There’s no better place to spend — or ignore — Father’s Day than in the resin-stained hands of Sexpot Comedy. The team has assembled a real corker of a showcase for the Bug on Sunday, June 19, with comedian, actor, filmmaker and proud father Jay Chandrasekhar occupying the headlining spot…
All of Denver will be up and out this weekend, at events ranging from Denver Comic Con to PrideFest. It’s a time to celebrate all cultures, and to learn a lot more about some of them. Here are our ten favorite events that each cost $10 or less; go to…
You know those horrible photos of you from years ago that you swore you’d never let see the light of day? The studio portraits of repulsive babies, dumb-ass dads and annoying aunties that disgrace hallways and adorn mantelpieces? Now they hang on museum walls – in this case, those of…
Satan is a cylinder of swirly, glowing green goo. Mirrors part like mercury and lead to another dimension. Beetles erupt out of a man. Alice Cooper leads an army of homeless people in a siege against a church. This is not a dream. It’s not a recollection of an acid…
Denver Comic Con returns tomorrow through June 19, filling the Colorado Convention Center with so many panels and parties and cosplay events that we just offered a handy guide to ten things you don’t want to miss at this fifth annual con. But there’s more, so much more — and to help…
This summer you may be too swamped to remember your subconscious. If you don’t have time to dream, or if you can’t recall them, you can enroll in a service that will bring typed up dreams to your doorstep courtesy of local poet and bike messenger, Mathias Svalina, creator of…
Aspiring filmmakers, rejoice! You soon could have $2,500 for a project. The Denver Film Society is taking submissions for its inaugural PitchLatino, which “seeks projects in pre-production that highlight Latino voices, culture and themes within the community.” The project is part of the Denver Film Society’s CineLatino Film Festival, which…
In cinema, all things move towards acceptance. In time, debates about filmmakers usually settle in favor of the filmmaker — not because detractors change their minds, but because the urgency of the conflict wanes, and stalemates go to the fans. It’s hard to believe that battle lines were once drawn…
This is shaping up to be the year of the woman — and not just because Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, although that is clearly a big deal. No, I’m talking about the art world, where an increased emphasis on the accomplishments of women artists is…
If you can get past the spectacle of British and Australian actors portraying some of the most important figures of 20th-century American literature, Genius is a good example of a prestige pic that is not only literate but surprisingly vibrant. It’s the story of the tumultuous relationship between hot-tempered, Asheville-born…
Director Jake Paltrow (Young Ones, The Good Night) met Brian De Palma at a party. He’d had a few drinks and worked up the courage to talk to the legendary filmmaker, who turned out to be surprisingly open and kind. The next day, Paltrow got an email from the friend…
Finding Nemo may have been a cartoon about a clownfish traveling across the ocean looking for his son, but it was also one of Pixar’s first overt forays into the workings of the human mind. The film, from 2003, was haunted by loss: The protagonist, Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks),…
The white-dude detective of Nordic best-sellers bears a burden other crime-solvers don’t. Besides his personal troubles — he’s usually a sauced mope estranged from his family — and the challenges of his case-cracking and victim-saving, he is also called upon to reassure readers that the rottenness he sees each day…
Arts festivals are the great cultural equalizers in Colorado: They often feature high-caliber pieces to engage more serious fans while still keeping the atmosphere low-key enough for those who feel intimidated by galleries and more esoteric options. Not an art enthusiast? Most of the festivals also feature great music and…
Many of you know my dear friend Piper Rose. She’s an active leader in the LGBTQ community here in Denver and far beyond, a larger-than-life, unconditionally loving person who works every day to create safer spaces for her fellow humans. A few months ago, she told me she was planning…
#77: Jaime Jennings Ten years ago, as crafting with a DIY ethic enjoyed a national resurgence, Jaime Jennings helped start a tiny, local revolution on Broadway, where she opened Fancy Tiger Crafts. Under the Fancy Tiger banner, Jennings has engaged and supported Denver’s crafting community, even instigating a fierce buy-local holiday craft…
There are few things in life better than watching giant robotic mechs battle it out to determine the fate of civilization, but taking control of one of those mechs yourself is definitely one of them. Unfortunately, that kind of technology is still a few years off — come on, DARPA,…
Everyone was a pinball wizard at the 2016 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown, which featured industry celebrities and every game, old and new, that could possibly be crammed into the Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows. Photographer Aaron Thackeray captured these images beautiful machines and flipper-wielders at play. Now see the…
Man-crafted goods, from beard oil to hot sauce, were on display June 11 at Ink Lounge’s Mancraftival craft fair, where the beer flowed and folks played carnival games and enjoyed other chromosome-friendly pastimes. All photos by Aaron Thackeray. Now see the full Mancraftival slide show…
When author (and former Westword associate editor) Amy Haimerl and her husband decided not to return to Brooklyn after a stint in Michigan and to take root in Detroit instead, they purchased a historic 1914 home for $35,000. Then the couple went to work on renovations – and found that…
Egeon of Syracuse turns up in Ephesus searching for his lost son, Antipholus, and his son’s servant, Dromio — or, in this production of The Comedy of Errors, directed by Geoffrey Kent for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, his daughter, Antiphola, and her servant, Dromia. Setting foot in Ephesus is death…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery outposts around town. Rosane Volchan O’Conor grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and studied music…
