminalization of blackness – enacted by a white power structure that ascribed violence and villainy to African-Americans – back to the Emancipation Proclamation. Motivated by political expediency and obvious projection, former slaveowners – with…
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage Denver’s new Ultimate Queen for 2017, Evelyn Evermoore, who came out on top in the Ultimate Queen Challenge.
The first day of summer brings a surfeit of big-fun festivals around Colorado. But from June 19-24, you can find yourself at a number of free, mind-improving events around Denver.
Ana Lily Amirpour’s comic post-apocalyptic action-drama offers little explanation of what exactly its “bad batch” is, or how the members of its motley, unfortunate tribe of humans wound up banished to a desert wasteland. Instead, Amirpour lets her camera linger on a sign warning that everything beyond a 10-foot-high metal…
Summer’s not even here yet, but it might as well be. June’s weather’s been hot, the parties have been lit, and the swimming pools have been at capacity. So before you set out for another June weekend, check out some of our favorite photos from some of the funnest events around town.
It’s mid-June, which means it’s time to think about a lot of things: upcoming vacations, the Pride parade and…oh, yeah, I gotta get something for my dad. This used to be a lot easier, back when you could make a ceramic ashtray or a shoe-polishing kit in wood shop. These days, you’re stuck buying a gift…and you have absolutely no idea what your dad wants. We’re here for you.
Former Tattered Cover employee Matthew Sullivan is living the dream with his debut novel, a dark mystery set in — how about that? — an eclectic downtown Denver bookstore.
The Book of Henry really wants us to believe that its 12-year-old title character (Jaeden Lieberher) is the smartest kid on Earth. Well, in many ways, he is. He’s a rational, logical thinker who knows how to play the stock market. He handles his family’s finances and works on cute,…
This weekend, when the summer endurance season in Leadville kicks off with marathon and half-marathon races, runners have only sunny skies to look forward to. The prep team, on the other hand, has their work cut out for them clearing the trail from late season snow.
Pride weekend is here, Denver: Time to bust out your best rainbow gear, celebrate the LGBTQ community, dance, revel and march for equal rights.
Having fun and experiencing all that Denver has to offer needn’t be the sole purview of bourgeois weekenders.
Greetings Earthlings. Meet Vivica Galactica, aka Spencer Corey Duncan. She’s a five-star, double-rated astro navigatrix, and she’s come to our planet in peace, to change your perceptions of gender and the art of drag.
“I like to talk about myself a lot,” Jason Wimberly laughs through the phone. The celebrity trainer to names like Jane Lynch, Selma Blair, Alysia Reiner, Leila Goldkuhl and Sonoya Mizuno is currently in Los Angeles, running back and forth from his studio, THE WALL Fitness.
Atlanta transplant R. Alan Brooks has got his genres down. The graphic novelist (and author of the soon-to-be-released The Burning Metronome) and MotherF**Ker in a Cape podcaster gives words to pictures as a writer, and spotlights local nerd- and comics-culture heroes as an interviewer and moderator.
You know him as a good vampire trying to protect humans from bad vampires in the Blade film series. But Wesley Snipes is also an author, and on Thursday, July 27, he’ll be at the Alamo Drafthouse in Sloan’s Lake to celebrate his debut novel, Talon of God. Co-authored by…
At least Rough Night, Lucia Aniello’s dutifully raucous new bachelorette-party comedy, achieves verisimilitude. It’s a rough watch and an evening killer, this film about friends who seem not to love, like or even really know one another. If you enjoy strained fun with people who have grown apart from you,…
Denver has lived up to its “Queen City of the Plains” nickname, particularly these past few years, as the city’s drag scene has garnered national acclaim. With Pride just days away, there’s no better time to check out who’s hot and where to see them; you can start with these drag winners from the Best of Denver 2017.
The Narrators, the storytelling show founded in Denver, is headed to Tijuana.
You can’t say Denver’s art scene isn’t diverse. We’ve got it all: co-ops, highbrow galleries, indies, pop-ups, street art, nonprofit programs and more. Venture out, and you’ll find a little bit of everything opening up this week.
The Denver Botanic Gardens has a growing reputation in the art world, and Calder Monumental only adds to that. Even without the Calder sculptures, the Gardens are worth a visit, but with this show, it’s a must.
With temperatures expected to exceed the 90 mark, you might feel inclined to stay in close proximity to an AC unit, like perhaps at a play or art gallery show. We’ve got plenty to chose from in this week’s 21 best events calendar. If you’re feeling adventurous, don’t miss some…
Few comedians have achieved arena headliner-level success, but even fewer of them got there on the strength of their jokes alone. While Brian Regan is famous for his broad appeal, befuddled persona and clean act, he’s relatively unheralded as one of the sharpest joke-writers of his era.
